EDD/721
Planning and Leading Change
3 credits
Total credits
8 weeks
Course length
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Course level: Graduate
This course examines the concept of change and its impact on educational organizations. How to manage and lead change, counteract resistance to change, and the politics and economics of change are of special focus. Understanding the dynamics of change and how it influences strategic planning of an institution are explored. Competencies: Examine the frameworks of change, current change theories, and the historical progression of change models. Explain influences on change within contemporary organizations. Analyze strategies that influence the change processes within an educational organization. Evaluate change processes using empirical research. Propose new processes for change based on existing models in an educational setting.