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IOP/490
Capstone Project

Course level: Upper Division

3 credits

Total credits

5 weeks

Course length

Take this course on its own, or as part of a degree or certificate program.

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This course is designed to prompt reflection and focus on the entire program learning experience. Students will integrate core concepts learned throughout the program and will demonstrate proficiency with these concepts in a final project.

Please Note: Attendance and participation are mandatory in all University courses, and specific requirements may differ by course. If attendance requirements are not met, a student may be removed from the course. Please review the Course Attendance Policy in the Catalog for more information.

University of Phoenix reserves the right to modify courses. While widely available, not all programs are available to residents of all states. Please check with a University Enrollment Representative.

Earn these career-relevant skills in weeks, not years.

  • Identify strategies that can improve performance in an organization.
  • Align performance initiatives with the mission, vision, and values of an organization.
  • Design a needs assessment for an organization.

  • Identify a change initiative in your organization or one you are familiar with.
  • Develop tools to measure employee readiness.
  • Incorporate theories of change management into your organizational change strategy.
  • Assess the influence of regulatory and government agencies.

  • Apply motivational theories and connect their relevancy to widespread changes in the workplace.
  • Outline options for evaluating human performance.
  • Examine the benefits of two-way feedback and communication when dealing with performance issues.
  • Apply theories of change management.

  • Examine diversity-related issues in organizations.
  • Explore how change efforts can affect organizational culture.
  • Discuss government and regulatory influence on identified workplace issues and organizational culture.

  • Defend the effectiveness of the assessment tools used for the evaluation of a selected organization.
  • Summarize elements of the change strategy and the change plan that aided in discovery of problems in the organization.
  • Explain I/O concepts that aided in your capstone final project.
  • Design a comprehensive assessment of the organization, including influences or effects of the appropriate regulatory agencies’ guidelines.

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