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About SAIDI

VISION

OD change leaders faithful to people-centered and experiential approaches, co-mentoring with their clients in understanding and managing change and its requirements.

MISSION

SAIDI Graduate School of OD commits itself to provide for its clients responsive, growth promoting and learning tools and opportunities and linkages through graduate degrees in Organization Development (OD) and through Consultancy Services in Organization Development (OD).

SAIDI

SAIDI Graduate School of OD, as a graduate institute, uses the professional experience of learners who occupy key positions in education, government, community, church, industry and business as a basis and focus for acquiring graduate and postgraduate degrees. The institute provides the curriculum design to working professionals who apply the concepts and principles of organization development in the organization to which they belong.

BELL

SAIDI is known for its brand of academic programs in Organization Development. Being a degree-granting institution recognized by the Commission on Higher Education (CHEd), SAIDI has established its niche in providing quality and Learner- Centered Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy degrees. However, SAIDI has not only established its OD expertise from its distinguished roster of Faculty and Alumni, but also in its involvements outside the academic field.

SAIDI graduates have turned up in key roles in corporate, government, academe, social and religious organizations in the Asia-Pacific region, a testament to the school innovative approach. Its CHED-recognized and approved programs have continued to be the standard for an open learning and learner-centered framework.

Companies who have had to work with HR professionals and Organization Development Consultants may be pleasantly surprised to know that many of them earned their graduate degrees from SAIDI.

Program Rationale

The SAIDI Graduate School of OD aims to provide leaders, organizers , corporate managers and executives with integrative frameworks and tools essential to face the various issues and concerns challenging organizations today.

A Masters or Doctorate Degree in Organization Development that you earn at your own time, your own place and your own pace.

SAIDI has been providing post-graduate training to Senior Corporate Executives, top caliber Consultants and HR Professionals for the last 40 years.

Open Learning

SAIDI Graduate School of OD's open learning using the modular approach advocates this philosophy: that at the master`s and doctoral levels, more than at any other level, learners differ according to innate ability, rate, interest, achievement, experience and motivation.

The open learning philosophy using the modular approach is implemented by the Institute in an effort to answer individual needs and requirements at the higher level of education.

The Institute makes use of a type of module called "research" module. Its structure is based on certain assumptions. At the higher level, learners:

progress at their own rate in their own learning style

can identify their strengths and weaknesses

may recycle, when objectives have not been met

should be allowed flexibility in terms of instructional and learning style

Each module is a complete course in itself. The process is mainly acquisitional, experiential, exploratory and application. Through individual conferences with the module mentor and suggestions of appropriate readings, the learner acquires content knowledge, discusses opinions and reinforces his/her understanding of the subject matter.

The learner is expected in his/her own field of interest or in his/her job to apply the concepts learned, to evaluate this experience and to report the results. He/She is also invited to a deliberate and organized search for information.

This is where he/she meets the challenge to generate new ideas and to formulate, design and test his/her own models.

The module mentor is concerned with the individual`s ability to perform up to a given criterion level of performance the learner must attain in order to receive the grade of "Completed".

*SAIDI offers face-to-face classes to students from international countries such as China, Vietnam, Thailand, and others, in compliance with the respective educational regulations of these nations.

For the Learner:

The approach places the responsibility of learning on the learner. It enables him/her to benefit from a custom-designed program sensitive to his/her needs. He/She seeks information and knowledge when necessary. He/she foregoes content he/she does not need or wish to study. Remedial prescription may be easily and quickly pursued. More importantly, the approach teaches heuristic skills; that is, how to work independently and how to discipline one`s self.

For the Module Mentor:

The module mentor who makes himself/herself available for the consultation and mentoring plays the role of a facilitator and catalyst for learning. He/She provides for individual rate and style of learning while guiding the learner to action research. His/Her expertise in his/her field of specialization, his/her practical experiences as well as wholistic perspective and orientation to life and work in organizations and communities are valuable to the accompaniment the module mentor provides for the learner`s growth and development. As such, his/her accountability to the learner is very significant.