Department website: https://www.atu.edu/orgstudies

The 12-credit-hour Graduate Certificate in Organizational Development and Learning prepares students to successfully address organizational challenges through improving workplace performance, leading change initiatives, developing training programs, enhancing leadership skills, and implementing ethical, evidence-based solutions to solve complex problems.

Learning Goals

• ​Human Resources, Personnel Development, and Change
  • Students will apply strategic human resources development and employee development to effectively align workforce assets with organizational goals using talent management, performance improvement, and change management to increase organizational effectiveness.
• Adult Learning, Leadership, and Organizational Development Theory and Practice
  • Students will review, analyze, and apply prominent theories in leadership, leadership ethics, followership, adult learning, and development to address organizational issues in diverse settings.

Vision

To offer innovative, workforce-relevant credentials that prepare individuals to lead effective organizations in a dynamic world.

Mission

The Organizational Studies program believes education is the gateway to professional and personal goal fulfillment. We provide accessible, flexible, and high-quality learning opportunities in an engaging, supportive environment. We empower individuals with the knowledge and skills necessary to face complex organizational challenges, develop leadership capacity in self and others, and drive meaningful change in organizations and communities. Through innovative, experiential learning experiences, we support lifelong learning and career advancement for individuals from diverse personal and professional backgrounds.

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
MGMT 6103	Organizational Management and Leadership	3
OL 5043	Ethical Decision-Making and Development	3
OL 5643	Organizational Globalization and Diversity	3
OL 6043	Leadership in Organizational Change	3
Total Hours		12

• Human Resources, Personnel Development, and Change
  • Students will apply strategic human resources development and employee development to effectively align workforce assets with organizational goals using talent management, performance improvement, and change management to increase organizational effectiveness.
    1. explain the historical, current, and future role of training and development (training, coaching, mentoring, etc) in organizations
    2. differentiate between coaching and mentoring and identify underlying theories that guide each, demonstrate skills in active listening, questioning, feedback, goal setting, apply coaching and mentoring techniques for leadership development in various professional contexts, assess and evaluate effectiveness of coaching and mentoring interventions
    3. develop, assess, and evaluate development programs, including training/coaching costs, assessment/test development, program development, and ROI
    4. describe and analyze theories and models of organizational change, identify internal and external factors that drive change, assess effectiveness of change management strategies and interventions, develop leadership competencies to lead and manage organizational change
    5. develop strategies for promoting diversity awareness, fostering an inclusive culture, and addressing bias and discrimination in personnel practices
• Adult Learning, Leadership, and Organizational Development Theory and Practice
  • Students will review, analyze, and apply prominent theories in leadership, leadership ethics, followership, adult learning, and development to address organizational issues in diverse settings.
    1. demonstrate mastery of basic principles of leadership theory, adult learning theory, and development theory
    2. identifies evidence-based practices in leadership, followership, and leadership ethics
    3. evaluates the application of theory in various organizational and/or cultural contexts
    4. articulates the links between effective leadership and lifelong learning
    5. develops theory-based plans for strategic training, human development, and organizational change

For program assessment visit: https://www.atu.edu/assessment/program_assessment.php