EDUC 706S - Leading Transformational Change: Theory and Practice in PK-12/Postsecondary Educational Settings

Prerequisite, Shanghai Normal University student in the Ph.D. in education major. A systems perspective on the leadership challenges of guiding organizational transformation. Topics include: Evolving workplace practices (telecommuting, virtual-teaming), dysfunctions of bureaucracy, images of the healthy organization, managing transitions, team development, leadership resilience and adaptivity, personal mastery, mental models, inspiring shared vision, appreciative inquiry, deep change. Some sections of EDUC 706 will be combined with EDUC 706S. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits