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Organizational Leadership, MS

2021-2022 Edition

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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 6100Developing Your Leadership Capability3
LDR 6110Leading Teams Strategically in a Global Environment3
LDR 6115Developing Strategic and Authentic Leadership Communication3
LDR 6120Developing Organizational Success through Leadership Development3
LDR 6135Ethical Leadership3
LDR 7980The Capstone: Demonstrating Leadership in Action4

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

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 6060Negotiation, Mediation, and Facilitation3
CMN 6095Foundations of Developing Cultural Awareness3
CMN 6096Cultural Communications Lab1
EDU 6184Interdisciplinary Foundations2
HRM 6042Strategic Workforce Planning3
HRM 6050Employee Engagement3
HRM 6070Global Human Resources Management3
HRM 6074Global Talent Acquisition and Mobility3
INT 6900International Field Study Experience3,4
LDR 6101Leadership Challenge Lab1
LDR 6140Leadership Strategy, Design, and Practice3
LDR 6145Developing Sustainable Global Leadership3
LDR 6150Innovation and Organizational Transformation3
LDR 6190Leadership: Coaching for Purpose and Performance3
LDR 6983Topics1-4

Program Credit/GPA Requirements

45 total quarter hours required
Minimum 3.000 GPA required


Coaching

Course List
Code Title Hours
CMN 6060Negotiation, Mediation, and Facilitation3
CMN 6095Foundations of Developing Cultural Awareness3
HRM 6042Strategic Workforce Planning3
HRM 6050Employee Engagement3
LDR 6190Leadership: Coaching for Purpose and Performance3

Health Management

Course List
Code Title Hours
HMG 6110Organization, Administration, Financing, and History of Healthcare3
HMG 6130Healthcare Strategic Management3
HMG 6140Principles of Population-Based Management3
HMG 6160Healthcare Information Systems Management3
HMG 6170Health Law, Politics, and Policy3

Human Resources Management 

Course List
Code Title Hours
Required Courses
HRM 6015Introduction to Human Resources Management3
HRM 6025Workforce Analytics3
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 6000Project Management Practices3
PJM 6205Leading and Managing Technical Projects3
PJM 6210Communication Skills for Project Managers3
PJM 6215Leading Remote Project Teams3
PJM 6810Principles of Agile Project Management3

Organizational Communication

Course List
Code Title Hours
CMN 6000Introduction to Organizational Communication3
CMN 6020Ethical Issues in Organizational Communication3
CMN 6050Crisis Communication3
CMN 6090Organizational Culture, Climate, and Communication3
CMN 6110Group Dynamics and Interpersonal Conflict: Meeting Management3
INT 6000Writing Lab1

Project Management 

Course List
Code Title Hours
Required Courses
Note: Students with project management experience are not required to take PJM5900:
PJM 5900Foundations of Project Management4
PJM 6000Project Management Practices3
PJM 6015Project Risk Management3
PJM 6025Project Scheduling and Cost Planning3
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
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