The Leadership major provides students with the background necessary to motivate and inspire employees to work towards a common goal, plan for the future and focus on organizational goals, evaluate and counsel individual and group performance, manage and resolve conflicts, and improve oral and written communication. A leadership career involves taking your organization into a better direction, or to surpass previous limits by building and working in a team to transform a group or business.
This concentration provides a foundation in a number of areas that are crucial to a managers’ success – planning, ethical decision-making, interpersonal skills, team-building, performance development and evaluation, conflict management, motivation and leading change.
A specialization in leadership prepares students to enter a variety of organizations, both for profit and not-for-profit or to potentially work as an organizational development consultant.
Leadership
The Leadership major provides students with the background necessary to motivate and inspire employees to work towards a common goal, plan for the future and focus on organizational goals, evaluate and counsel individual and group performance, manage and resolve conflicts, and improve oral and written communication. Students majoring in Leadership must complete all of the following courses.
MBA Core Requirements
Course List | Code | Title | Hours |
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| MGMT 6100 | Leading Through Ethical Decision-Making | 3 |
| MGMT 6150 | Leading and Developing Yourself | 3 |
| MGMT 6190 | Leading change and Organizational Improvement | 3 |
| Total Hours | 9 |
