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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Examines the basic concepts of strategic management and the increasing challenge for general managers to be strategic thinkers. Alternative aproaches to creating strategies are reviewed and critiqued. A capacity for interpreting the internal and external environments is emphasized, with particlual emphasis on teh turbulent, evloving context of NGOs, NGO stakeholders, culture an pressures from donor publics are examined, along with the demands for transparency, sustainability, adn the need for capacity building. Basic principles and tools for strategic planning are introduced and applications for the NGO are woven into the course design. An emphasis is made on analyzing and critiquing various approaches to strategic planning, using case studies and critical thinking. An introduction to the complexity of introducing new strategies and how managers can be more effective in managing change is given.
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3.00 Credits
An exploration of decision-making models that enables students to learn when and how to apply them in contexts such as personnel management, finance, and marketing. Additionally, students are equipped with both the hard and soft skills required for effective leadership in varying organizational environments.
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1.50 Credits
A study of and experience in the classical traditions of spiritual disciplines as they enhance and encourage the process of growth into the likeness of Jesus Christ will be undertaken. The object is to encourage, enhance and engender disciplined habit patterns that open the student to God and promote spiritual health through weekly reading, study, response and practice of the classical spiritual disciplines.
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1.50 Credits
A study of and experience in the classical traditions of spiritual disciplines as they enhance and encourage the process of growth into the likeness of Jesus Christ will be undertaken. The object is to encourage, enhance and engender disciplined habit patterns that open the student to God and promote spiritual health through weekly reading, study, response and practice of the classical spiritual disciplines.
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3.00 Credits
A survey of major leadership theories and styles and how they manifest themselves in practice and outcome. Based on the techniques, methodologies, and frameworks studied, students reflect on their own leadership and build their own personal leadership style throughout the course.
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3.00 Credits
Cultivate the skills and traits necessary to effectively lead diverse teams and organizations, mitigate and manage workplace conflict, and create cultures of inclusion. Students gain understanding about social identity theory and its relation to leadership, the benefits of a diverse workplace, implicit bias, the legal aspects of workplace diversity, and conflict resolution styles, equipping them to work and lead more effectively in the contemporary work environment.
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1.00 Credits
This course engages students in structured opportunities that promote self-awareness, life-long learning, and the mastery of essential leadership competencies for mission driven professionals. Topics covered will include personal dispositions and temperament, consensus building, ethics and moral development, role perceptions, crisis and transition, autonomy vs. inclusion, and the changing nature of relationships over time. This is a variable credit course that may be taken more than once for up to 6 credits.
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1.50 Credits
Participants will have selected a research project to undertake that will benefit their current work experience and incorporate the methodologies taught and the content derived from each of the modules undertaken as part of their master's probram.
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3.00 Credits
This 2-semester concentration option is intended for the student who is interested in designing, carrying out, and analyzing the findings of original research, or developing an evidence-based professional deliverable for an organization. The first semester focuses on research design and methodology; the second focuses on implementation and analysis. Prerequisites: grade of A in LEAD 576, superior writing skills, and faculty recommendation.
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3.00 Credits
This 2-semester concentration option is intended for the student who is interested in designing, carrying out, and analyzing the findings of original research, or developing an evidence-based professional deliverable for an organization. The first semester focuses on research design and methodology; the second focuses on implementation and analysis. Prerequisites: grade of A in LEAD 576, superior writing skills, and faculty recommendation.
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