Department of Organizational leadership

Organizational leadership is an innovative degree program that prepares students for supervisory roles and jobs in human resource management. Leadership development is a common thread woven throughout our curriculum.

Our curriculum focuses on the human interactions occurring in all types of organizations, both profit and nonprofit. The emphasis is on leadership, team development and facilitation, organizational behavior, and human resource management.

By contrast, most business programs focus on concepts and skills related to commerce. Typically, business programs feature a great deal of quantitative courses (finance, accounting, and economics), whereas organizational leadership courses tend to focus on the skills associated with understanding and leading people.

Our faculty use a combination of pedagogical approaches and experiential learning methods. Students frequently engage in a variety of learning projects, cases, discussions, presentations, writing assignments, and more. Our end goal is to contribute to better functioning organizations and a more satisfied and productive workforce.

Organizational leadership graduates are well prepared for leadership roles in a wide variety of settings, including industrial, medical, service, and other profit and nonprofit organizations. Here are just a few examples:

• Account Manager
• Administrative Manager
• Benefits Coordinator
• Buyer
• Continuous Improvement Coordinator
• Data Coordinator
• District Manager
• Hospice Volunteer Coordinator
• HR Recruiter/Consultant
• HR Specialist
• Human Resource Manager
• Inventory Control Analyst
• Market Manager
• Material Control Planner
• Production Supervisor
• Program Administrator
• QC Supervisor
• Regional Manager
• Sales
• Training Consultant