Application and Enrollment

Continuing Student Enrollment Documents

Enrollment Agreement
Print and fax all documents to AGS at 270-626-7243

New Student Application and Enrollment Instructions

New students may want to print this page:

Print and fax all documents to AGS at 270-626-7243

There is no charge to submit an application (and attachments) to AGS.  Feel free to contact us as often as you like during the application process. We are here to assist you!

Please read a quick one-page review now - The Norms of Working Online

The School offers one online course per term.  Each course requires 15 hours time committment each week. Classes limited to 10 students per group.

New Student Documents 2008 (Overseas students - apply and enroll early to qualify!)

1. Read about the three prerequisites for enrollment now, visit Are you Qualified? Read the special requirements for Clinical Program Admissions, if applicable.

2. Submit the following documents to your academic advisor for review:

Application, Part One (Print, complete and fax to AGS.)
Application, Part Two (Print, complete and fax to AGS.)
To complete your Self-Assessment, use the tools at Are you Ready for Distance Learning?

3. Submit the following document with your tuition payment
 
Enrollment Agreement - (Print, complete, MAIL to AGS)

4. Complete the software training (you will be provided with your log-in and intial password). Visit the Demonstration Classroom now and make sure your browser and connection speed are sufficient.

5. Become familiar with the content of these texts, provided free at enrollment: Spiral Dynamics; Mastering Change; Managing Corporate Lifecycles. Complete a preparatory exercise - - Preparatory Exercise (optional, but a critical guide to the texts provided)

6. Purchase The A.P.A. Publications Manual , most recent edition, or the newest pocket guide, Concise Rules of APA Style, at APAStyle.org.

7. AGS Manuals - Review AGS policies and other manuals - all are available online. You are required to be familiar with the details in the Program Catalog, but this website supercedes the Catalog. Policies and procedures on this website will always supercede those detailed in the most current documentation.

Manuals - Includes Policy Manual, Thesis Manual, Catalog, Tips for Writing a Concept Paper (for the Ph.D.) and, soon to come, Case Study Management (tips for the Clinical Doctorate)

AGS Classroom Demo (Check it out! No software to download, no password needed)

Print and fax all documents to AGS at (USA) 270-626-7243

All Students See Below for Courses and Required Books this term:

FALL TERM:   New Student Applications due August 15th
                     Continuing Students Enrollment Agreement due August 22nd
                     Classroom access granted September 5th
                     Class begins September 8th. 

Order Required Books online!

Course Titled (upper division, Ph.D. program):

• Models of Conflict
  Instructor:      Dr. Bruce LaRue
  
  Course information: click here for the syllabus
  
  Required Reading List: The APA Manual, 5th Edition is required. Crib sheets on the web are not approved, may be inaccurate and conflict with each other. Grades will reflect improper form or citations.
   

Deutsch, M.; Coleman, P.; and Marcus, E. (2006). The Handbook of Conflict Resolution: Theory and Practice (2^nd ed.). Jossey-Bass.

Plus:  Choose one text from the Suggested Readings (in addition to Adizes material) to review in the context of your final synthesis paper.

Suggested Readings

Binmore, K. (2007). Playing for Real: A Text on Game Theory. Oxford University Press.

Bunker, B. and Alban, B. (2006). The Handbook of Large Group Methods: Creating Systemic Change in Organizations and Communities. Jossey-Bass.

De Dreu, C. and Gelfand, M. (2007). The Psychology of Conflict and Conflict Managment in Organizations. Erlbaum Psych Press.

Fisher, R., & Shapiro, D. (2005). Beyond reason: using emotions as you negotiate. New York: Viking. 

 Lencioni, P. (2005). Overcoming the five dysfunctions of a team: a field guide for leaders, managers, and facilitators. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Smith, K., & Berg, D. (1998). Paradoxes of Group Life: Understanding Conflict, Paralysis, and Movement in Group Dynamics. New Lexigton Press Organization Sciences Series. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.  

Special Note (strongly suggested reading):

Druckman, D. (2005). Doing Research: Methods of Inquiry for Conflict Analysis. Sage Publications, Inc. (Recommended for students: "It provides multiple research methods and models focusing on conflict analysis and resolution that can be used by any student in a variety of social science disciplines or fields of study.")

Dr. LaRue will provide links to online publications in the syllabus. These are also REQUIRED READING.
 

• Three free books are provided to new students upon enrollment: Adizes Mastering Change; and Managing Corporate Lifecycles; and the Spiral Dynamics text.
   
•  Order books EARLY on Amazon.com or Barnes and Noble.

• Contact Edu@Adizes.com as early as possible if you would like to schedule.

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