The Master of Science in Human and Organization Performance Effectiveness is designed to prepare leaders to think critically about performance goals, improve organizational alignment, and implement solutions across departments. Students will learn to assess organizational challenges, design targeted interventions, and mesaure the effectiveness of strategies.
This program provides practitioners with an understanding of and ability to address these issues through an action-based curriculum that addresses the following areas:
- Human motivation
- Instructional design and assessment
- Learning and development of employees
- Organizational change
- Organizational communication
- Organizational systems and assessment
- Organizational performance management (metric creation and tracking)
- Resource allocation
- Strategic planning and action
This program is ideal for profit, nonprofit, government, and military sectors, and is particularly relevant for functional areas in training and development, industrial relations, human resource management, performance management, and strategic management. Coursework is focused on aligning the professional development needs of employees with the broader goals of their respective organizations. Graduates of the program will be prepared to better meet the present and future demands of the workplace and workforce.
Admissions
In addition to all University requirements for admission to graduate studies, admission to the MS in Human and Organization Performance Effectiveness requires:
- A cumulative undergraduate GPA of 3.0 or better, from a regionally accredited institution. An applicant with a cumulative undergraduate GPA less than 3.0 may be considered for admission upon review of overall credentials.
- A resume.
- A statement of purpose outlining your goals and how these goals could be satisfied by studying human organizational performance, maximum of three pages.
These are the admission requirements in place at the time this catalog content was published.
The degree can be completed as a full-time or part-time student. Below are two sample schedules to guide student enrollment. Additional flexibility is available for developing a program unique to the student’s interests and needs.
This sequence is suggested for students seeking a more traditional full-time enrollment pattern.
This sequence is suggested for students who intend to enroll part-time, including summer terms.
At the completion of this program, students will be able to:
- Identify, evaluate, and address individual performance and training concerns in relation to organizational goals and performance.
- Analyze, synthesize, and implement theories of organizational systems, motivation, and change in order to successfully address individual and organizational performance.
- Develop, implement, and evaluate strategic planning and performance metrics based on analysis of the organizational environment (internal and external) and contributions to society and organizational success.
- Demonstrate the ability to effectively communicate across organizations ideas using a variety media (oral, written, visual) and writing formats (formal/informal, technical/academic) with an intentional focus on various audiences in order to influence decisions and strategies.
