Hawaii Pacific University's Professional Certificate in National and Community Change and Development (PCNCCD), provides students with the opportunity to acquire knowledge and skills appropriate for conceptualizing and implementing national and community change projects. These abilities are important for leaders in government, community, social and human services, military, and corporations around the world. Nation and community-building is constantly in the news as the political and economic turmoil of recent years has created a need for understanding the complexity of large-scale change projects in multi-ethnic and diverse contexts. Professionals, and future professionals, who choose to enroll in the certificate program, will learn cutting-edge theories and methods for being a change leader at the national and community levels, while being grounded in a globally-relevant perspective by highly qualified faculty.
The certificate program is available as an online-based program, as well as in a traditional on-campus format. Our distance learning format is based on multiple teaching methods. Our software, WebCT, is supported by online discussions, simulations based on real change initiatives, conference calls, and other means that ensure the interactive advantages of traditional education remain part in the learning experience.
Students completing HPU's master's or certificate program will be prepared to:
- Understand and apply appropriate theories and methods for organizational change;
- Develop broad, globally appropriate perspectives necessary for analyzing organizations in transition;
- Integrate technology, diversity, and strategy into management applications;
- Relate the change process to various national and community business settings;
- Use contemporary organizational change techniques in a variety of cross-cultural and societal settings;
- Understand the variety of contemporary change models for creating organizational improvements and successful adaptation to contemporary challenges in business and government.
A sampling of organizations involved in national community change and development:
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World Bank
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Community governments
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National governments
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Multi-national corporations
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Military reconstruction teams
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Consultants
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Public health and human service agencies
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Green Peace
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European Union
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Universities
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Tourism development authorities
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Public schools
Other Organizational Change Programs at HPU:
Master of Arts in Organizational Change (MA/OC)
Professional Certificate in Organizational Change and Development (PCOCD)
Southern Cross University offers a Doctor of Philosophy in Organizational Change and Development. This unique program is linked, through an educational agreement, with the Organizational Change Program at Hawaii Pacific University.
PhD in Organizational Change and Development
