Dialogue and Collaboration in Organizational Change

This 15 credit graduate certificate in Critical and Creative Thinking trains people to take initiative and generate constructive change in their various educational, professional, and social settings. Innovative and inspiring teachers introduce approaches to dialogue, listening, and group process that help people reflect deeply and bring insights to the surface, transform the giving of feedback into a mutual learning experience, build relationships of trust and enthusiastic acceptance of diverse perspectives, articulate a practical vision and collaborate in bringing it to fruition. "The most important parts of any conversation are those that neither party could have imagined before starting" (W. Isaacs, Dialogue).

CCT Certificate students take CrCrTh 601 and CrCrTh 602, three other courses, and complete an exit performance, which is automatically included in CrCrTh 698 if this course is taken. Instructors of electives will consider waiving the prerequisites of CrCrTh 601 and/or CrCrTh 602 when necessary for students to complete the certificate within an annual cycle.

Winter
CrCrTh 616 Dialogue Processes

Spring
CrCrTh 601 Critical Thinking

Summer (during 3 week period in July)
CrCrTh 601 Critical Thinking
CrCrTh 618 Creative Thinking, Collaboration and Organizational Change
See also Communication 497, Special Topics, Effective Teamwork

Fall
CrCrTh 602 Creative Thinking
CrCrTh 698 Practicum: Processes of Research and Engagement

For more information, please contact the Program Office, tel 617 287-6520 or email cct@umb.edu, or view the CCT Program website.


Updated: 5-09-02