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Length: 9 weeks
Credits: 3.00
Delivery: Online
This course is required for the Graduate Certi cate in Organization Design and Development
Organization Development:
Supporting Organizational Health and Vitality
Develops knowledge and skills necessary for conducting strategic analysis, decision making, and evaluation in complex organizations with particular focus on organizational health and vitality. Students will be introduced to approaches that assist in discerning intentions, roles and foci for Organization Development (OD) and change processes, and in nding a best t with
the practitioner’s style and capabilities.
Length: 9 weeks
Credits: 3.00
Delivery: Online
This course is required for the Graduate Certi cate in Organization Design and Development
Managing Complex
Projects
Project managers use speci c proven techniques and strategies for achieving outstanding results. Several models have evolved to provide contextual frameworks for integrating projects within an organization’s strategic goals. This course includes and examines the bene ts realization approach and the SMART (strategically managed, aligned, regenerative and transitional) model.
Length: 9 weeks
Credits: 3.00
Delivery: Online
This course is required for the Graduate Certi cate in Project Management
Project Planning and Scheduling
Examines the constraints faced by every project manager in any project and timeframe, budget, human resources, speci cations, equipment and material without letting the constraints limit innovation and creativity. The course introduces techniques for work breakdown structure development, estimating, forecasting, evaluating and forecasting, monitoring and reporting costs and interpreting earned-value data.
Length: 9 weeks
Credits: 3.00
Delivery: Online
This course is required for the Graduate Certi cate in Project Management
Leading Organizational Change
Considers the problems, prospects and challenges of leading change. Students
will be provided with an opportunity to consider how organizations can effectively develop and maintain adaptive systems.
In particular, we will explore several change models, elements of effective change strategies, and barriers to the effective implementation of change programs. Special consideration will be given to leadership issues and in particular to the development of the leadership capacities required to effectively lead change efforts.
Length: 10 weeks
Credits: 3.00
Delivery: Online
This course is required for the Graduate Certi cate in Strategic Human Resources Management
Coaching for Leadership
As organizations move through one
change to another, coaching is increasingly being recognized as critical support for change leadership and management.
In any change it is individuals that actually implement whatever change is being initiated. Coaching leaders help individuals (and teams) make the best use of their
own resources to meet both personal and organizational goals. A leader who coaches can be a catalyst to increased resilience, creativity and performance for individuals and organizations in the midst of the change cycle. This course is aimed at helping you learn to use a coach approach as a leader. You will explore your individual philosophy of leadership coaching and practice coaching skills with others. Coaching is a conversational skill; the course has a strong emphasis on application of knowledge. Your most powerful learning about coaching will happen through practice.
Length: 11 weeks
Credits: 3.00
Delivery: Online
This course is required for the Graduate Certi cate in Strategic Human Resources Management
Cultivating Creative Con dence and Competence Focuses on the individual’s role in workplace innovation. Explores key innovation skills such as problem solving, risk taking, communication and relationship building skills, and how individuals develop the con dence and competence to use those skills to innovate within organizations.
Length: 9 weeks
Credits: 3.00
Delivery: Online
This course is required for the Graduate Certi cate in Workplace Innovation
Innovation Tools
and Processes
Focuses on innovation at a team level and will include an exploration of tools and processes used in group settings. Considers topics such as interdisciplinary diversity, principles of innovation, design thinking, the use of artifacts, sketching, model making and prototyping, and group decision making and execution.
Length: 9 weeks
Credits: 3.00
Delivery: Online
This course is required for the Graduate Certi cate in Workplace Innovation
Workplace Innovation:
Strategy and Culture
Considers the need for embedding innovation in both strategy and culture within an organization. Identi es leadership practices necessary to encourage and support innovation. Students will examine models and tools for understanding how workplace culture can be measured and managed, alongside innovative approaches to strategy development.
Length: 9 weeks
Credits: 3.00
Delivery: Online
This course is required for the Graduate Certi cate in Workplace Innovation
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