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3.00 Credits
Course Level: Graduate This course addresses the dynamics of conflict in organizations at three levels: interpersonal, work group, and inter-group. The origins, manifestation, and evolution of conflict in organizations are examined. Classes intersperse experiential activities with discussions of cases and theory. Participants develop skills, knowledge, strategies, and self-awareness to use in diagnosing and managing conflicts at work. Offered irregularly.
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1.50 Credits
Course Level: Graduate Action learning is a group and leadership process that solves organizational problems in real time. This course provides students with the knowledge and skills to understand the theory and practice of action learning and prepare a proposal to conduct an action learning project for the executive MPA comprehensive examination. Usually offered every term. Prerequisite: admission to Executive MPA program.
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3.00 Credits
Course Level: Graduate Policies and managerial processes for dealing with personnel, including staffing, personnel development, classification, performance appraisal, equal employment opportunity, and labor-management relations. Usually offered every fall.
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3.00 Credits
Course Level: Graduate Focus on an organizational problem in human resource development, and using techniques (qualitative or quantitative or both) in organizational diagnosis, intervention and change, and evaluation. Students work under the guidance of a faculty mentor. Usually offered every term. Prerequisite: admission to the M.S. Organization Development program.
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3.00 Credits
Course Level: Graduate An introduction to planning theory; an overview of efforts at governmental planning in the United States; an analysis of the techniques used to develop and implement organizational planning and control systems; and an examination of individual and group resistance to planning and the implications of this for public administration. Usually offered every term. Prerequisite: admission to the M.S. Organization Development program.
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3.00 Credits
Course Level: Graduate The practice of organizational development. Students are given an overview of the theory, terminology, and literature of organizational development, learn about various diagnostic and intervention tools, and have the opportunity to plan for the application of what they have learned in their own organizations. Usually offered every term. Prerequisite: admission to the M.S. in Organization Development program.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
Course Level: Graduate Topics vary by section, may be repeated for credit with different topic. Rotating topics, including labor relations for human resource development; organizational diagnosis and intervention for human resource development; personnel administration for human resource development; and institute on group and personal interaction for human resource development. Usually offered every term. Prerequisite: admission to the M.S. Organization Development program.
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3.00 Credits
Course Level: Graduate Characteristics of nonprofit organizations, their environments, and their interactions with governmental and market-based institutions. Diversity of environments, roles in civil society, missions, and organizational structures, as well as ethical, legal, and governance issues. Usually offered every fall.
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3.00 Credits
Course Level: Graduate The application of management theories and practices in nonprofit organizations. Establishment and sustainability of nonprofit organizations, strategic management principles, organizational structures and processes, multiple funding sources and their impact on budget decisions, staff/board relationships, human resource practices, use of volunteers, accountability systems, and methods for determining organizational effectiveness. Usually offered every spring.
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3.00 Credits
Course Level: Graduate Non-profit organizations face increasing competition for limited resources. Non-profit executives need to attract funds and manage the diverse resources necessary to accomplish their missions. This course examines the sources of funds and methods for obtaining them, including government grants and contracts, membership contributions, foundations, corporations, major donors, and the role of the board. Financing, planning, budget preparation, fund management, audits, and ethical issues affecting the collection and distribution of funds are also covered.
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