Organizational Leadership

effective and efficient leadership of the operations function is vital. Topics include business process analysis, and improvement, TQM, LEAN principles, AGILE, Six-Sigma, the Baldridge excellence framework, sustainable change, and supply-chain management. Terms Offered: As needed

Human Resource Management is a delicate yet essential connection between teams, the organizational strategy, and business success. The responsibilities of the HR department are diverse and demanding, with the immense task of attracting and retaining top talent, while juggling budgetary constraints. A leader should elevate the Human Resource activities to its appropriate place of importance in the organization to meet these challenges, enhance engagement, and gauge employee potential. This course will cover such topics as talent acquisition, organizational development, and employee performance to create institutions that promote organizational learning, knowledge management, and a culture of innovation. Terms Offered: As needed

Leaders must understand and be prepared to lead and work alongside IT professionals. All strategy is affected by technology; therefore, it is imperative that any successful and promotable business leader can relate to their company’s technology strategy and functionality. This program is not meant to make an IT specialist out of every leader, but to make him/her confident in resolving IT issues and working with IT staff to make better decisions and deliver better process change. This IT management course will help you optimizing your role using essential technology, cybersecurity strategy, IT investments, and human technology sustainability for competitive advantage. Terms Offered: As needed

Business leaders need to understand and speak the language of finance to assess their company’s health, interact with financial managers, and communicate financial strategy to the masses. No matter what area of the company you lead, you must be capable of digesting, assessing, and making intelligent decisions based on financial data. This course will help leaders identify the requisite data required for decision-making, utilize methods for analyzing usable financial figures, and create information to make effective financial determinations. This course covers financial success formulas/key performance indicators (KPIs), the interactions between finance and functional areas, the interpretation of financial statements, capital decision formulas, ratio analysis, and budgeting activities. Terms Offered: As needed

Business development is generating sustainable increases in profitable revenue. Growing a business is no longer just about understanding marketing fundamentals or using aggressive sales. Instead, successful companies focus on sustainable, predictable, and profitable systems through the coordinated efforts of product line managers, the marketing department, and the sales force, contributing their unique talents to business growth. As a leader, you must understand the complex inner workings of these diverse activities. Business Development starts with a high-level strategy created by the company’s strategic planning. Then it breaks down into three primary areas: product management, marketing, and sales. Great leaders know the difference between business growth and scaling their companies. Terms Offered: As needed

This course is designed to prepare students to meet the ethical leadership challenges and opportunities as emerging leaders in various professional fields. Ethics is a foundational component of leadership. The course provides cases in which students will analyze and apply ethical philosophies and theories to the decisions and behaviors of leaders. Students will also assess and reflect on their own ethical, leadership, and followership styles. The course further examines codes of ethics for the student’s respective fields. Terms Offered: FL, SP

This course is designed to study the major leadership theories for students to improve their ability to apply the basic knowledge of leadership. The course discusses the evolution of leadership, both heuristically and hermeneutically. In addition, students examine the process of leadership and how the theories drive the components of that process. This course allows students to identify and evaluate contemporary leadership issues in today’s complex society through culture and gender. Terms Offered: FL, SP

This course aims to guide students with strategic leadership within organizations. Strategic leadership is the center of the big picture planning process, spanning across the entire business enterprise. Comprehensive planning and sound execution lead to positive business performance, while achieving organizational objectives. Students will be introduced to the concept of crafting long-term plans, implementing competitive operations, and executing and leading corporate strategies. Terms Offered: SU, WI

This course introduces key elements of professional and technical communications. Course topics include information literacy, user-centered writing, design, communication with diverse audiences, honest communications, informational design and technical writing styles. Through these topics, the course will approach the practice of leadership from a communication perspective. Terms Offered: SU, WI

This course studies and applies the different research methodologies appropriate for professional studies. Students will utilize case studies to explore the purposes and applications of applied research. Students will examine paradigms and methods for designing and conducting effective research, and interpreting and analyzing the data to implement realistic and sustainable solutions. Terms Offered: SU, WI

The course provides an overview of the functional roles and duties of the supervisor. Emphasis will be placed on developing leadership skills, managerial functions and organizational practices. Course topics will include the development of individual employees and teams, decision making, human relations, the selection and evaluation of employees, issues of safety and employee motivation. Terms Offered: SU, WI

This course reviews federal and state labor and employment legislation such as Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, American Disabilities Act, Family Medical Leave Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act, and the 2008 amendments. An overview of the fundamentals of administrative law, regulatory control, laws, and issues in employment, property, contracts and ethical issues, will be discussed in the content for supervisors and managers. Terms Offered: SU, WI

This course provides students with an in-depth understanding of general accounting and budgeting practices. Students develop financial skills and budgeting principles and review topics, including basic financial concepts and accounting, organizational financial planning, various types of budgeting, the budget development process, forecasting, financial accountability, and risk assessment. Terms Offered: SU, WI

This extension provides MPS students an opportunity to continue their capstone project beyond the two-term limit. Through this experience, students will continue to utilize practical leadership skills while they conduct their research. Candidates will submit an action research project design, collect and analyze data from the action research, conduct a literature review and inform practical applications for their research while maintaining communications with their Capstone Mentor. Corequisite: Currently registered for ORG699 Term: As needed

The Capstone in Professional Studies allows students to design a project based on a specific situation to generate a practical solution. Through this experience, students will utilize practical leadership skills while they conduct their research. Candidates will submit an action research project design, collect, analyze data from the action research, conduct a literature review, and inform practical applications for their research. Terms Offered: SU, FL, WI, SP