Organizational Development Project

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The Organizational Development Capstone project offers students the opportunity to analyze, develop, propose, and potentially implement a plan that has the capability of significantly improving some aspect of an organization’s effectiveness, efficiency, or overall performance. Students conduct system and structure analyses and identify organizational opportunities. Students conduct literature reviews in order to understand the current scope of research relative to organizations. A research strategy, including data collection and analyses, is developed and implemented. The capstone requires a research proposal plan suitable for implementation in an organization. seminArs SEM 690A Seminar I-VI Offered at regional satellite campuses, the seminar provides a structured opportunity for interaction between students and faculty. Seminars will include presentations from subject matter experts and students, as well as workshops and meetings between faculty and students. One credit hour per term for terms I, II, III, IV , V , and VI.