Adizes Graduate School
for the Study of Leadership and Change

The AGS Catalogue contains essential information for new students.

Spiral Dynamics:
Next Santa Barbara Seminar May 6-11, 2013, click here
Latest News on SDi, click here

Adizes Graduate School (AGS) - Because we, in our world, function in the context of enterprise and organizations, transformation of our businesses and institutions is essential to socio-cultural evolution and sustainability. As one of our students said, "The world is in a deep state of need and only through transforming the business world can our social and environmental problems be solved."

AGS offers unique, flexible, interdisciplinary degree programs (Masters and PhD online, Clinical tracks) with a focus on understanding and managing change and transformation. Programs provide an opportunity for integral study in terms of change management, sustainability, complexity, leadership, organizational management and managing change in complex systems. The online degrees attract consulting professionals, change agents and leaders in the profit and nonprofit sectors interested in sustainability and cross-disciplinary applications, including core courses in Adizes methodology and Spiral Dynamics. Transformational change management methods are intended for use on many levels - with individuals, organizations, and society. Take a class, or earn your PhD degree online!

Where are you going from here?

Earn your MA, PhD, or a Dual-track MA/PhD degree online. All courses can be completed online in small, engaging classrooms of no more than 10 students per group.
Click here to review Application materials. There is no charge to apply to AGS.

In the realm of ideas everything depends on enthusiasm... in the real world all rests on perseverance. - - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)

The online PhD degree program is open to students holding a Masters Degree, 30 units of graduate credit, or a Bachelors (extra coursework required). The online PhD degree requires nine courses plus three terms of supervised writing and a unique dissertation. 

The Dissertation enables doctoral degree candidates to develop their own model for managing change in their own unique context through the analysis and critical examination of existing literature. Students will focus on qualitative methods and integrate multiple theories on change and complexity into a new functional management design. They will critique Adizes methods and other management applications, such as spiral dynamics, in context.

The Masters Degree requires 10 courses plus a thesis or written examination. Alternately, students holding a Bachelors Degree can enroll in a dual-track online Doctorate with or without completing a Masters Thesis or Exam. A total of 14 classes are required for the dual-track program.

Sample syllabus:
Systems Thinking: Modeling Complexity ...taught by Dr. Bruce LaRue, co-author of Synthesizing Higher Education and Corporate Learning Strategies, with Stephanie Galindo, M.Ed. (2009) in The Handbook of Online Learning (Rudestam and Schoenholtz-Read. Eds. 2nd Edition, SAGE.)

Core Programming:

At AGS:

• There is no application fee or software to install
• There are six-week breaks between terms for catching up with family and friends
• The Masters or online doctoral degree can be completed in as little as 3 years
• We offer limited financial aid on a per-term basis.
• Earn your PhD degree online! Why wait?

Adizes Graduate School is approved by
The Bureau for Private, Postsecondary Education for the State of California (BPPE). Approval means to operate in compliance with State standards as set forth in the Education Code. The Bureau approves schools to operate and to offer educational programs under the Department of Consumer Affairs. The approval process is designed to assure that institutions meet certain academic standards and deliver the quality of education promised in their promotional materials.
We are required to post this Notice of Inspection for 90 days from 9/20/12

This site was updated on March 1, 2013

Click for a Brochure!

Ph.D. Student Quote:
You've created a wonderful "gestalt" of contents with many connections to the processes of change and transformation.  I had the feeling of holding a kaleidoscope and becoming addicted to its different forms, components, colors, movements ... Processing this provided an excellent challenge - to combine experience, research and thought. It was an amazing experience that gave me an opportunity to focus, as well as to develop new insights.
- Atalia Or, Consultant

Ph.D. Student Quote:
The readings really stretched our comprehension, the variety was just great, many new concepts introduced. The insight and contribution of each student really enhanced the learning process. By examining how to make this knowledge actionable, I could easily make the connection to my institution and the wider systems in which we operate at SIAST.
- G. Sarkar,
Academic Director - Planning, Research and Development.
Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Science & Technology.

Ph.D. Student Quote:
In preparation for class, I am reading some books in advance. The first book has changed my way of viewing things totally. The second, I should say that after all these years it is the first time that I feel that I understand where human resistance to change actually comes from. It is also the first time that I feel that I see why - from all the available options at any given time - only just a few are visible to people. I am now looking forward to discovering my immunities and change myself again towards becoming a self transforming mind. - G. Karadimas, General Manager, ADT AGIS Fire & Security, Greece.

LINKS: ADMISSIONS -APPLICATION - DISTANCE LEARNING- LIBRARY - CONTACT AGS - MANUALS
2013 SCHEDULE AND HOLIDAYS

Site Contents © 1994 - 2012 Adizes Graduate School. All Rights Reserved.
Site Credits:    Programming - Business Network Services     Art, Architecture and Content - S.D. Galindo

NOTICE OF NONDISCRIMINATION POLICY FOR STUDENTS: The Adizes Graduate School and Adizes Institute (not for profit) admit students of any gender, race, color, national or ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of gender, race, color, national or ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, financial aid programs, or other school-administered programs.