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HURD 736 PRACTICUM IN HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Prerequisites: 30 hours in the program, including HURD 732, 741, and 764
Credits: 3
The practicum is designed to provide practical applications of human resource
development skills in a business and industry, governmental agency, or non-
profit setting. Each student will plan and implement a field project under the
supervision of a faculty member in advance of registration. The student
arranges a working relationship with a faculty member and prepares a learning
experience in an appropriate business setting that must be submitted to the
Human Resource Development program coordinator prior to registration.
HURD 741 ORGANIZATION DEVELOPMENT (OD)
Prerequisites: None
Credits: 3
This course is designed to provide an understanding of the underlying theory of
organization change and intervention; to explore how various change strategies
can be applied to problems involving people in intact systems; and to analyze
successful approaches and techniques in organization development, to include
materials, techniques, designs, current issues and practices in organization
development. Other learning interventions are applied to enhance students’
skills, knowledge and abilities include: understanding of the organization as a
system, organization assessment, team building and intergroup work as OD
intervention, entry strategies, internal/external change agent, and third-party
consultation.
HURD 748 LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
Prerequisites: None
Credits: 3
This course is designed to allow opportunities for persons to examine various
questions about leadership including: What is it? What is the process? What
makes for effective leadership and why? What influences can an individual
really have on an organization? Is there something really different needed in
leadership in the 21st century? Does leadership really make a difference? It is
also designed to assist participants in gaining deeper insights about themselves
in both the leadership and followership roles. It is designed with the intent of
having both students and instructor collaborate in the learning process toward
mutual growth and development. Emphasis is also placed on assisting the
participants in gaining the knowledge, skills and insights necessary for
developing leadership development systems within a variety of organizational
types.

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