The Professional Clinical Doctorate: Organizational Design
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The Clinical Specialty in Organizational Design ~

Program Content: This course of study is expected to take four (4) years, but could be done in less time with due diligence. Students learn traditional and current management theory and application, the techniques and tools of analysis and control, the classical concepts of leadership and supervision. They will learn to facilitate the organization in identifying its purpose of existence,  including how to "own it," and how to harness the energy necessary to achieve that goal. They learn how to lead in the design of an organizational structure which minimizes destructive conflict and creates an environment in which conflict is constructive. They will also learn the principles that govern organizational structures in order to create structures that are both controllable and flexible.  Students will learn how to design information systems that make the accountability in an organization transparent so that the responsibility can be monitored, corrective action can be applied in a timely manner, and rewards can be distributed to reinforce desired behavior.

 Specific learning outcomes include:

A.   In-depth training in classical management systems thinking, tools and techniques of management analysis and classical concepts of supervision, leadership, and control techniques and strategies.
B. The fundamental techniques of the "push-pull process" that keeps an organization changing.
C. How to conduct organization therapy sessions that bring people to agreement on the organization's own value-added competitive advantage and to develop a clear, concise statement of the mission of the organization, identifying their own common, shared sense of vision and mission.
D. How to structure an organization in light of its mission, functions and required individual responsibilities, which clarify accountability to function.
E.   How to overcome organizational colonialism via organizational design, and how to give line functions more control so that staff recognizes its legitimate role. 
F. To match managers' new responsibilities with appropriate levels of authority, and to wind tunnel-test the new structure and to define and clarify responsibilities within and between units.
G. To enhance the information systems so they document individual accountability for very dollar in and out of the organization, and develop adequate transfer prices, watch profit and loss within each unit, product or other desired reference points.
H. To apply these in specific experiential situations and refine experiential competence and skills.

The clinical specialty in Organizational Design includes the following three content areas

 Academic: The online courses are described here. Nine courses are required for students entering the program with a Bachelors Degree; 3 courses are required for those who are qualified for advanced standing. All online courses are managed in conjunction with the Adizes Graduate School academic online degree programs - the Masters and the Ph.D.  All information regarding the academic online courses applies as well.

 The following pre-requisite courses (not available at AGS) are required and must appear on your transcripts, or you may submit a written petition for a waiver of these pre-requisite courses (required with the application documents) based on demonstrable professional experience, or take these courses anytime prior to Adizes Phase training: 

Marketing Theory
Accounting Theory

Clincal: Phase I - III of the Adizes methodology, including on-site classes, online lab work with supervision, and internships in a client environment

The Doctoral Project: The final project is a case study of facilitation with one client using all the phases of the area of study in which the student has specialized OR the documentation of innovations in the field of organizational transformation INCLUDING a case study indicating their success.

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