The B.S. in Organizational Leadership online program offers a foundation in the process of influencing others and adapting to change, ethical behavior, organizational culture and global perspectives, purposeful communication, and the use of information for decision making. This major prepares students for a wide variety of career options in which their broad knowledge about people and organizations enables them to implement strategies to accomplish goals, drawing on the capabilities of all kinds of participants. Graduates obtain jobs or advance in their current careers in administration, management, and entrepreneurial ventures in corporate, government, private business, military, and non-profit organizations.
The B.S. in Organizational Leadership degree is also available in a hybrid format, with traditional, classroom coursework and a partially online component.
For more information, contact Elizabeth M. Stork, Ph.D., associate professor of Organizational Leadership at stork@rmu.edu or (412) 397-6879.
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A wide range of career options is available to students completing the B.S. in Organizational Leadership degree program. Sample job titles: adult instructor, career counselor, communications officer, community outreach coordinator, consultant, corporate trainer, customer service manager, employee relations representative, employment counselor, events coordinator, health care administrator, human resource manager, job coach, marketing assistant, office manager, operations manager, organizational behavior specialist, personnel manager, program manager, project leader, recruiter, researcher/analyst, retail manager, safety director, sales manager, supervisor, training manager, training specialist or vocational counselor.
RMU Core (39 Credits Required)
Argument & Research Strategies
Intercultural Communication Strategies
Speaking Strategies
Business Professional Communication
Survey of Economics
Humanities: Art and Music
Principles of Info/Computing
Statistical Reasoning
General Psychology
Principles of Sociology
Literature Elective
History Elective
Science Elective
Major (36 Credits Required)
Global Perspectives
Applied Organizational Leadership Skills 1
Leadership and Ethics
Assessing Organizational Effectiveness
Decision Support Systems
Applied Organizational Leadership Skills 2
Leadership, Power & Influence
Leading Virtual Teams and Organizations
Leadership and Communication
Organizational Viability & Sustainability
Contemporary Issues in Organizations and Leadership
Organizational Leadership Capstone
Minor/Focus/Open Electives (45 Credits Required)
Members of a society conduct their daily lives intersecting with their established educational, political, cultural, religious, commercial, familial, community and governmental organizations. These organizations require effective and flexible leaders and followers to maintain a well-functioning society and enable members to adapt to inevitable change.
Organizational Leadership is an interdisciplinary program emphasizing the analytical and practical skills necessary to effectively participate in a wide range of society's organizations. You will learn and practice how leaders recognize opportunity and motivate individuals and groups, and how followers choose leaders and why. You will learn to anticipate, plan, reflect, and act on problems and opportunities by using information, negotiating, organizing resources, and understanding human behavior.
School computing facilities include both PCs and Macs, geographic information systems and business intelligence software, the university VMware View Server, and remote access to five servers for web pages, database, and security programs.
In summer 2012, our school’s five departments will be housed in a new building on campus. The structure will include classrooms, computer labs, media arts studios, editing suites, a gallery, teleconferencing facilities, faculty and administrative offices, student meeting spaces, and a café.
Faculty members in the School of Communications and Information Systems, Department of Organizational Leadership, are dedicated to teaching and academic research, and they bring their own professional experience into the classroom. As guides and mentors, they inspire students to acquire the knowledge and skills they need to be successful in their academic pursuits and in their lives. Their professional experience and community involvement help students apply what they’re learning in the classroom to real-world situations in the workplace and beyond.
Scholarships are available based upon academic achievement.
For freshmen, high school grade point average and ACT/SAT scores are used. For transfer students, the cumulative grade point average of all college courses is used. Scholarships range from $1000 per year up to full tuition. (To calculate your scholarship eligibility, click here.)
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