POD 500 - Foundations of Positive Organizational Development

A strength-based renaissance has emerged within the social sciences in response to calls for new explorations into the positive side of organizational life. Going beyond the myopic focus on deficits that had predominated the field of OD to date, learners will explore the myriad of exciting work happening in the fields that inform the theory and practice of PosOD including: appreciative inquiry, positive organizational scholarship, positive psychology, design theory and the rise of sustainable enterprises.
Credit(s): 3