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Pepperdine University, Graduate School of Education and Psychology

Education Programs

Ed.D. in Organization Change

The Organization Change concentration focuses on the broad field of organization change. Taking a comprehensive view of the world's changing external environments, this program emphasizes the theory, research, and practice of change within, between, and across organizations. This course of study uses an integrated framework to develop knowledge and skills for designing and managing continuous organizational change. Key competency areas include: ethics, interpersonal awareness/self as instrument; OD, OB , OT, and allied social science field of knowledge; research; and practice. Integrating strands include leadership; creative and critical thinking; future perspectives, communication, and practice.

Students follow a sequence-oriented curriculum through a series of 12, eight-day, seminar-style sessions held at conference facilities. Sessions are scheduled at two-to-four month intervals over a three-year period.

In the third year of study, students participate in an International Experience and a Change Project supported by faculty and an on-site mentor. Students begin their dissertation research in the third year and complete all degree requirements during the fourth and fifth year of doctoral study.

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