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Cecilia Burokas

Biography

Cecelia Burokas’ expertise centers around consulting, coaching, training, and board development. Since 1996, she has been a principal with Working with Groups at Work. Prior to that, she spent eleven years with Hewitt Associates, specializing in large-scale change, performance management, compensation, cross-cultural team building and training and development. Previous experience includes serving as VP for learning and development for a large regional financial institution. She has served as an officer on a number of non-profit art and service boards, including nandanse, a Chicago-based dance company, in which she was the founding board president. and Community TV Network, an after-school learning program for at-risk youth.

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MSLOC 410-2 Foundations II Foundations II is a continuation of the action learning project that was started in the Fall Foundations I course. Students will continue to meet with their project team members and action learning coach throughout the Winter and Spring quarters, resulting in the implementation of the initiative that the team chose to design. In addition to designing and implementing a solution to a real organizational challenge, applying the concepts and methods introduced through their MSLOC courses, students will practice reflection, critical thinking, project management, and leadership skills to achieve the professional development goals they selected for their individual learning plans.

This course counts for one half credit. Taken after Foundations I, the two of them together count for one full credit.

MSLOC 410-1 Foundations I This course will introduce students to foundational concepts and frameworks that can be used to anchor and integrate their learning throughout the MSLOC program. The course will cover methods and tools applied in multiple organizational settings to solve problems and increase individual, group and organizational effectiveness. Through class meetings and an action learning project that extends through three quarters, students will begin to apply organizational theory to the practice of organizational transformation.

This course counts as one half credit. Taken before Foundations II, the two courses together count as one credit.

Last Updated: 2009-05-23 11:23:10

MSLOC 410-2		Foundations II Foundations II is a continuation of the action learning project that was started in the Fall Foundations I course. Students will continue to meet with their project team members and action learning coach throughout the Winter and Spring quarters, resulting in the implementation of the initiative that the team chose to design. In addition to designing and implementing a solution to a real organizational challenge, applying the concepts and methods introduced through their MSLOC courses, students will practice reflection, critical thinking, project management, and leadership skills to achieve the professional development goals they selected for their individual learning plans. This course counts for one half credit. Taken after Foundations I, the two of them together count for one full credit.

MSLOC 410-1		Foundations I This course will introduce students to foundational concepts and frameworks that can be used to anchor and integrate their learning throughout the MSLOC program. The course will cover methods and tools applied in multiple organizational settings to solve problems and increase individual, group and organizational effectiveness. Through class meetings and an action learning project that extends through three quarters, students will begin to apply organizational theory to the practice of organizational transformation. This course counts as one half credit. Taken before Foundations II, the two courses together count as one credit.