Work, Organization, and Leadership

The Work, Organization, and Leadership focus area draws from social sciences, labour studies, gender studies, cultural studies, and the humanities to examine contemporary developments in the world of work, organizations, and leadership.

This focus area will be of interest to administrators and workers in the public sector, non-government organizations, and the corporate world, as well as those interested in processes of change in business and workplaces.

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Foundational courses for Work, Organization, and Leadership

• MAIS 610: Organizational Perspectives: Images, Issues, Practices
• MAIS 645: Understanding Work and Learning

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Recommended courses within Work, Organization, and Leadership

• EDST 645: Curriculum: Provoking Inquiry
• EDST 646: Educational Administration, Policy, Leadership and Change
• GOVN 500: Governance and Leadership
• GOVN 505: Innovative Public Management
• GOVN 540: Global Governance and Law
• GOVN 677: Privacy and Transparency in a Networked World
• MAIS 514: The Theory and Practice of Trade Unions
• MAIS 615: The Business of Emotions
• MAIS 638: What I Tell You May Not Be True: Autobiography, Discourse Analysis, and Post-Colonialism
• MAIS 640: Grounded Theory, Exploration, and Beyond
• MAIS 644: Adult Education, Community Leadership, and the Crisis of Democracy
• MAIS 645: Understanding Work and Learning
• MAIS 650: Canadian and International Labour Education
• MHST 604: Leadership Roles in Health*

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Additional courses within Work, Organization, and Leadership

• MDDE 631: Inclusive Leadership and Practice in Education
• MDDE 632: Leadership in Education Innovation

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Currently closed for registrations

• MAIS 612: Gender, Leadership, and Management

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Permanently closed courses within Work, Organization, and Leadership

• CMNS 655: Journalists and Responsibility
• EDST 510: Training in Canada
• MAIS 611: Transformatory Organizing
• MAIS 613: Transformatory Organizing
• MAIS 622: Advanced Feminist Theory