Academic Programs and Disciplines The M.A. in Organizational Leadership program at Bethel has three primary purposes: • to prepare learners to apply creative, critical, and strategic thinking to leadership opportunities and challenges; • to equip learners to adopt new approaches and techniques of information management, knowledge transfer, scholarly thinking, and application; and • to empower learners to discern and apply Christian ethics and worldviews to leadership practice. Bethel University seeks applicants for the M.A. in Organizational Leadership program who are seeking to further develop their leadership, influence, effectiveness, knowledge, and skills.
Program Outcomes Graduates of the M.A. in Organizational Leadership program demonstrate the ability to: • integrate leadership theory, scholarship, service, and practice for roles in a variety of settings, such as business, civic, education, government, health, nonprofit, religious, social service, and other organizations; • exhibit sensitivity to the diversity, needs, and perceptions of others; • assess and evaluate the organizational, local, regional, national, and global implications of leadership; • evaluate opportunities and desirable futures, and respond in an informed, ethical, moral, and responsible manner; • communicate effectively, appropriate to the leader’s context, through a variety of means; • adopt various approaches for influencing and leading change; • develop individuals, teams, networks, and collaboration within and outside the leader’s organization; • assess, synthesize, and apply various models of leadership development and transition for sustainability beyond the tenure of the current leadership; and • analyze and evaluate leadership dilemmas and develop responses that are consistent with an integrated Christian worldview.
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