ARCHIVED 2022-2023 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Organizational Leadership
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Program Director: Thomas D. Cavenagh
Mission Statement
The online Master of Arts in Organizational Leadership teaches students how to effectively develop and motivate employees, solve problems and lead and inspire others by example. In our program, students learn and apply evidence-based decision making, assessment tools, creative problem solving and strategic planning.
Our students are aspiring leaders and changemakers who want to lead with confidence. They believe that with effective training, proper guidance and reflection, they can become a force for good by helping others soar.
Degree Features
- 100% Online Curriculum - Flexible courses designed to fit students’ busy schedules
- Comprehensive Curriculum - A strong curriculum that looks to the future, covering topics such as diversity and inclusion, evidence-based decision-making, innovative training and development and leadership coaching
- Weekend Leadership Conference - A professional leadership conference that connects students to campus and exposes them to leadership experts, panel discussions, networking opportunities and hands-on training experiences.
Master of Arts in Organizational Leadership
MORG 500 - Leadership and Organizational Theory 3.00 credit hours
Students examine a variety of traditional and contemporary leadership theories and apply them to the behavior of business leaders, entrepreneurs and publicly known leaders. They examine power and explore the importance of ethical leadership while learning how to craft a compelling vision, create transformational change and develop followers. Organizational and systems theories are explored to help ensure students know how to build and create cultures that advance learning, growth and success.
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MORG 525 - Diversity and Inclusion 3.00 credit hours
In this course, students enhance their cultural competency and learn to develop a global mindset. They begin to unravel how to identify and tackle conscious and unconscious bias and learn how to create an inclusive culture that engages and promotes people of different identities, backgrounds and worldviews. The ethical components of diversity programs are considered, with particular emphasis on recent trends in diversity and inclusion programs. Topics for study include gender, racial and ethnic diversity, as well as generational, religious, educational and socioeconomic diversity.
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MORG 550 - Communication, Group Dynamics and Conflict Resolution 3.00 credit hours
Students learn key elements of group dynamics and strategic communication. They discover their own conflict style and develop tools to lead strong teams and solve conflict. Case studies and real-world examples are analyzed to help the student unravel how to approach conflict, engage in meaningful dialogue and successfully negotiate resolution.
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MORG 575 - Evidence Based Decision-Making 3.00 credit hours
Students learn how to find, use and evaluate data and information to make informed decisions. They analyze information from a variety of places, including organizational information, scientific data, publications, research and professional judgment, and apply reliable evidence to a variety decision-making models.
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MORG 600 - High Potential Leadership Coaching 3.00 credit hours
Students learn how leaders may use coaching, mentoring, sponsoring and advising to advance organizational objectives. They discover and apply various coaching models, techniques and assessment instruments to real-world coaching scenarios while exploring coaching models such as Appreciative Inquiry, Strength Based Coaching, Career Coaching and more. The ethical considerations of coaching will be examined.
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MORG 625 - Assessment, Evaluation and Planning 3.00 credit hours
This course equips students with a variety of tools and frameworks that can be applied to create meaningful growth and change in an organization. Students examine the process, purpose and methods of needs analysis and explore a variety of assessment and evaluation tools that can be used for professional development plans and organizational change initiatives. Through case studies and real-world application, students learn how to conduct a needs analysis and craft appropriate development goals. They then learn how to evaluate, assess and modify those plans to create optimal success for the organization and its employees. Ethical considerations in needs assessment and evaluation are explored.
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MORG 650 - Innovative Training and Development 3.00 credit hours
Students learn how to create a culture that is committed to learning, development and improvement. They examine experiential learning methods, and study traditional and cutting edge practices that are used to train and develop employees, including outdoor education, arts-based learning, job rotation and volunteer and global leadership training experiences. By the end of the course, students have learned practical, innovative ways to train and develop a variety of employees with varying needs, interests and strengths.
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MORG 675 - Strategic Leadership and Organizational Design 3.00 credit hours
This course equips students with the ability to analyze organizational needs, craft strategic plans and design organizations using a systems theory approach. Through case study and real world analysis, students are able to uncover critical challenges, strengths and opportunities within a variety of organizations. They create targeted strategic plans and organizational designs and understand how those designs serve the entire organization and its stakeholders.
Prerequisite(s): MORG 625 .
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MORG 696 - Innovation Project 3.00 credit hours
This semester long course serves as a culminating experience in which students are expected to apply knowledge and insights gained from their graduate courses to an innovation project in an organization. Students must ground this project in evidence and research that demonstrates the need, purpose and goals of the initiative.
Prerequisite(s): 27 credit hours in graduate coursework and MORG 575 .
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