Designing Your Life: The Powerful Means of Creating Purpose & Impact
MGTO 30317
3 credit hours
What makes a purposeful and meaningful life?
Thoughtfully consider how to use your time and talents in a meaningful way, and identify your project interest areas. This course will help you: clarify your core values, strengths, passions, and sense of purpose; apply design thinking mindsets—including empathy, ideation and experimentation—to prototype and test life paths; analyze how personal development can be informed by foundational management and leadership theories; cultivate a growth mindset, develop resilience, and navigate ambiguity with adaptability; design a personalized life plan aligned with your purpose and goals; and empower others by translating and delivering Designing Your Life (DYL) concepts to peers or community members.
Business Problem Solving
MGTO 30300 / MBA 70400 / MSMG 60430
3 credit hours
Build skills for effective teamwork while learning and applying consulting frameworks and working on consulting sprints with leading firms.
This course will help you: diagnose business problems and prioritize areas of focus based on the constraints of the situation; efficiently gather and analyze data using appropriate frameworks to define and articulate solutions to business problems; produce professional-quality presentations and memos, and deliver impactful business presentations; work collaboratively in high-pressure team environments to deliver solutions; and recognize key strategic and organizational issues facing businesses today.
Innovation & Design Thinking
MGTO 30310
3 credit hours
Apply design thinking methods with your project partner to conduct ethnographic research, ideate, and develop prototypes. Funding is awarded at the end of the semester for continued research and implementation. This course will help you: understand and apply design thinking methodologies to drive innovation; conduct and analyze ethnographic research; deeply understand others' needs; ideate and prototype tangible manifestations of ideas; translate broadly defined opportunities into actionable innovation opportunities; and drive value for project stakeholders, measured by impact.
Applied Impact Immersion: The Powerful Means Experience
MGTO 35310
3 credit hours
Conduct research, test prototypes, or work on implementing ideas at the client site, with all expenses covered as part of the course. Both domestic and international sites available. This course will help you: immerse yourself deeply in a community; conduct ethnographic research; test prototypes and capture feedback; coordinate and deliver team-building activities; and communicate your experience with the greater ND community to drive broader engagement.
*Innovation and Design Thinking (MGTO 30310) is a prerequisite for Applied Impact Immersion, or the two courses can be taken concurrently.
Impact Consulting Capstone
3 credit hours
Spend the semester working in teams to build, implement, and track ideas. This course will help you: identify and prioritize impact opportunities; apply tools and frameworks to understand, communicate, and manage projects; engage with stakeholders in a professional manner; work professionally and effectively across different cultural environments; work effectively in a team environment; and measure, evaluate, and report impact to advance the goals of project partners.
*Applied Impact Immersion (MGTO 35310) is a prerequisite for Impact Consulting Capstone, or the two courses can be taken concurrently.