The organizational leadership program provides students with the leadership competencies needed for supervisory and middle management success in a variety of job families and functions. To fully develop the leadership skills of students, the program focuses on four key competency areas: operations and administrative competencies; human relations and interpersonal competencies; decision-making and critical thinking competencies; and communication competencies.

Student Learning Outcomes

1. General Business Knowledge - Students will demonstrate core foundational knowledge in the field of business.
2. Communication and Leadership Skills - Students will be able to give and exchange information within meaningful context and with appropriate delivery and interpersonal skills.
3. Strategic and Critical Thinking Skills - Students will be able to link data, knowledge, and insight together to provide quality advice for decision-making.
4. Focus on the Customer, Client and Market - Students will be able to anticipate and meet the changing needs of clients, employers, customers, and markets better than competitors.
5. Interpretation of Converging Information - Students will be able to interpret and provide a broader context using financial and non-financial information.
6. Technologically Adept - Students will be able to utilize and leverage technology in ways that add value to clients, customers, and employers. Students will be able to use information technology as a tool to do essential business tasks.
7. Ethics - Students will be able to apply effective ethical decision making. Students will be able to apply business-related legal and ethical principles in business and apply them to organizational decision-making.