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Organization And Administration –
edu580
(3 credits)
In this course, students explore the roles and responsibilities of the school administrator and learn how educational leadership emerges. Students examine leadership as it relates to leadership styles, policy- and decision-making, personnel management, delegation of authority, collaboration, communication, and diversity. Current research in the area of educational leadership and schools as organized systems is also emphasized.
This graduate-level course is
weeks.
To enroll, speak with an Enrollment Advisor.
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Relationships
- Predict the effect of improved interpersonal skills in your organization.
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Overview of Organization and Administration
- Analyze the school setting and educational administration according to systems theory.
- Explain the historical perspectives of school leadership, its evolution, and the factors that necessitated changes over time.
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Organizational Values
- Examine how recommended administrative policies affect organizational values.
- Assess how values are applied in your organization's culture.
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Leadership and Management
- Evaluate different leadership styles.
- Describe the differences between leadership and management.
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Evaluation
- Recommend ways a school administrator may use and manage all available resources to meet organizational needs.
- Summarize the evaluation factors critical to an organization.
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Dynamics of Change
- Analyze the effects of change on your organization.
- Assess how a clearly defined common mission and a set of organizational values and beliefs support change.
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Diversity
- Evaluate the power of diversity in your organization.
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Communication
- Create a plan for internal communication in your organization.
- Develop effective communication techniques for all stakeholders.
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Collaborative Decision-Making
- Illustrate how effective school administrators use collaboration for school improvement.
- Formulate a decision-making model appropriate to your organization.
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Accountability and School Improvement
- Evaluate how accountability influences school improvement in your organization.
- The University of Phoenix reserves the right to modify courses.
- While widely available, not all programs are available in all locations or in both online and on-campus formats. Please check with a University Enrollment Advisor.
- Transferability of credit is at the discretion of the receiving institution. It is the student’s responsibility to confirm whether or not credits earned at University of Phoenix will be accepted by another institution of the student’s choice.
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