The Organizational Learning, Performance, and Change specialization is designed to help managers, directors, executives, researchers, and academics develop the skills needed to improve organizational effectiveness, manage organizational change, enhance decision-making, and develop analysis and research expertise.
The program's coursework is grounded in organizational, strategic, learning, and change management theory. It focuses on a combination of sociological, systems, psychological, and economic approaches to performance improvement and change management strategies.
This doctoral degree is a cohort structure offered as face-to-face, bi-weekly Saturday meetings held in downtown Denver.
Effective Fall 2014
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Research | ||
| EDRM 700 | Quantitative Research Methods | 3 |
| EDRM 702 | Foundations of Educational Research | 3 |
| EDRM 704 | Qualitative Research | 3 |
| EDRM 792B | Seminar: Proposal Development | 3 |
| Select one track from the following: 1 | 6 | |
Quantitative Track | ||
Select two courses from the following: | ||
| Applied Linear Models-Educational Research | ||
| Applied Longitudinal Data Analysis | ||
| Analysis of Variance--Education Research | ||
| Quantitative Data Collection Methods/Analysis | ||
Qualitative Track | ||
Select two courses from the following: | ||
| Qualitative Data Analysis | ||
| Narrative Inquiry | ||
| Ethnographic Research | ||
| OLPC Content Courses | ||
| EDOD 706 | Organizational Learning, Performance, Change | 3 |
| EDOD 761 | Evaluation and Assessment of Interventions | 3 |
| EDOD 766 | Scenario Planning in Organizations | 3 |
| EDOD 768 | Workforce Development | 3 |
| EDOD 769 | Theory and Practice of Change | 3 |
| EDOD 771 | Social Foundations of the Workplace | 3 |
| EDOD 772 | Theory Building in Applied Disciplines | 3 |
| EDOD 773 | Systems Leadership | 3 |
| EDOD 792 | Seminar-Human Resource Development | 3 |
| Dissertation | ||
| EDOD 792 | Seminar-Human Resource Development | 6-9 |
| EDOD 799 | Dissertation | 6-9 |
| Master Degree Credit | ||
| Master Degree Credit 2 | 30 | |
| Program Total Credits: | 90 | |
A minimum of 90 credits are required to complete this program.
| 1 | Students select the Quantitative or Qualitative track with approval of advisor and graduate committee. |
| 2 | A maximum of 30 credits may be accepted from a master's degree. |