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2018-2019 Graziadio Academic Catalog 
    
2018-2019 Graziadio Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

MSOD 622 Organizational Culture and Consulting Skills (4)


This course in the MSOD program is designed to equip students to understand organization theory and design while applying impacts of culture on decision-making and long-term organization effectiveness. It also emphasizes the application of consulting skills to organization development. Some of the issues to be covered include adapting organization development strategies to the culture in which one is working, and the interrelationship among individual, organizational, and cultural values. We will explore, adapt, and apply concepts from organization theory and culture.

Student Learning Outcomes
  1. Demonstrate a working knowledge of assessment models, consulting skills and the consulting process by assessing a challenging issue in a local business or service organization.
  2. Have a more sophisticated understanding of the influence of culture on the organization.
  3. Develop a practical understanding of diagnosing and intervening in systems at the level of organization culture.
  4. Conduct a qualitative analysis and provide clear results to a client.
  5. Analyze and evaluate an intervention against intended outcomes.
  6. Practice their ability to give and receive feedback to other people and to organizational representatives.