What will it take to lead the organisation of tomorrow?

1. CITY CHANGERS LEADERSHIP PROGRAM (CCLP)

1.1.  OVERVIEW

More than any other time in history, companies, organisations, and nations need proven, qualified leaders. These leaders distinguish themselves through their vision, their ability to conceive and implement strategies, and their ability to transform organisations and the lives of the people within those organisations.

The CCLP is an initiative - in conjunction with Regent University and Doxa Deo - to equip existing and potential leaders to make a significant contribution in all facets of the marketplace. This is an exceptional leadership development program for those who want to position themselves to successfully lead tomorrow’s organisations. This program is a potent combination of Regent’s Masters Degree in Organisational Leadership (MOL) and practical investment sessions. We will be offering this degree at affordable Rand rates as we have secured a substantial sponsorship for our students from Regent University.

 

This is a must for every aspiring leader who really wants to make a significant and lasting difference in his or her organisation.

 

1.2  THE MASTERS DEGREE IN ORGANISATIONAL LEADERSHIP (MOL)

It’s true: A graduate degree can provide you with the competitive edge to open doors for personal growth and professional opportunities. Regent University has been providing this cutting edge advantage to graduate students across the world through their international accredited online Masters degree MOL. This unique degree develops well-rounded leaders who have a clear perspective of how to design and lead successful organisations.

MOL teaches key organizational leadership elements such as ethics, motivation, creativity, vision, strategic planning, teamwork, group development, technology, customer service and organizational development.

This programme provides students with a core curriculum of in-depth leadership and organizational development topics combined with focused concentration in one of several areas followed by a culminating project during which students conduct research or perform an organizational intervention that incorporates all the course content of the program.

 

1.3 MOL graduates will be able to:

- Examine and apply organizational leadership theories

- Manage organizational behaviour and change to increase organizational effectiveness

- Identify organizational problems and effectively intervene in organizations

- Create leadership development plans

- Employ qualitative and quantitative research for organizational analysis and problem solving

- Facilitate group formation and development

- Apply coaching, mentoring, and discipling skills to organizational leadership

- Analyze organizational communication and the relationship of communication to organizational satisfaction and effectiveness

- Develop and implement strategic plans to achieve organizational effectiveness and success

- Utilize information technologies in the design and leadership of an organization and identify the driving forces affecting organizations now and in the future

- Apply organizational leadership knowledge and skills within a global context

- Lead with integrity grounded in a Judeo-Christian worldview and values-system

 

2.  DEGREE REQUIREMENTS

While all students pursuing the M.A. in Organizational Leadership (MOL) must complete 33 credit hours, it is the demonstration of independent scholarly ability at the Master’s level, rather than the mere accumulation of credits that is required to successfully complete the program. The program is structured as follows:
      21 Credit hours of required core courses
      9 credit hours of concentration electives
      3 credit hours of culminating experience

 

As Part-time students you can complete the program in approximately 24 months. An academic year is comprised of three semesters: Fall, Spring and Summer. Each semester is approximately 13 weeks in length.

 

2.1 Core Courses Include:
- Foundations of Leadership: History, Theory, Application and Development
- Organisational Development: Consulting, Design, Intervention and Evaluation
- Organisational Research: Analysis and Problem Solving
- Motivation, Teams, Coaching and Mentoring
- Organisational Communication, Conflict Resolution and Negotiation
- Strategic Thinking, Planning and Organisational Change
- Leadership, Technology, Job Design, Socio-Technical Systems and Innovation

 

2.2 Electives:
- Being a Transformational Agent
- Leadership Coaching: Transformation
- Consulting Practices

 

2.3 Flexible Online Format
When it comes to higher education, today’s busy professionals require not only high quality education, but also flexible course schedules to fit their lives. MOL was designed to meet those requirements by using autonomous learning methods and communication technology. The program’s online format allows flexibility and adaptability to accommodate almost any schedule.

 

2.4 Course Descriptions
UNIV LIB - Information Research & Resources (0)
In this exploding age of information, it is the objective of the library faculty to prepare graduates to be on the cutting edge of information technology. Information literacy is the ability to effectively access information for problem solving and decision-making; thus, the knowledge and abilities you glean from this course will open doors to lifelong learning. It is imperative for graduate study research. Since the information learned in this course is a vital foundation for all other coursework, it is required to complete within the first semester. Approximately 10 hours to complete.

 

LMOL601 - Foundations of Leadership:  History, Theory, Application& Development
Provides a foundational understanding of leadership from the wisdom literature and from contemporary theory and applications with particular discussion regarding the evolution of leadership/management thought from 1900 to the present.

 

Students examine leadership as a contingent/context-specific application and solve organizational problems that have leader-follower interaction as a cause. Students develop a leadership development plan for themselves and establish accountability measures.

 

LMOL602 - Organizational Development: Consulting, Design, Intervention & Evaluation
Provides an understanding of organizational structure and organizational life-cycle development. Students learn the role of the leader as an organizational architect. The course examines the role of the Organizational Development (OD) specialist and how leaders intervene in their own organizations as well as how consultants intervene in other organizations.

 

LMOL603 - Organizational Research, Analysis & Problem Solving
Explores qualitative and quantitative research methods and data analysis that leaders and consultants use in organizations with particular attention to interview and observation. Students will conduct limited amounts of quantitative research and use spreadsheet tools rather than statistical software packages for analysis.

 

LMOL604 - Motivation, Teams, Coaching & Mentoring
Explores the psychological contract between leader and follower that takes any of many forms between two people or between the leader and small groups. Students study group formation and group development as well as the intricacies of coaching, mentoring, and discipling. Students study organizational behaviour and explore how OB concepts affect leadership effectiveness.

 

LMOL605 - Organizational Communication, Conflict Resolution & Negotiation
Examines organizational communication including dyadic, small group, formal and informal communication, as well as the relationship of communication to organizational satisfaction and effectiveness. In addition, students study how communication defers in leader-member exchange and mass-communication of charismatic leader/large group interaction.

 

LMOL606 - Strategic Thinking, Planning & Organizational Change
This course compares and contrasts strategic thinking with strategic planning and presents the value of both. Students study the leader’s role in organizational change—creating and preventing change as well as determining the organization’s readiness for change. In addition, students explore the reasons for resistance to change and strategies for coping with resistance.

 

LMOL607 - Leadership, Technology, Job Design, Socio-technical Systems & Innovation
Presents technology as the study of tools and methods and explores how leaders help followers interact with tools and methods to accomplish the organization’s objectives. This includes job design, human-computer interaction, understanding how new technology should cause current tools and methods to change, and how to help followers through the adoption and diffusion of the innovation process. The course also presents the organizational culture challenges that occur when technology begins to run the organisation.

 

LMOL609 - Culminating Experience
Synthesizes the knowledge and skills learned throughout this program. This experience may be, but is not limited to, a guided project, (i.e. designing a new organization, analyzing an existing major organizational problem and recommending solutions or developing and testing a seminar), a master’s thesis or a publishable manuscript. Prerequisite: permission of instructor.

 

2.5.  DOXA DEO INVESTMENT WEEKENDS

This Program tackles the skills, behaviours and competencies that distinguish the exceptional leaders from the rest of the pack. Discover the keys to unlocking human potential, boosting productivity, and building an outstanding organisational culture. The investment weekends complement and enhance the MOL to create a complete and dynamic leadership experience.

 

Students will acquire straightforward and highly effective tools, techniques and timeless skills of extraordinary leaders. CCLP is a no-nonsense, battle-tested program for developing exceptional leadership skills to benefit both you and your organisation. Take this opportunity to invest in your personal performance, your team’s productivity and your company’s profitability.

 

The investment weekends will include the following topics:

YEAR 1
Weekend 1	Weekend 2	Weekend 3	Weekend 4
Influence	Biblical Leadership	Leading Others	Consulting Skills
360 Degree Leadership	Having a Biblical Worldview	Whale Done	Dynamics of Consulting
5 Levels of Leadership	Values Based Leadership	Earning the Right to Lead Others	Presentation Skills
Leadership vs. Management	The Call of Leadership	Situational Leadership
7 Kinds of People Who Impact Us	Being a Biblical Leader	Would I follow Me?
4 Critical Functions of a Leader	NT Warnings for Leaders	ID & Raising Potential Leaders

                                                                                               

YEAR 2
Weekend 5	Weekend 6	Weekend 7	Weekend 8
Extraordinary Leadership	Releasing Your Potential	Team Dynamics	Environment of Grace
Discover Your Leadership Style	Qualities of Highly Effective Leaders	Going from Good to Great	Creating an Environment of Grace
MBTI	Stuckness and Unleashing Your Potential	Coaching	Gung Ho
Becoming an Extraordinary Leader	Emotional Intelligence	Delegation	Creating a New Culture
Leader-follower Alignment	Strength Finder	The Magic of We	Max and Max
		Team Dynamics	FISH

 

 

3.  FEES

 

Regent Fees (payable over the duration of 2 years and are subject to change):
                                   
                                       

$50	application fee (once off)	$50
$81	per credit hour x 33	$2673
$50	Library fee	$50
$200	Technology fee/semester	$1200
$6	Academic service fee semester	$36
		$4009
Course-by-course evaluation		$190
		$4199
Application fee (non-refundable)		R300
CCLP Adjunct and Investment Weekends		R5000 (p.a.)

                                                      
          

The fees therefore include:
            •           Regent MBA degree
            •           The City Changers Institute Orientation
            •           All the City Changers Institute Investment Weekends

 

 

4.  CALENDAR - 2010

 

CCI Orientation – Saturday 17 April 2010

CCI Investment Weekends
1st Quarter –   Friday 26 February - Sunday 28 February 2010
2nd Quarter – Friday 16 April - Sunday 18 April 2010
3rd Quarter – Friday 30 July - Sunday 1 August 2010
4th Quarter –   Friday 8 October - Sunday 10 October 2010

 

 

5. CONTACT DETAILS

If you need any additional information, please feel free to contact:

            Lisa Vermaak (CCI - Student Administrator)
            012 991 5306
            FAX: 086 642 9498
           lisa@doxadeo.co.za

            Brett Solomon (City Changers Leadership Program Coordinator)
            082 443 7314
           brett@doxadeo.co.za

http://www.regent.edu/acad/global/academics/mol/home.shtml

 

 

 

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