Dec 11, 2024  
2023-2024 Graduate Academic Catalog-June Update 
    
2023-2024 Graduate Academic Catalog-June Update [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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BUS 6902 - Strategy- Education Leadership

3 lecture hours 0 lab hours 3 credits


Course Description
This course examines the use of data to communicate organizational priorities and identify core operational processes and strategies for improvement. It also considers how new technologies can equip an organization to achieve its objectives, including the use of process analysis, lean tools, and techniques to prioritize and enhance organizational performance. Additionally, this course will explore the value and importance of leadership in and around diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging and understanding the historical, present, and future contexts in a wide variety of areas related to social justice and equity. (prereq: none)
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  • Communicate your school’s data strategy story in a way that inspires, prioritizes, and captures the most important work of your system
  • Identify key work processes and how they can be improved to effect change in an organization
  • Evaluate new technologies and their potential impact on a school
  • Reflect thoughtfully on current ethical challenges relating to data, technology, and organizational performance
  • Develop an understanding of business and operational strategies for project management and implementation of new systems and practices

Prerequisites by Topic
  • None

Course Topics
Big Data

  • Telling your data story
  • Leadership challenges
  • Dashboard/scorecard development
  • Annual reports

Process improvement tools

  • PDSA
  • Lean six
  • Design thinking

Employee engagement

  • Rounding
  • Recognition
  • Stoplight reports

Process mapping

  • Strategic, operational, and support processes
  • Process map for school or district
  • Lucid chart

Technology as a tool

  • Technology resources in schools
  • Technology tool with data
  • Administrative role in technology
  • Kaizen

Law and schools

  • Policies

Coordinator
Dan Pavletich



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