PhD Organizational Systems

Do You Want to be a Global Change Agent?

Program Overview

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If you want to develop further skills to contribute the emerging social needs for transformative, innovative, sustainable organizational and social change, the PhD in Organizational Systems is a program that will meet your needs.

The PhD in Organizational Systems is designed:

  • For advanced students who have a professional masters degree, and who want to develop further skills to contribute to innovative organizational and social change.
  • To develop leaders who are ready and able to contribute to the development of organizations and institutions that can respond to global needs in the 21st century.

Future organizations must be able to mobilize the energy and commitment of their people as co-collaborators, not just employees. They must also develop collaborative and innovative operating systems that respond to the emerging global needs for sustainability. This program can help you be an instrumental part of change.

Real world application

Wherever you are in your career, if you’re seeking to improve your possibilities for career advancement or transition, this program can offer you a chance to study the tools you need. You can also learn the skills needed to develop a new career as a change leader, consultant, or innovative manager. 

Prospective students may apply their learning to careers in business, education, public services, and social services. 

Apply now!

Or, to  find out more about the PhD in Organizational Systems program is right for you, please email admissions@saybrook.edu or call 800-825-4480.

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Gary Metcalf
Organizational Systems Faculty
Human Science Alumni 2000
"Saybrook faculty helped me blend work and school in a way that's made each more effective."
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Bernice Moore
Organizational Systems Alumni 2009
"Psychology, social transformation, cross-cultural work, mind-body ideas ... all of this is important in organizational work, and when you study at Saybrook you have all of these traditions to draw upon to help you engage. It's much more than just studying business development."

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