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Mindy Douthit

PhD, MSLOC Capstone Adviser, MSLOC

Biography

Mindy Douthit brings both professional and academic expertise in the areas of organizational development and change and social network analysis. She spent several years with Anderson Consulting working in the areas of organization analysis and design, human-computer interaction, and training design and development. As Manager with The International Forum, she designed senior executive educational programs for a global clientele. She holds a PhD in Organization Theory and Strategy from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business. Her research and teaching interests include organizational change and innovation, entrepreneurship, competitive strategy and cooperative behavior within organizations.

Research/Scholarship
Education

Year Degree Institution

PhD, Organization Theory & Strategy University of Chicago Graduate School of Business

Teaching/Advising
Courses

MSLOC 461-2 Capstone Project II The Capstone Project is designed for three consecutive quarters near the end of each degree student’s program. Although the Capstone project is more application oriented than a traditional Master’s thesis, MSLOC students should regard this as their culminating take-away from the program. The Capstone provides an opportunity for each student, individually, to complete a research project or design and implement an intervention that translates to an expertise in a specialty area selected by the student. The project may concentrate on one of the three disciplines of learning & performance, knowledge management or strategic change. During the second and third term, students meet with their Capstone Advisors and in small seminar groups. In addition to the final product (e.g., research paper, organizational intervention, designed tool or system), students share their work with their advisors, faculty members and fellow students through an executive summary paper. Some students also may be invited to present their work to the community. These executive summaries and presentations demonstrate how students’ learning in the program was integrated into their final products.

MSLOC 461-1 Capstone Project I The Capstone Project is designed for three consecutive quarters near the end of each degree student’s program. Although the Capstone project is more application oriented than a traditional Master’s thesis, MSLOC students should regard this as their culminating take-away from the program. The Capstone provides an opportunity for each student, individually, to complete a research project or design and implement an intervention that translates to an expertise in a specialty area selected by the student. The project may concentrate on one of the three disciplines of learning & performance, knowledge management or strategic change.

During the first term, students participate in a Research Methods class, which builds skills in assessment, data-gathering, research design and critical thinking.

MSLOC 461-3 Capstone Project III The Capstone Project is designed for three consecutive quarters near the end of each degree student’s program. Although the Capstone project is more application oriented than a traditional Master’s thesis, MSLOC students should regard this as their culminating take-away from the program. The Capstone provides an opportunity for each student, individually, to complete a research project or design and implement an intervention that translates to an expertise in a specialty area selected by the student. The project may concentrate on one of the three disciplines of learning & performance, knowledge management or strategic change.

During the second and third term, students meet with their Capstone Advisors and in small seminar groups. In addition to the final product (e.g., research paper, organizational intervention, designed tool or system), students share their work with their advisors, faculty members and fellow students through an executive summary paper. Some students also may be invited to present their work to the community. These executive summaries and presentations demonstrate how students’ learning in the program was integrated into their final products.

MSLOC 455 MSLOC Elective - Social Network Analysis in Learning & Organizational Change The objective of this course is to prepare you to apply social network analysis (SNA) methods and tools to your work as a learning and organizational change practitioner and leader. You will learn the basic concepts, methods and tools necessary to plan and conduct a "real-world" SNA project designed to improve organizational effectiveness. You also will connect SNA to concepts, problems and opportunities introduced across the MSLOC curriculum, including learning and performance, knowledge management and strategic change.

During this course you will develop as a network-savvy leader, learning how to drive the management innovation needed to create organizations that naturally support informal networks. Finally, you will learn how to apply SNA to advance personal and professional development for yourself and other leaders. SNA will be framed in this course as a management innovation, not just a tool or application. You will be challenged to rethink the basic tasks of management and leadership in light of structural and human networks.

Last Updated: 2009-09-23 12:20:47

Year		Degree		Institution
		PhD, Organization Theory & Strategy		University of Chicago Graduate School of Business



MSLOC 461-2		Capstone Project II The Capstone Project is designed for three consecutive quarters near the end of each degree student’s program. Although the Capstone project is more application oriented than a traditional Master’s thesis, MSLOC students should regard this as their culminating take-away from the program. The Capstone provides an opportunity for each student, individually, to complete a research project or design and implement an intervention that translates to an expertise in a specialty area selected by the student. The project may concentrate on one of the three disciplines of learning & performance, knowledge management or strategic change. During the second and third term, students meet with their Capstone Advisors and in small seminar groups. In addition to the final product (e.g., research paper, organizational intervention, designed tool or system), students share their work with their advisors, faculty members and fellow students through an executive summary paper. Some students also may be invited to present their work to the community. These executive summaries and presentations demonstrate how students’ learning in the program was integrated into their final products.

MSLOC 461-1		Capstone Project I The Capstone Project is designed for three consecutive quarters near the end of each degree student’s program. Although the Capstone project is more application oriented than a traditional Master’s thesis, MSLOC students should regard this as their culminating take-away from the program. The Capstone provides an opportunity for each student, individually, to complete a research project or design and implement an intervention that translates to an expertise in a specialty area selected by the student. The project may concentrate on one of the three disciplines of learning & performance, knowledge management or strategic change. During the first term, students participate in a Research Methods class, which builds skills in assessment, data-gathering, research design and critical thinking.

MSLOC 461-3		Capstone Project III The Capstone Project is designed for three consecutive quarters near the end of each degree student’s program. Although the Capstone project is more application oriented than a traditional Master’s thesis, MSLOC students should regard this as their culminating take-away from the program. The Capstone provides an opportunity for each student, individually, to complete a research project or design and implement an intervention that translates to an expertise in a specialty area selected by the student. The project may concentrate on one of the three disciplines of learning & performance, knowledge management or strategic change. During the second and third term, students meet with their Capstone Advisors and in small seminar groups. In addition to the final product (e.g., research paper, organizational intervention, designed tool or system), students share their work with their advisors, faculty members and fellow students through an executive summary paper. Some students also may be invited to present their work to the community. These executive summaries and presentations demonstrate how students’ learning in the program was integrated into their final products.

MSLOC 455		MSLOC Elective - Social Network Analysis in Learning & Organizational Change The objective of this course is to prepare you to apply social network analysis (SNA) methods and tools to your work as a learning and organizational change practitioner and leader. You will learn the basic concepts, methods and tools necessary to plan and conduct a "real-world" SNA project designed to improve organizational effectiveness. You also will connect SNA to concepts, problems and opportunities introduced across the MSLOC curriculum, including learning and performance, knowledge management and strategic change. During this course you will develop as a network-savvy leader, learning how to drive the management innovation needed to create organizations that naturally support informal networks. Finally, you will learn how to apply SNA to advance personal and professional development for yourself and other leaders. SNA will be framed in this course as a management innovation, not just a tool or application. You will be challenged to rethink the basic tasks of management and leadership in light of structural and human networks.