John Hoffman will be a featured speaker at a one-day conference, "Exploring and Evaluating Spiritual Development in Students." The conference, sponsored by the Center for Educational Leadership, Innovation, and Policy at San Diego State University, will be held on March 16, 2007. Click here to view the conference brochure.
John presented Implementing a Comprehensive Assessment Program: Can I Get One Hour a Month? with Shauna Young on June 18, 2006 at the International Assessment and Retention Conference held in Phoenix, Arizona. Shauna is involved in NASPA Region VI's Assessment, Evaluation, and Research Knowledge Community as the sub-chair for Southern California.
John presented Christian Students on Campus: Privileged or Oppressed? Stereotyped or Misunderstood? at NASPA's Multicultural Institute held December 8-10 in Las Vegas, NV. more...
John Hoffman and Marla Franco presented Assessment in Student Affairs at the Western Regional Careers in Student Affairs Day held at California State University, Long Beach on October 21, 2005. Click here to see the handout.
John Hoffman and Katie Lowitzki had their research article, "Predicting College Success with High School Grades and Test Scores: Limitations for Minority Students," published in the most recent issue of The Review of Higher Education more...
John along with his brother, Louis, and several colleagues, presented two papers in April at the International Convention of the Christian Association of Psychological Studies (CAPS), held in Dallas, TX: Cultural Diversity and the God Image (read the paper) and Modern and Postermodern Ways of Knowing (read the paper).
John Hoffman, along with his wife, Joy, and colleague Andre Coleman, presented "Surprise and Sense-Making: Using Assessment to Improve Student of Color Retention" in March at the 2005 NASPA Conference in Tampa, FL more...
Growth, The Journal of the Association of Christians in Student Development, will publish the results of recent research by John in which he developed a typology of student involvement at a Christian University more...
EDHP 508: Organizational Theory
Course Description
Administrative effectiveness, especially during periods of change, is largely dependent upon the ability of leaders to analyze and consider organizational problems from multiple perspectives. A comprehensive understanding of organization theory provides leaders and change agents with frames of reference, assistance in the analysis of organizational problems and events, and guidance in decision making processes. To this end, theories that have emerged from years of research on organizations, both in and beyond higher education, will be reviewed and discussed in this course, with the ultimate goal of inspiring class members to become more reflective and intentional leaders of the organizations they serve.
This course is designed to provide doctoral students with an introduction to fundamental questions and approaches to the study of organizations. The purpose of the course is broad, providing students with a thorough grounding in both the “classic” social science literature on organizations, and the best of contemporary theory. Emphasis will be placed on decision making processes within and among organizations.