Program Description
The Master of Science in Organizational Leadership (MSOL) prepares professionals from diverse career backgrounds to innovate and ascend to senior-level leadership roles within their organization. Taught by a faculty of industry experts, students in the MSOL program will learn how to manage and institute change, develop and utilize performance metrics, create stakeholder buy-in at all levels, and other areas pertinent to business organizations. As the demand for leaders who are prepared to handle uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity increases, the MSOL program meets those needs by providing education that embraces a volatile environment by teaching necessary skills to meet complexity head on.
Learning Goals/Outcomes
- Apply concepts in organizational dynamics, team dynamics, and systems thinking in order to promote the development of a learning organization capable of effective communication, managing conflict, creating innovation, and adaptation
- Articulate knowledge and application of best practices in leadership, team building, cultural competence and ethical leadership in support of building one's professional identity
- Evaluate the impact volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity have on an organization and strategize opportunities for responsive organizational innovation
- Develop executive communication skills, both oral and written, that focus on the clear and concise delivery of content and ideas to inform and engage all stakeholders across an organization in working towards satisfying organizational goals
Curriculum: 30 credits
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Core Curriculum | 12 | |
| Team Dynamics and Collaboratio | ||
| Org. Innovation, Creat & Chnge | ||
| Strat. Ldrshp in a VUCA World | ||
| Capstone | ||
| Select 2 Concentrations | 18 | |
| Human Resources Leadership Concentration | ||
| HR & Employee Development | ||
| Conflict & Negotiation in Orgs | ||
Electives (Select One) | ||
| Organizational Awareness | ||
| Organizational Performance Met | ||
| Global Leadership | ||
| New Models & Employee Hlthcare | ||
| Pop Health Law for Employers | ||
| Organizational Change Management Concentration | ||
| Organizational Awareness | ||
| Organizational Performance Met | ||
Elective (select One) | ||
| Global Leadership | ||
| Conflict & Negotiation in Orgs | ||
| Design Thinking in Business | ||
| Change Management | ||
| Executing Lean Improvements | ||
| Evaluating Healthcare Orgs | ||
| Strategic Execution | ||
| Healthcare Leadership Concentration | ||
| Organizational Performance Met | ||
| Conflict & Negotiation in Orgs | ||
| Elective (Select One) | ||
| HR & Employee Development | ||
| Organizational Awareness | ||
| Design Thinking in Business | ||
| Data Visualization | ||
| Essentials of PopulationHealth | ||
| Health Econ, Risk, & Finance | ||
| Appl Lead Strat for Eff Change | ||
| Strategic Execution | ||
| Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for Healthcare Leaders | ||
| PolAppr to Addr SocDet of Hlth | ||
| Global Leadership | ||
| Elective (Select One) | ||
| Organizational Awareness | ||
| Organizational Performance Met | ||
| Refugee & Migrant Health | ||
| Legis, Exec, & Reg Processes | ||
| Foundations of Public Health | ||
| Society,Behavior&Environment | ||
| Fundamentals of Environ Health | ||
| Cultural Humility & Competence | ||
| Substance Use | ||
| Consulting Concentration | ||
| Organizational Performance Met | ||
| Organizational Consulting I | ||
| Elective (Select One) | ||
| HR & Employee Development | ||
| Organizational Awareness | ||
| Global Leadership | ||
| Conflict & Negotiation in Orgs | ||
| Business Model Innovation | ||
| Comm,Negotiatn, Creatv Economy | ||
| Brand Management Concentration | ||
IMBX 761 | ||
| Design Thinking in Business | ||
| Elective (Select One) | ||
| Organizational Awareness | ||
| Organizational Performance Met | ||
| Global Leadership | ||
| Organizational Consulting I | ||
| Business Model Innovation | ||
| Effective Organizational Communication | ||
| Conflict & Negotiation in Orgs | ||
| Competitive Tech Intelligence | ||
| Elective (Select One) | ||
| Global Leadership | ||
| Eff Commun & Dissemin of Data | ||
| Transformational Leadership | ||
| Global Leadership | ||
| Competitive Tech Intelligence | ||
| Elective (Select One) | ||
| Organizational Performance Met | ||
| Conflict & Negotiation in Orgs | ||
| Comm,Negotiatn, Creatv Economy | ||
| Strat Insight & Implementation | ||
| Design Thinking in Business | ||
| Appl Lead Strat for Eff Change | ||
| Total Credits | 30 | |