Course: ED 762 Transforming Organizations in a Global Community

Course Description:

This seminar focuses on current change theory, futurist literature, and major world trends in education and related disciplines. Special emphasis is placed on the methodologies employed by futurists in forecasting the future and in implementing new educational programs.

Books:

The Company of the Future by Frances Cairncross

Organizational Behavior in Education: Adaptive Leadership and School Reform by Robert G. Owens, Thomas Valesky

Knowledge for Action by Chris Argyris

Conquering Organizational Change by Pierre Mourier and Martin R. Smith