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The Master of Science in Organization Development (MSOD) program will
prepare you to assume a leadership role in the transformation of organizations.
Targeting organizational strategies, structures, cultures, processes,
and interpersonal relations, organization development is the planned process
of change for enhanced organizational effectiveness.
The MSOD curriculum is designed for working professionals—who serve
as managers, supervisors, directors, project managers, administrators,
and internal and external consultants—seeking to build expertise
in addressing contemporary organizational challenges, leading organizational
change initiatives, and increasing organizational effectiveness and resiliency.
Students complete the program in 27 months.
The program meets the standards recommended by the Division of Organization
Development and Change of the Academy of Management. In accordance with
the Jesuit, Catholic tradition, the program emphasizes academic rigor
and ethical practice, and it follows a scholar-practitioner model in which
students learn relevant theory, gain interdisciplinary knowledge, and
develop practical skills in organizational assessment, diagnosis, and
intervention.
Program Learning Outcomes
- Develop master’s-level competence in applying theory to practice
creatively in diagnosing, designing, implementing, and evaluating organizational
change interventions at the individual, group, and organization levels.
- Apply, integrate, synthesize, and evaluate established and emerging
theories and concepts from the fields of organizational behavior, organization
theory, change leadership, group dynamics, and communication.
- Employ a balanced view of organizations to direct systematic techniques
for gathering, interpreting, analyzing, and disseminating data related
to organizational change initiatives.
- Embrace the humanistic foundations of organization development by
upholding uncompromising ethics and developing as an authentic (self-as-instrument)
agent of change.
- Utilize knowledge associated with business fundamentals to demonstrate
the impact of organization development for change that builds organizational
development for change that builds organizational capacity and resiliency.
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