The Organizational Learning and HRD emphasis is designed to provide doctoral students with the knowledge and skills needed to prepare them for leadership roles with organizations as well as the field of HRD. The program focuses on the conceptualization, organization, management, and leadership of HRD functions. Special emphasis is placed on understanding organizational change and improvement strategies, the performance management design process, and organizational learning. Graduates will develop advanced performance consulting skills, strategic planning techniques, and evaluation competencies.
All doctoral students are expected to enter the program having completed a masters degree appropriate for their professional goals. If deficiencies are identified or if coursework is dated, students will be expected to take additional coursework to address these deficiencies as a part of their doctoral program.
In addition to the nine credit hour core experience, the Organizational Learning and HRD emphasis consists of a professional core (24 cr.), field experience (3-6 cr.), research core (12 cr.), electives (12 cr.), and dissertation (12 cr.). The total program is between 72-75 credit hours.
Professional Core (24 cr.)
Each doctoral student in the Organizational Learning and HRD emphasis must complete a common core of five courses (15 cr.) The following areas of study will be addressed:
Contemporary Management Strategies (Theories of Leadership)
Principles of Consultation
HRD Leadership
Advanced Seminar in Organizational Learning and HRD
Organizational Change and Improvement.
These courses will provide doctoral students an advanced overview of organizational learning and HRD.
In addition, each doctoral student will complete three courses (9 cr.) that will further enhance their understanding of organizational learning and HRD as well as allow for pursuit of special interests in organizational learning and HRD or closely related areas.
Field Experience (3-6 cr.)
Doctoral students are expected to participate in a field experience designed to enhance their understanding of organizational consultation, problem-solving, and organizational learning and HRD. Some doctoral students may be required to participate in more than one field experience in order to enhance their knowledge of organizational learning and HRD or improve their organizational consulting and problem-solving competencies.
Research Core (12 cr.)
The research core is designed to provide doctoral students with a comprehensive overview of research methods and statistics used in organizational learning and HRD.
Res Ev 552 Basic Educational Statistics (3 cr.) or Stat 401 Statistical Methods (4 cr.)
Res Ev 554 Intermediate Research Methods (3 cr.)
HPC 580 Qualitative Research Methodology (3 cr.)
Res Ev 553 Intermediate Educational Statistics (2 cr.), or
HPC 680 Critical Issues in Interpretive Methodology (3 cr.), or
Stat 402 Statistical Design and Analysis of Experiments (3 cr.)
Electives (12 cr.)
Twelve hours of elective coursework outside of the College of Education is required. These electives should be selected to facilitate a doctoral student's special interest or to eliminate organizational learning and HRD deficiencies. (Masters coursework could be counted as all or part of this requirement.)
Dissertation Research (12 cr.)
Total Program: 72-75 cr.
