Organizational Leadership, MS

As today’s workforce continues to be faced by new challenges, leadership tasks and responsibilities have become more important as well as more complex. The Master of Science in Organizational Leadership uses a practical, experiential learning approach to help students examine and develop their individual leadership styles while building skills that inspire and drive productive activity in all kinds of professional environments. Graduates are well able to perform at a higher level regardless of their position within the organization, demonstrate readiness for promotion, start their own business or consulting practice, take on global strategic and management challenges, and drive organizational change and innovation. 

Complete all courses and requirements listed below unless otherwise indicated.

Required Courses

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
LDR 6100	Developing Your Leadership Capability	3
LDR 6110	Leading Teams Strategically in a Global Environment	3
LDR 6115	Developing Strategic and Authentic Leadership Communication	3
LDR 6120	Developing Organizational Success through Leadership Development	3
LDR 6135	Ethical Leadership	3
LDR 7980	The Capstone: Demonstrating Leadership in Action	4

The remaining 26 of 45 quarter hours may be completed by a combination of completing a concentration and additional electives or selecting any courses listed in the concentrations and elective list.

Concentrations

• Coaching 
• Health Management
• Human Resources Management
• Leading and Managing Technical Projects
• Organizational Communication
• Project Management
• Sales Management

Electives

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Complete courses from the 6000 level. Below is a list of courses regularly offered as electives within the Organizational Leadership program.
CMN 6060	Negotiation, Mediation, and Facilitation	3
CMN 6095	Foundations of Developing Cultural Awareness	3
CMN 6096	Cultural Communications Lab	1
EDU 6184	Interdisciplinary Foundations	2
HRM 6042	Strategic Workforce Planning	3
HRM 6050	Employee Engagement	3
HRM 6070	Global Human Resources Management	3
HRM 6074	Global Talent Acquisition and Mobility	3
INT 6900	International Field Study Experience	3,4
LDR 6101	Leadership Challenge Lab	1
LDR 6140	Leadership Strategy, Design, and Practice	3
LDR 6145	Developing Sustainable Global Leadership	3
LDR 6150	Innovation and Organizational Transformation	3
LDR 6190	Leadership Coaching for Purpose and Performance	3
LDR 6983	Topics	1-4

Program Credit/GPA Requirements

45 total quarter hours required
Minimum 3.000 GPA required

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Coaching

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
CMN 6060	Negotiation, Mediation, and Facilitation	3
CMN 6095	Foundations of Developing Cultural Awareness	3
HRM 6042	Strategic Workforce Planning	3
HRM 6050	Employee Engagement	3
LDR 6190	Leadership Coaching for Purpose and Performance	3

Health Management

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
HMG 6110	Organization, Administration, Financing, and History of Healthcare	3
HMG 6130	Healthcare Strategic Management	3
HMG 6140	Principles of Population-Based Management	3
HMG 6160	Healthcare Information Systems Management	3
HMG 6170	Health Law, Politics, and Policy	3

Human Resources Management 

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Required Courses
HRM 6015	Introduction to Human Resources Management	3
HRM 6025	Workforce Analytics	3
Complete three of the following (students waived out of HRM 6015, complete four of the following):		9-12
HRM 6005	Creating a High-Performance Organization: Strategic Organizational and HRM Choices
HRM 6010	Compensation and Benefits
HRM 6020	Talent Acquisition and Onboarding
HRM 6030	The Employment Contract
HRM 6042	Strategic Workforce Planning
HRM 6047	Managing the Employee Life Cycle
HRM 6050	Employee Engagement
HRM 6060	Organizational Design
HRM 6070	Global Human Resources Management

Leading and Managing Technical Projects 

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
PJM 6000	Project Management Practices	3
PJM 6205	Leading and Managing Technical Projects	3
PJM 6210	Communication Skills for Project Managers	3
PJM 6215	Leading Remote Project Teams	3
PJM 6810	Principles of Agile Project Management	3

Organizational Communication

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
CMN 6000	Introduction to Organizational Communication	3
CMN 6020	Ethical Issues in Organizational Communication	3
CMN 6050	Crisis Communication	3
CMN 6090	Organizational Culture, Climate, and Communication	3
CMN 6110	Group Dynamics and Interpersonal Conflict: Meeting Management	3
INT 6000	Writing Lab	1

Project Management 

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Required Courses
Note: Students with project management experience are not required to take PJM5900:
PJM 5900	Foundations of Project Management	4
PJM 6000	Project Management Practices	3
PJM 6015	Project Risk Management	3
PJM 6025	Project Scheduling and Cost Planning	3
Complete one of the following (note: students who are not required to take PJM 5900, complete two of the following):		3-6
PJM 6125	Project Evaluation and Assessment
PJM 6135	Project Quality Management
PJM 6140	Managing Troubled Projects
PJM 6710	Introduction to Program and Portfolio Management

Sales Management 

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Required Courses
LDR 6100	Developing Your Leadership Capability	3
SMT 6010	Building Business Acumen	3
SMT 6020	Managing the Customer Experience	3
SMT 6060	Decision Support and Sales Analytics	3
Elective Courses
Complete a minimum 6 quarter hours from the following:		6
CMN 6040	Consumer Behaviors in the Online Environment
CMN 6045	Leveraging Digital Technologies: Strategy, Assessment, and Governance
CMN 6060	Negotiation, Mediation, and Facilitation
EAI 6020	AI System Technologies
LDR 6110	Leading Teams Strategically in a Global Environment
LDR 6135	Ethical Leadership
PJM 5900	Foundations of Project Management
PJM 6210	Communication Skills for Project Managers
PJM 6185	Managing Innovation Projects
SMT 6983	Special Topics

Complete all courses and requirements listed below unless otherwise indicated.

Required Courses

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
LDR 6100	Developing Your Leadership Capability	3
LDR 6110	Leading Teams Strategically in a Global Environment	3
LDR 6115	Developing Strategic and Authentic Leadership Communication	3
LDR 6120	Developing Organizational Success through Leadership Development	3
LDR 6135	Ethical Leadership	3
LDR 6890	The Capstone: Demonstrating Leadership in Action 1	2
LDR 6895	The Capstone: Demonstrating Leadership in Action 2	2

The remaining 26 of 45 quarter hours may be completed by a combination of completing a concentration and additional electives or selecting any courses listed in the concentrations and elective list.

Concentrations

• Coaching 
• Health Management
• Human Resources Management
• Leading and Managing Technical Projects
• Organizational Communication
• Project Management
• Sales Management

Electives

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Complete courses from the 6000 level. Below is a list of courses regularly offered as electives within the Organizational Leadership program.
CMN 6060	Negotiation, Mediation, and Facilitation
CMN 6095	Foundations of Developing Cultural Awareness
CMN 6096	Cultural Communications Lab
EDU 6184	Interdisciplinary Foundations
HRM 6042	Strategic Workforce Planning
HRM 6050	Employee Engagement
HRM 6070	Global Human Resources Management
HRM 6074	Global Talent Acquisition and Mobility
INT 6900	International Field Study Experience
LDR 6101	Leadership Challenge Lab
LDR 6140	Leadership Strategy, Design, and Practice
LDR 6145	Developing Sustainable Global Leadership
LDR 6150	Innovation and Organizational Transformation
LDR 6190	Leadership Coaching for Purpose and Performance
LDR 6983	Topics

Program Credit/GPA Requirements

45 total quarter hours required
Minimum 3.000 GPA required

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Coaching

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
CMN 6060	Negotiation, Mediation, and Facilitation	3
CMN 6095	Foundations of Developing Cultural Awareness	3
HRM 6042	Strategic Workforce Planning	3
HRM 6050	Employee Engagement	3
LDR 6190	Leadership Coaching for Purpose and Performance	3

Health Management

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
HMG 6110	Organization, Administration, Financing, and History of Healthcare	3
HMG 6130	Healthcare Strategic Management	3
HMG 6140	Principles of Population-Based Management	3
HMG 6160	Healthcare Information Systems Management	3
HMG 6170	Health Law, Politics, and Policy	3

Human Resources Management 

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Required Courses
HRM 6015	Introduction to Human Resources Management	3
HRM 6025	Workforce Analytics	3
Complete three of the following (students waived out of HRM 6015, complete four of the following):		9-12
HRM 6005	Creating a High-Performance Organization: Strategic Organizational and HRM Choices
HRM 6010	Compensation and Benefits
HRM 6020	Talent Acquisition and Onboarding
HRM 6030	The Employment Contract
HRM 6042	Strategic Workforce Planning
HRM 6047	Managing the Employee Life Cycle
HRM 6050	Employee Engagement
HRM 6060	Organizational Design
HRM 6070	Global Human Resources Management

Leading and Managing Technical Projects 

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
PJM 6000	Project Management Practices	3
PJM 6205	Leading and Managing Technical Projects	3
PJM 6210	Communication Skills for Project Managers	3
PJM 6215	Leading Remote Project Teams	3
PJM 6810	Principles of Agile Project Management	3

Organizational Communication

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
CMN 6000	Introduction to Organizational Communication	3
CMN 6020	Ethical Issues in Organizational Communication	3
CMN 6050	Crisis Communication	3
CMN 6090	Organizational Culture, Climate, and Communication	3
CMN 6110	Group Dynamics and Interpersonal Conflict: Meeting Management	3
INT 6000	Writing Lab	1

Project Management 

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Required Courses
Note: Students with project management experience are not required to take PJM5900:
PJM 5900	Foundations of Project Management	4
PJM 6000	Project Management Practices	3
PJM 6015	Project Risk Management	3
PJM 6025	Project Scheduling and Cost Planning	3
Complete one of the following (note: students who are not required to take PJM 5900, complete two of the following):		3-6
PJM 6125	Project Evaluation and Assessment
PJM 6135	Project Quality Management
PJM 6140	Managing Troubled Projects
PJM 6710	Introduction to Program and Portfolio Management

Sales Management 

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Required Courses
LDR 6100	Developing Your Leadership Capability	3
SMT 6010	Building Business Acumen	3
SMT 6020	Managing the Customer Experience	3
SMT 6060	Decision Support and Sales Analytics	3
Elective Courses
Complete a minimum 6 quarter hours from the following:		6
CMN 6040	Consumer Behaviors in the Online Environment
CMN 6045	Leveraging Digital Technologies: Strategy, Assessment, and Governance
CMN 6060	Negotiation, Mediation, and Facilitation
EAI 6020	AI System Technologies
LDR 6110	Leading Teams Strategically in a Global Environment
LDR 6135	Ethical Leadership
PJM 5900	Foundations of Project Management
PJM 6210	Communication Skills for Project Managers
PJM 6185	Managing Innovation Projects
SMT 6983	Special Topics

Term 1	Hours
LDR 6100	3
LDR 6110	3
Concentration Course 1	3
Elective Course 1	3
Elective Course 2	3
	15
Term 2	Hours
LDR 6115	3
LDR 6120	3
Concentration Course 2	3
Elective Course 3	3
	12
Term 3	Hours
LDR 6135	3
Concentration Course 3	3
Concentration Course 4	3
Elective Course 3	2-3
LDR 6890 (Capstone 1)	2
	13-14
Term 4	Hours
Concentration Course 5	3
LDR 6895 (Capstone 2)	2
	5
Total Hours: 45-46