| 220 |
Special Workshop (arr.) |
Staff |
| |
Topics to be announced in the Schedule of Classes. May be repeated for credit. |
| 234 |
Action Learning (3) |
Marquardt |
| |
Processes, principles, and skills necessary to participate in and lead both single- and multiple-problem action learning sets. The six dimensions of action learning; educational psychological, political, sociological, and management theories underlying action learning. |
| 236 |
Technology and Human Resource Development (3) |
Staff |
| |
How technology can best be utilized in the HRD environment. Discussion of CBT, use of the Internet for instruction, and distance learning techniques. |
| 239 |
International and Multicultural Issues in Organizations (3) |
Cseh, Marquardt, Khilji |
| |
The impact of culture and globalization on U.S. and international HRD programs and practices. Adult learning and organizational change approaches that develop and utilize the synergy of workforce diversity. Successful international HRD programs. |
| 263 |
Foundations of Human Resource Development (3) |
Cseh, Wesner, Morgan |
| |
How individuals and groups learn and interact within organizations and how organizations function and learn. Motivation, group dynamics, systems theory, organizational culture, and change. |
| 264 |
Design of Adult Learning Interventions (3) |
Marquardt |
| |
Designing and implementing training programs. Topics include instructional design techniques, designing effective programs, program planning and marketing techniques, and conducting needs assessments and evaluations of training programs. |
| 269 |
Organization Diagnosis and Development (3) |
Cseh, Wesner, Khilji |
| |
The assessment of organizational conditions, including collection and interpretation of information, operations, and problems (human, structural, and systemic). Course participants collect and analyze data to provide solutions to enhance organizational effectiveness. |
| 272 |
Internship in Human Resource Development (3 to 6) |
Staff |
| |
Supervised experience in selected areas of human resource development and adult education. Admission by permission of instructor. |
| 274 |
Work Groups and Teams in Organizations (3) |
Chalofsky, Wesner, Morgan |
| |
Exploration of the nature of work groups and teams as they are utilized in organizational settings. Group and team dynamics, facilitating and leading skills, and group roles and boundaries. |
| 277 |
Increasing the Capacity to Learn (3) |
Chalofsky |
| |
Identification of actions that can help increase the capacity to learn. Transformation of the workplace. |
| 281 |
Adult Learning (3) |
Cseh, Hoare |
| |
Premises and theories used to meet learning needs of adults. Overview of various learning theories and the impact of various stages of adult development on learners. Topics including self-directed learning, accommodating individual learning needs, and creation of effective learning techniques. Same as HDev 281. |
| 282 |
Strategies for Adult Learning (3) |
Staff |
| |
Theoretical and practical components of instructional delivery in various settings, including corporate training environments. Students design and implement teaching strategies, such as concept attainment, group investigation, and creative thinking. |
| 283 |
Leadership in Organizations (3) |
Cseh |
| |
Developments in theory and research centered on transformational leadership. |
| 284 |
Assessing the Impact of HRD Efforts (3) |
Morgan and Staff |
| |
Knowledge and skills needed to evaluate the impact and return on investment of HRD efforts. Focus on how to plan and conduct systematic evaluations of HRD efforts, including the choice, development, and use of various tools for measuring individual, group, and organizational change. |
| 286 |
Issues in Human Resource Development (3) |
Morgan, Khilji, and Staff |
| |
Current issues and topics of importance in the field. Students gather data and analyze key topics associated with areas such as globalization, diversity in the workplace, organizational development, and ethics. |
| 287 |
Strategic Human Performance Processes (3) |
Morgan, Wesner, Khilji |
| |
Overview of systematic coordination and use of HR management concepts as an integral element of organizational strategy. HRD implications of these tools, with an emphasis on building the HR system. |
| 288 |
The Humane Organization (3) |
Chalofsky |
| |
Characteristics of the humane organization and of meaningful work. Theories of work motivation; social and organizational issues. |
| 289 |
Consulting Skills for Organizational Learning and Change (3) |
Cseh, Chalofsky |
| |
Introduction to the concepts, methods, and skills required for effective consultation in organizations, as either an internal or an external consultant. Meeting the human needs in organizations, while improving performance and productivity. Students undertake a consulting project in an organization. Prerequisite: HRD 269. |
| 290 |
Organizational Learning (3) |
Schwandt, Casey |
| |
Learning in an organizational context. Processes through which the organization as a system learns, unlearns, changes, and disseminates information. Organizational learning theories address the processes and barriers of gathering, using, developing, and retaining knowledge in organizations. |
| 293–94 |
Research and Independent Study (1 to 3) |
Staff |
| |
For students who have a specific interest in a topic related to human and organizational learning. An in-depth project is completed under the guidance of a faculty member. The course is arranged individually with an instructor. |
| 299–300 |
Thesis Research (3–3) |
Staff |
| 320 |
Topics in Human and Organizational Learning (3) |
Staff |
| |
Topics to be announced in the Schedule of Classes. |
| 321 |
Seminar: Advanced Issues in Human and Organizational Learning (3) |
Casey, Cseh |
| 327 |
Seminar: Applied Research in Human and Organizational Learning (3) |
Casey, Cseh |
| 353 |
Work, Identity, and Adult Development (3) |
Hoare |
| |
Same as Cnsl 353/HDev 353. |
| 363 |
Foundations of Human and Organizational Learning (3) |
Schwandt, Cseh |
| |
Relationships between individuals and their interactions in groups within an organizational context. Overview of theoretical foundations of key areas associated with HRD. Motivation, systems theory, group dynamics, organizational culture, and learning. |
| 369 |
Theory and Design of Organizational Diagnosis (3) |
Schwandt |
| |
Focus on various paradigms through which organizations and their functions may be viewed; a variety of analytical models of organizations; techniques for assessing systems; application of analysis techniques. |
| 374 |
Work Groups and Teams in Organizations (3) |
Chalofsky, Marquardt |
| |
Theoretical understanding and practical considerations of working with groups and teams. Group dynamics, facilitating and leading groups, and member roles. Group facilitation techniques across different group settings and environments. |
| 379 |
Practicum in Human and Organizational Learning (3 to 6) |
Staff |
| 380 |
Advanced Organizational Learning (3) |
Schwandt, Casey |
| |
The psychological and sociological paradigms associated with the learning of a collective whole. |
| 381 |
Theory, Research, and Practice in Adult Learning and Development (3) |
Hoare and Staff |
| |
Learning theories as applied to adults in individual and group learning transactions; effect of age on learning; psychological, physical, and social environments in adult education situations. |
| 386 |
Interdisciplinary Readings in |
Schwandt, Casey, Chalofsky |
| |
Human and Organizational Learning (3) |
|
| |
Seminal works from various disciplines related to current research and practice. |
| 390 |
Predissertation Seminar (3 to 6) |
Staff |
| 391 |
Dissertation Research (3 or 6) |
Staff |
| |
Prerequisite: HRD 390/Educ 390. |
