PhD Organizational Systems

This program is designed for advanced students who have a master's degree, and who want to develop further skills to contribute the emerging social needs for transformative, innovative, sustainable organizational and social change.

This program is intended 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.

Our perspective is based on the philosophy that future organizations must be able to mobilize the energy and commitment of their people, develop collaborative and innovative operating systems, that respond to the emerging global needs for sustainability that face all organizations, whether private, public or governmental.

Our goal is to produce graduates who become the leaders in sustainable organizational changes all over the world. Students who complete a degree in OS will be able to:

• Assess, design, implement, and evaluate complex organizational change initiatives.
• Design and conduct sophisticated organizational research while employing strong critical analysis in both thinking and writing.
• Apply systems design to create or transform social systems by engaging the whole community in shared model building and action.
• Operate consistently within a solid ethical framework.
• Build authentic relationships through self-awareness, appreciation of diversity, and constructive dialog.

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