ORG 502                                                           

EFFECTIVE ORGANIZATIONS: THEORY & PRACTICE                    
Course Description: Leading operational and strategic issues in public and private organizations facing accelerated social,

economic, and technological changes. Examine organizational theory, strategic thinking, and theories guiding decision making,

leadership, organizational culture, and change management.

3 Credits

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ORG 525                                                           

DECISION THEORY IN GLOBAL MARKETPLACE                            
Course Description: Analyze the roles of leaders and managers in decision making. In the context of organizational

theories of behavior and leadership, students consider how decision and choice theory are applied in global organizational settings. Apply practical problem solving and conflict management skills through decision-making tools and leadership approaches.

3 Credits

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ORG 530                                                           

BUSINESS ETHICS & CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY        
Course Description: Ethical considerations that guide and inform business decisions and strategies. Students learn the concept of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) to understand and apply ethics from social, economic, and environmental perspectives.

3 Credits

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ORG 536                                                         

CONTEMPORARY BUSINESS WRITING & COMMUNICATION       
Course Description: Internal and external communications practices and strategies within and beyond organizational settings.

Audience is considered and includes employees, executives, first-line supervisors, community, customers, and board members.

Students consider communication styles, interpersonal skills, business and professional writing, reports, and presentations based on substantive and credible data, and various modes of communication, including virtual communication.

3 Credits

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ORG 555                                                         

LEADING DIVERSE TEAMS                                                                  
Course Description: Comprehensive understanding of diversity as it applies to strategic planning, cultural change, and team dynamics. Students learn to identify the realities of developing and implementing diversity initiatives for the organization and the workforce, as well as explore emerging issues in organizational leadership.

3 Credits

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ORG 561                                                         

EXAMINATION OF MODERN LEADERSHIP                                      
Course Description: Skills and insights to be effective leaders and contributors in the creation and evolution of successful organizations. Students examine relevant readings, case studies, and research to analyze today’s successful companies.

Additionally, students determine key factors involved in sustaining organizations.

3 Credits

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ORG 575                                                         

CRITICAL EVALUATION OF RESEARCH & THEORY                          
Course Description: Evaluate research and theory through the lens of organizational leadership.

Topics include the research process, theoretical frameworks, qualitative and quantitative approaches,

and applied research design within an organizational context.

3 Credits

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ORG 579                                                         

ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP                                                        
Course Description: Integrate and synthesize learning from the courses in the organizational leadership program.

Students will reflect on the skills needed to be an effective organizational leader in today's global workplace.

Through the course activities, students will also demonstrate their knowledge and skills in how to

lead organizations through complex changes in a global society.

3 Credits

 

ORG 580                                                         

POWER & INFLUENCE                                                                         

Course Description: Provides students with the frameworks, concepts, and tools that allow them to diagnose individual and

organizational sources of power and influence, as well as to wield these sources of power and influence in an ethical and responsible way.

3 Credits

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ORG 582                                                         

NEGOTIATION THEORY & SKILLS                                                           

Course Description: Delivers an overview of the difference between traditional (distributive) bargaining and interest-based (or integrative) negotiations; learn to identify their own and others' interests, to create and claim value, and to craft constructive agreements for all parties.

3 Credits

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