EDUC 708 - Leading Change: Politics, Policy, and Advocacy in PK-12/Postsecondary Educational Settings

Prerequisite, Ph.D. in education major. Examines role of leader as change agent, contrasting formal authority and social influence. Studies organizations as political entities; subject to, and shaping public policy. Topics include: Planned change, effective advocacy, power, influence, formal/informal systems, organizations as instruments of social control and/or social change, organizational culture. Some sections of EDUC 708 will be combined with EDUC 708S. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits