Sample Elective Courses
Human Behavior in the Workplace
Students gain an understanding of key concepts from the field of psychology. The emphasis is on family systems theory, particularly individual behaviors and patterns of behaviors in organizations. Beginning with family of origin, students examine their own personal and professional development, including identifying ways in which the generational family patterns impact their work as practitioners.
Trauma and Healing in Organizations
Through an exploration of organizational culture, students are exposed to sources of organizational trauma – for example, the impact of a disaster upon or within an organization or significant shifts in the workforce, including downsizing – and the resulting internal dynamics. Using a systemic perspective, students learn ways to address these dynamics and heal organizations.
Executive Coaching
Explore coaching theories and best practices in this highly interactive course, which encourages rapid skill development regardless of experience level. Topics include methodology and process, overview of different coaching types, available resources, the value of coaching (the business case), critical issues in developing a coaching practice, practical tools and skills for managers and leaders.
Systems-level Intervention and Change
Students collaboratively explore large group strategy in whole-organization and community change efforts. Focusing on technologies such as Future Search, Real Time Strategic Change, SimuReal and Open Space, students learn about the history, philosophy, theory and practice of large-group interventions. Students gain design skills by helping an organization decide whether to use a large-group intervention strategy.
Collaborative Team Creation
Learn how to form teams that work collaboratively, an essential skill in every career. Students study communication, personality styles, problem solving and decision making, coaching and conflict management with the goal of creating collaborative teams.
Conflict Management
Increase practitioner skills in managing conflict by practicing the application of concepts and models. Focusing on both theoretical and practical understanding of conflict in interpersonal relationships, groups and organizations, students utilize systems concepts to expand understanding of conflict dynamics and to explore the interconnection of various types and levels of conflict.
Personal Wellness in Organizational Systems
Explore the concept and experience of personal wellness within organizational life. Using a systems framework and emphasizing the intersection of the personal and the organizational, students develop models and assess an actual organization using their organizational wellness model.
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