Reflecting how real organizations function, team-based learning is used extensively in our courses. Students are active participants in class sessions and work collaboratively on team projects that address real organizational challenges.
Our Students
Students in the program are professionals who represent a wide array of industries including knowledge, manufacturing, and service industries. Our students also represent all organizational levels and types of organizations from private companies to government and not-for-profit organizations. The diverse and unique experiences that students bring to the program creates an optimal learning context, fostering interaction and creativity and a context in which students learn not only from the faculty but also from the other students.
Classes are interactive and designed to reflect the team-based nature of most workplaces. Class projects address real organizational challenges faced in Tulsa organizations. Diverse teams are created so students learn from their team mates who bring different perspectives to class projects based on their unique professional, educational, and personal backgrounds. The collaborate nature of the program helps students develop teamwork, leadership communication and presentation skills in a supportive environment. Final team projects are presented to juries of organizational experts.
Student Association
The Organizational Dynamics (ODYN) Student Association was formed in Spring 2011 as a result of the effort of several dedicated students. The mission of the association is to promote the ODYN program within the Tulsa community, facilitate communication between students and faculty, and advocate for the professional development of students.
The association is open to all students who are currently enrolled in the Organizational Dynamics program. Current ODYN students are encouraged to join the association so they can vote on decisions regarding the use of association funds. To register, students need to simply email one of the officers listed below.
Click on the links below for important ODYN Student Association information:
About the Officers
Student Projects
Capstone Projects
Capstone projects are applied research projects that address real organizational challenges. Students present their final projects to a panel comprised of OU faculty members and a topical expert from the Tulsa business community.
Kendra Rakes, A learning organization approach to developing a managerial team culture of trust during COVID-19 pandemic
Henry Rivas, A cross-cultural comparison of the United States and México using Hofstede’s cultural dimensions and the work values survey
Ginger Sutton, A knowledge management at a primary care residency: Applying the KIPPAR model to a research SharePoint site
Sammye Walton, The pandemic dilemma: Improving employee engagement during COVID-19
Jenny Lizama, Moderating role of gender on work-family enrichment and engagement.
Caitlin Turner, Changing education outcomes through collective impact in Tulsa.
Erica Phillips-Hinds, Perceptions of personality diversity and expected team dynamics: An examination of diversity on extraversion.
Terry Miser, Firearm falsehood: How armed personnel on school campuses impacts safety.
Linsie Higgins, The relationship between performance review satisfaction and employee engagement.
Andrea Pemberton, Assessing burnout in diversity and inclusion professionals.
Ashton Motil, Employee engagement as a mediating role between onboarding experiences and turnover intention.
Jill Almond, Levels of organizational justice in organizations: The perceptions of deviant work behaviors
Jessica Vann, Succession in small business: How business owner commitment types predict succession intentions.
Shannan Hurst, Perceptions of pay inequality and employee disengagement: Does employee gender moderate this relationship?
Whitley Burr, Family-friendly work policies and employee well-being, engagement and affective commitment.
Abigail Hooker, The association between office layout and workspace satisfaction, employee engagement, and well-being.
Tyler Gilbert, Working through it: The effect of the perceived sociomoral climate on major life event induced burnout.
Maddison Glenn, Examining the impact of socio-moral climate and transformational leadership on collaboration and innovative work behavior
John Heiden, Goal orientation as an antecedent to performance appraisal satisfaction moderated through supervisor leader-member exchange social comparison
Amber Mullins, Research proposal: The effects of support resources on presenteeism and dimension of burnout
Victoria Patuto, The relationship between abusive supervision, trust in the supervisor, and turnover intention
Andrea McNeil, What do we know anyway? Implementing a knowledge assets inventory at a small nonprofit organization
Ashley Schulze, Mission imposter: Exploring the imposter phenomenon, personality, and career success
Lenzi Arnold, Achievement striving and affective commitment: Investigating the moderating roles of perceived supervisor and organizational support.
Karina Chung, Organizational trauma: A literature review
Ashly Fessler, What motivates employees from different generations in a multigenerational workforce?
Shawn Griffin, An investigation of the physical work environment and employee engagement.
Sean Holmes, The relationship between new technology acceptance and project management: A study of project implementation effectiveness.
Seth Osborn, Divide and concur? How training on personality affects team dynamics
Victoria Otto, Adaptive leaders as enablers of change and drivers of follower commitment: Review and recommendations for strengthening organizational transitions
Cynthia Ross, Understanding workplace identities and identify conflicts to better manage employee resistance to change
Alison Scribailo, Grit, mindset, and technology acceptance: How personality is associated with user acceptance of a learning management system
Shalonda Sherman, Relational energy: Preventing teacher burnout through invigorating relationships
Melissa Steadley, Improving team performance through psychological safety: A study and recommendations on the role of leadership
Kristyn Diggins, Transformational leadership and physiological stress symptoms among employees: The mediating role of self-efficacy. A proposal for research
Kaili Endres, Mindfulness intervention: A Self-determination Theory approach to understanding and mitigating stress
Nissi Lamb, Sharing is caring: Encouraging knowledge sharing through human resources practices. Literature review.
Rachel Grant, Managing motivation: How leaders can create an environment for engagement
Brad Kindle, Disabling ableism: Increasing representation of individuals with disabilities in the workplace
Suzanne Brodner, Professional associations, membership satisfaction survey and suggestions: Association for Talent Development Tulsa Chapter.
Maria Murphy, Helping employers help employees: Mental health awareness in the workplace.
Teresa Adams, Improving leaders and teams through emotional intelligence: Building for the future.
Dustin Allen, Effective training methods to mitigate police excessive force.
Chris Calico, Helping small businesses cope with bullying.
Jonothan Becker, Finding flow for free: The flow experience in volunteerism.
Amber Vanderburg, Mega events as legacy building initiatives.
Kate Jackson, Mindfulness training in the workplace: A literature review, study and recommendations.
Jason Crow, New information systems: Aligning experience with expectations.
Amber Nguyen, Affective commitment and turnover intention in mentoring and induction programs for new teachers.
Tommy Holbrook, The effects of mainstream media on public perception of the University of Oklahoma's baboon research resource program.
Tara Garrett, LGBT-inclusive work place practices: Recommendations for becoming LGBT-inclusive.
Rachel McKenna, “The Muddy Puppy:” Business plan for a self-service dog wash
Terry JacobsDavis, Never too early: Giving programs at Tulsa Community College
James McKenzie, The long road to competence: The role of transformative interactions, socio-moral climate, and psychological engagement in the transfer of complex knowledge and skills
Gerald Garrison, Creating a climate for engagement: Improving employee engagement through servant leadership and socio-moral Climate
Kelly King, Just like it: 6-steps to Facebook social media marketing success
Leslie Robin Lacy, My job is stressing me out! Recovery experiences training at ONE Gas, Inc.
Mike Patton, Refining engagement: Optimizing human capital in an energy organization
Dan Regouby, Reducing injuries through the theory of planned behavior: An intervention analysis
Megan Terell, Give me a break: Sabbaticals and the teaching-research nexus
Natalie Sanders, Tool or die: Training the next generation of tool and die Makers
James Baker, Comb together: Servant leadership and organizational commitment in salons
Patrick Williams, Error – service unavailable: Assessing service quality in information technology
Thesis Projects
Some students opt to do a research thesis rather than an applied capstone project. The reserach thesis is recommended for students who wish to pursue doctoral level coursework in the future. Note that theses conducted after OU moved to an electronic submission system are housed in ShareOK and are viewable by the public. Other theses are housed in OU's Bizzell Library; scanned copies are provided below for those conducted in 2007 and 2008.
Alison Frech, Pandemic panic: Examining the associations between transformational versus servant leadership on in-role performance and burnout in the context of the COVID- 19 pandemic
Jil Hellmann Regouby, The positive dad effect: Does identification with the fatherhood identity reduce work-based masculinity threat response? [read here]
Ashley Facio, The role of athletic identity for career success: Examining the mediating effects of transferable skills for retired collegiate athletes in the workforce. [read here]
Carrie Brannon, An investigation of the relationship between the second victim phenomenon and occupational burnout in healthcare. [read here]
Matt Norris, Creative self-efficacy, technology acceptance and the Theory of Planned Behavior: Antecedents to a maker’s intention to return to make [read here]
Dana White, The project manager leadership skills inventory (PMLSI): Necessary leadership for project success
Tagonei Mharapara, Work attitudes and organizational citizenship behavior: The moderating effects of political skill
