Fielding's OMD program is dedicated to fostering new ways of understanding and developing leadership, organizational culture, and change processes that leverage complexity, diversity and sustainability in organizations.

The program's "golden threads"-values, research and professional practices-are integrated into our curriculum and our approach to professional development. The key theoretical concepts and organizational practices below are woven into every OMD course.

• Application of adult learning principles, collaborative dialogue, shared leadership, and integration of diverse perspectives to develop personal and organizational competencies in human systems.
  
  
• Development of sustainable organizations that provide nourishment for the lives of their members, customers and the communities and environments they influence.
  
  
• A safe and supportive learning environment that embraces creativity, reflection, diversity, culture, systems thinking and the professional practice of organization management and development in all manner of institutions and organizations.
  
  
• Scholar/practitioner approach that values the practical application of organizational theory, critical thinking and scholarly writing.
  
  
• Student-centered curriculum that builds upon student strengths and leadership qualities.
  

The Fielding Vision

In pursuit of a more just world, Fielding Graduate University sets the standard of excellence as a global network of lifelong learners engaged in innovative scholarly practice and research.