Managing --Working with People

Managing Change

Learn from Each Other

Understand & Use Theoretical Frameworks

Understand OD

Understand Organization Functioning

Retain Useful Information

I would like to learn how to manage people & change in small and large organizations

Learn change implementation skills

Gain different perspectives from non-business students

When to apply frameworks & which ones re best for particular problems

Achieve a high level of understanding of organization development

Able to design an organization strategy

Absorb useful information

I would like to learn about managing people & change in public & private organizations

Learn how to find out the best timing of change

Interact effectively with classmates

Understand frameworks

To know some principles of organization development

Learn how to build a new organization

I would like to learn how to manage people in both static & dynamic situations

Learn how to implement change effectively

Reflect and learn from past experiences

Learning models that I can apply to my organization

Increased knowledge of OD issues

Learn how to develop measurements of success

Learn how to deal with people who have objections

Learn pointers for coping with change

Know some good examples in the real world so that we can learn some lessons

Learn how to analyze needs

Learn the techniques of analyzing organizational structure

Develop a tie between my dissertation development & OD & Communication

Learn how to deal with conflicts of interest

Learn how to organize personal changes

Have fun with group work

Develop framework for future application

OD principles to apply to job

Better understand how organizations function

Learn how to manage growth/change

Get some real experience in the project that associates with the principles.

Understand leadership qualities and techniques that result in wanted outcomes

Explore OD profession as potential career

Pause to think deeply about organizations

Focus on evaluating changes made within organization & how to do so

Learn tools to analyze existing organization

Learn how to be effective in an organization

Learn about systems theory