As the world becomes more complex and uncertain, the need for leadership becomes more important. In this program, students will learn to create value in organizations, society, and in their own career by developing leadership capabilities. The Master of Arts in Organizational Leadership will prepare students for leadership roles through four core competencies, reflective thinking, professional mastery, adaptive leadership, and systemic awareness. Through these core competencies, students will learn what it means to be a leader, how to navigate and lead change, how to lead teams, and how to communicate. Finally, this program will focus on leadership as a responsible and ethical practice.
The Master of Arts in Organizational Leadership organizes the program around four core competencies:
- Reflective thinking – a rigorous and systematic process and practice of examining one’s work experiences and ideas
- Professional Mastery – developing a mastery orientation as a way to increase one’s leadership competency and professional success
- Adaptive Leadership – the acknowledgment that leadership issues and success do not come from the technical domain but through the human domain in an environment of dialogue, debate, experiment, and flexibility.
- Systemic Awareness – the ability of a leader to see organizations and their environments as systems with interdependent parts and relationships. Such a perspective allows a leader to anticipate a range of possible behaviors and outcomes and guide an organization to a preferred future.