Graduate Certificate in Organizational Change

The Graduate Certificate in Organizational Change is a multi-disciplinary approach to the theory and practice of transforming organizations and communities in a technologically advanced and global economy. Students will have an opportunity to develop knowledge and competencies appropriate to the advanced study and diagnosis of evolving and emerging organizations and communities in the public, private, and nonprofit arena. They will find a curriculum supportive of careers in academics, management, and consulting.

The Graduate Certificate in Organizational Change:

  • Emphasizes the dynamic and non-linear nature of change
  • Focuses on multiple levels of analyses of change
  • Stresses the action-research and psychodynamic orientation of change
  • Gives students the opportunity to analyze organizations and communities in the field or through case studies; and explores in-depth the role of a change agent

Required courses

  • PA 8610: Group Dynamics and Conflict Resolution
  • PA 8620: Organizational Analysis & Change
  • PA 8630: Organizational Change in a Community and Global Context
  • In addition, the student selects an additional elective course in consultation with the Truman School's Director of Graduate Studies. The course may come from the Truman School's other offerings or another MU graduate unit. Students without prior coursework in organizational theory and behavior will take PA8160 (Organizational Dynamics and Leadership) as their elective.



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