Leading Org Culture & Change

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This course focuses on the role of leaders in understanding and managing the reciprocal processes of organizational culture and change. Normative and ethnographic approaches to analyzing organizational culture are introduced as core competencies for affecting change. Classical content and process theories of change are explored with respect to individual, social and qnthropological implications. Cultural dynamics and processes of acculturation in organizations are examined in the context of evolutionary, teleological, life cycle, political and social cognitive perspectives on leading change. A model of organizational change in cultural context is introduced, along with research tools and strategies for assessing the extent to which leaders influence cultural dynamics and change processes in organizations. Prerequisites: LEAD870 and LEAD880 Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Majors: Leadership Studies College of Health and Human Sciences Leadership Studies & HRD