Master of Arts in Management with a concentration in Change Management Online
Navigate organizational change with a unique people- and process-oriented perspective that can optimize your company’s future while maintaining a positive work environment.
Program Overview
Learn more about the Avila online master’s in change management
Become a transformative business leader when you earn an online Master of Arts in Management with a concentration in Change Management from Avila University. You will learn to identify an organization’s change dynamics, determine prominent challenges, and produce data-driven solutions. From planned initiatives to unexpected market fluctuations, navigate the evolving business landscape with confidence and competence.
As a student, you will be supported by highly engaged faculty who are dedicated to your educational success. Designed for professionals like you, this program combines the practicality of an affordably priced degree and the accessibility of 100% online coursework.
Change management career opportunities:
- Organizational Change Manager
- Director, Organizational Change Management
- Senior Consultant
- Change Management
- Organizational Change Manager
- Director, Organizational Change Management
- Senior Consultant
- Change Management
Personalized learning experience
You will receive a personalized learning experience online. Faculty regularly engages in value-added comments and feedback providing the same level of instruction as if you were in person.
Tuition
Discover our exceptionally affordable tuition
The M.A. Management – Change Management online program tuition is the same affordable, pay-by-the-course rate for all U.S. residents. Fees are included in the total tuition. Financial aid may be available.
Program | Per Credit Hour | Per Course | Per Program |
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M.A. Management – Change Management | $600 | $1,800 | $18,000 |
Tuition breakdown:
Calendar
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Ideal for working professionals, the M.A. Management – Change Management online program features 8-week courses and multiple start dates each year so you can begin at the time that works best for you. View the full calendar for all upcoming starts and corresponding deadlines.
Term | Start Date | App Deadline | Document Deadline | Registration Deadline | Tuition Deadline | Class End Date | Term Length |
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Fall 1 2024 | 8/26/24 | 8/12/24 | 8/21/24 | 8/22/24 | 8/25/24 | 10/20/24 | 8 weeks |
Fall 2 2024 | 10/21/24 | 10/7/24 | 10/16/24 | 10/16/24 | 10/20/24 | 12/15/24 | 8 weeks |
Spring 1 2025 | 1/6/25 | 1/2/25 | 1/2/25 | 1/3/25 | 1/6/25 | 3/2/25 | 8 weeks |
Spring 2 2025 | 3/3/25 | 2/26/25 | 2/26/25 | 2/28/25 | 3/3/25 | 5/4/25 | 8 weeks |
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Admissions
Explore the application process for the online change management master’s program
We’ve simplified the admission process to help you get started quickly and easily. You can find all requirements for admission to the Avila online M.A. Management – Change Management below.
Admission Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree
- 2.75 GPA
- No GMAT or GRE required
In order to be eligible to receive an M.A. Management degree from Avila University, you must have the following:
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution
- GPA requirements for unconditional admission: 2.75 cumulative grade point average at the completion of the undergraduate degree
- GPA requirements for conditional admission: 2.5 cumulative grade point average at the completion of the undergraduate degree
- Official transcripts from all institutions previously attended
Submit all official transcripts to:
Email: [email protected]
Mail: Avila University
11901 Wornall Road
Kansas City, MO 64145
Courses
Check out the online master’s in change management coursework
In order to earn the M.A. Management – Change Management online, you will complete 10 courses for a total of 30 credit hours. There are no leveling courses or prerequisites required.
Learning Outcomes:
- Articulate the impact of Organizational Development from both a historical perspective and future-oriented application
- Apply concepts, theories, models of the behavioral sciences that facilitate organizational change
- Understand the importance of data gathering and diagnosis in developing effective interventions
- Promote effective and ethical problem solving and decision-making for interventions from a systems perspective
- Recognize and understand the difference between individual, team, and organizational interventions
- Advance generative dialog and collaborative skills Gain skills that can be applied as functioning OD practitioners
Course objectives:
- Define the elements of Quality and High Reliability as the basis for change
- Recognize Complex System Dynamics (why change is hard) in the transition from current state to future state
- Summarize the Change Management Strategy including change effects related to Internal Capacity, External Factors, and Strategic Alignment
- Distinguish between various elements of individual and organizational behavior as it relates to change readiness
- Conceptualize the three-step change model as a framework to systematically solve problems (Process-work)
- Conceptualize the five domains of Psychology of Change to participate in change (People-work)
Course objectives:
- Recognize the basic elements of the business process and how to assess change impact and risk
- Produce a project charter including Project Classification, Stakeholder Analysis, Problem Statement, Aim/Goals, and Define the Process
- Produce a process model and measures related to a change management project
- Produce root cause analysis associated various problems related to measures in a change management project
- Produce an action plan from solution ideas associated with a change management project
- Produce a control plan associated with a change management project
- Generalize the realities of project work and how to include stakeholders in the change management project template
Course objectives:
- Assess the Complex elements of business processes and produce decisions based on evidence
- Distinguish between types, frequency and severity of existing problems and predict their effects on complex stakeholder relationships
- Distinguish data collection methods, data and measurement scales, statistical sampling, descriptive statistics, and data summary in interconnected processes
- Discriminate statistical analysis methods including common cause relationships, Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA), and time series patterns in organizational processes
- Differentiate the various approaches to improve processes including Design of Experiments and making choices
- Discriminate process behavior charts and how to adapt to organizational processes
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