The Organizational Learning, Performance, and Change doctoral 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.