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Doctorate in Organization Development
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Program Highlights
The Ph.D. Program in Organization Development (O.D.) prepares management professionals with state-of-the-art education in the field. The three-year program consists of a first year of context courses, a second year covering some core O.D. knowledge areas, and a third year consisting of advanced O.D. topics and the completion of a dissertation.
The Ph.D. program in O.D. at Benedictine University was one of the first graduate O.D. programs in the country. It is currently one of the largest behaviorally-oriented management programs I the nation and one of the top-rated graduate O.D. programs internationally. In the first 10 years, Ph.D. program students and faculty published and presented more than 400 articles, papers, presentations and seminars in O.D. academic and professional journals and at associations, including conferences in Europe, Australia, India, Denmark, Mexico, Norway and Ireland.
Mary Werries
217-525-1420 Extension 241
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Springfield College in Illinois
217-525-1420, Ext. 287