Domain, Philosophy, Distinctions and Appeal

The academic domain of Organizational Dynamics encompasses a body of knowledge that draws from multiple disciplines and perspectives. Organizational Dynamics provides working professionals with the diversity of knowledge, skills, and frameworks to navigate, lead and sustain organizations and communities in the continuously changing, increasingly complex and diverse global environment.

Our philosophy is that a trans-disciplinary, integrated approach to understanding modern organizations and communities and their activities is essential. Indeed, modern leadership to be effective requires multiple and diverse perspectives of inquiry, evaluation, and understanding. This approach of interpreting and describing organizations through a variety of disciplinary lenses produces new frameworks, perspectives, understanding, and skills that improve leadership and organizational effectiveness.

Our distinctions and competitive advantages are our focus on the human domain; our superior faculty; our trans-disciplinary, integrated-knowledge approach; our small classes of working professionals; and our passion for interactive and applied adult learning.

Organizational Dynamics appeals to adults who possess sufficient knowledge and skill to perform their jobs, but who are searching for enhanced organizational competencies and intellectual challenges. These include increased understanding of organizational structures and processes, and the historical and cultural contexts of organizations; improved methods to diagnose, evaluate, and creatively manage organizational problems and conflicts; and enhanced skills to communicate effectively, to control organizational change, and to lead.