PADM 5114

Systems Leadership

Course Description

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2022-2023.

This course will provide MPA students with a graduate-level overview of key principles and techniques in applying systems thinking to organizational leadership, change and design in public and nonprofit contexts. CIPA is a graduate program that prepares students for leadership positions in public and nonprofit service; although CIPA's learning outcomes are still in progress, we expect mastery in three foundation areas (management/administration, economic analysis, quantitative techniques) followed by specialization in one of eight concentrations. This course, as it is structured, provides students with a range of applied methodologies and tools that are relevant across all MPA degree concentrations. Of particular note is the opportunity for students to present their original research at a public symposium/conference at the end of the semester.

When Offered Spring.

Prerequisites/Corequisites Prerequisite or corequisite: CIPA students who did not pass the English Language Assessment offered by CIPA during orientation are required to take PADM 5051, PADM 5053, or PADM 5055.

Distribution Category (KCM-HE, SBA-HE)

Comments This course is reading and writing-intensive.

• Practice the four functions of Systems Leadership (VMCL) and use them to design an adaptive learning organization.
• Practice the four functions of Systems Leadership (VMCL) and use them to design an adaptive learning organization.
• Multidiscipline, comprehend, direct, innovate, think, work group, communicate, scholarship, research.

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