Organizational Leadership Concentration

The concentration in Organizational Leadership is designed for adults who are seeking leadership and supervisory roles or who are already in those roles and want to enhance their leadership skills. It will develop the skills necessary for serving in leadership roles in business, government, and non-profit sectors. A concentration in Organizational Leadership with a focus in Health Care Administration is also available.

Concentration Requirements

Requirements	Credits
Principles of Management	3
Marketing	3
Organizational Behavior	3
Organizational Change or Organizational Theory	3
Organizational Communication	3
Leadership	3
Human Resources Management	3
Team Leadership	3
Organizational Ethics	3
Diversity in the Workplace	3
Electives: Examples - Social Problems and Their Impact on the Workplace, Strategic Planning, Project Management, business elective	3
Capstone - LDR 499 (Culminating course in concentration)	3
Pre-requisite or Co-requisite: Macroeconomics or Microeconomics	3
Pre-requisite or Co-requisite: MIS (not older than 10 years)	3
Pre-requisite or Co-requisite: International component can be met through General Education requirement.	3

Student Learning Outcomes

Students who graduate with a concentration in Organizational Leadership will be able to:

1. explain the major elements that comprise successful leadership;
2. apply organizational processes;
3. apply practical skills essential for success in their chosen professions and in their personal lives, including interpersonal relations, problem solving, team building, collaboration, motivation, and communication;
4. think creatively, ethically, and logically;
5. explain globalization's effects and opportunities;
6. integrate organizational and management theory with interpersonal competence;
7. assess leadership effectiveness using a coherent leader/follower model; and
8. apply ethical principles in implementing leadership decisions.

Organizational Leadership with a focus in Health Care Administration

Concentration Requirements

Requirements	Credits
Principles of Management	3
Marketing	3
Organizational Behavior	3
Organizational Change or Organizational Theory	3
Organizational Communication	3
Leadership	3
Human Resources Management	3
Team Leadership	3
Health Care Ethics	3
Diversity in Health Care	3
Health Care Administration Elective: Examples - Economics of Health and Health Care, Health Care Quality Concepts and Principles, Health Care Finance, Health Care Law	3
Capstone - LDR 499 (Culminating course in concentration)	3
Pre-requisite or Co-requisite: Macroeconomics or Microeconomics	3
Pre-requisite or Co-requisite: MIS (not older than 10 years)	3
Pre-requisite or Co-requisite: Health Care Systems and Administration	3

Student Learning Outcomes

Students who graduate with a concentration in Organizational Leadership with a focus in Health Care Administration will be able to:

1. apply organizational leadership competencies to health care administration;
2. discuss legal and ethical responsibilities in Health care;
3. demonstrate the importance of understanding how diversity impacts health care, including patient treatment and the workforce,
4. explain the major elements that comprise successful leadership;
5. apply practical skills essential for success in their chosen professions and in their personal lives, including interpersonal relations, problem solving, team building, collaboration, motivation, and communication;
6. think creatively, ethically, and logically;
7. explain globalization's effects and opportunities;
8. integrate organizational and management theory with interpersonal competence;
9. assess leadership effectiveness using a coherent leader/follower model; and
10. apply ethical principles in implementing leadership decisions.