Organizational Development & Change PhD Concentrations

Students matriculated into the Fall 2016 catalog or later in the OD&C program can concentrate their elective studies in the OD&C/HD concentrations listed below, or from any concentration offered in other School of Leadership Studies doctoral degrees or from the IECD doctoral program. In this way, students can individualize their doctoral program and expand their professional expertise. Each concentration typically includes a minimum of three tailored courses and access to a community of scholar-practitioners who are passionate about this specialized field of study.

Evidence Based Coaching Concentration

The doctoral concentration in Evidence Based Coaching offers an interdisciplinary approach to integrating research-based coaching theory with professional practice in organizational and individual coaching. Participants will study the core theories that underpin principle practices of individual and organizational coaching and undertake individual research to integrate theory with practice in individual and organizational settings.

Required

• HOD-847 Theoretical Foundations of Evidence Based Coaching 4 semester credits • HOD-848 Organizational and Leadership Coaching 4 semester credits • HOD-849 Evidence Based Coaching Praxis 4 semester credits

Inclusive Leadership for Social Justice Concentration

The doctoral concentration in Inclusive Leadership for Social Justice is designed to develop more inclusive scholar-leaders who are knowledgeable about and sensitive to the complex ways that power and injustice manifest in organizations and communities in order to co-create a more just society.

Required

12 credits total required • HOD-831 Structural Inequality and Diversity 4 semester credits • HOD-840 Inclusive Leadership: Transforming Self and Systems 4 semester credits • HOD-883LR Advanced Research Methodologies: Liberatory Research 4 semester credits

Media, Technology, & Innovation Concentration

The doctoral concentration in Media, Technology, & Innovation is focused on the ways in which media, technology, and knowledge networks are transforming our societies, organizations, and ourselves by becoming the dominant driving force for innovation and organizational change.

Required

• HOD-830 Creativity and Innovation in Organization Design 4 semester credits • HOD-832 Advanced Systems 4 semester credits

• HOD-838 Media, Technology and Disruptive Innovation 4 semester credits

Organization Development Concentration

A doctoral degree with a concentration in Organization Development (OD) prepares students to become scholar practitioners, thought leaders, and change agents in a variety of organizations-profit, non-profit, and public sectors.

Required

• HOD-830 Creativity and Innovation in Organization Design 4 semester credits • HOD-834 Group Dynamics and Team Learning 4 semester credits • HOD-835 Intervention Theories and Methods 4 semester credits

Sustainability Leadership Concentration

The objective of the doctoral concentration in Leadership for Social & Ecological Sustainability is to produce leaders in businesses, nonprofits, governments, and educational institutions.

Required

• HOD-833 Global Systems 4 semester credits • HOD-844 Leadership for Social and Ecological Sustainability 4 semester credits • HOD-845 Social and Ecological Sustainability: Theory and Practice 4 semester credits