Online Degree Specialization In Organizational Leadership

Advance your career and become a powerful force in your industry by studying the psychology, strategy, and skills of effective leadership.

If you’re looking to excel in your chosen profession, consider earning a certificate in organizational leadership, or adding a specialization to your online bachelor’s degree. Your skills in managing teams and organizations will make you a valuable asset to any company in any industry.

You’ll learn how to communicate effectively, negotiate powerfully, encourage innovation, and handle conflict with grace and dignity. With an understanding of multiple leadership styles and strategies, you’ll be able to handle the challenges of upper-level management in any field.

Courses In This Specialization

This program consists of five lower-division online organizational leadership courses for a total of 15 credit hours.

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ORG429 - Ethics and Law in Organizations

Course Description

Students in this course examine legalities and ethics in the workplace and the role organizational leaders adopt in ethical behavior. Students will learn the basic frameworks of ethical transactions and legalities in organizational leadership. Students will establish a proficiency in critical thinking skills to identify and answer ethical and legal issues normally encountered in organizations.

Credit Hours: 3

ORG470 - Leading Through Conflict Resolution

Course Description

Students identify and analyze leadership strategies for dealing with both functional and dysfunctional conflict in organizations. Included is a study of conflict resolution approaches, including avoidance, accommodation, collaboration, competing, and compromising. Through theory and application, students will learn to use conflict resolution skills, immediately, in a practical way.

Credit Hours: 3

ORG405 - Principles and Practices of Effective Leadership

Course Description

Students explore the various aspects of leadership. Students learn concepts such as leadership styles, effective leadership, diversity, and frameworks for motivating and influencing groups and individuals within organizations. Additionally, students will practice problem solving and crisis decision making through simulation. Prerequisite: ORG300.

Credit Hours: 3

ORG423 - Communication Strategies for Leaders

Course Description

Students gain a practical review of leadership communication strategies for transmitting, receiving, and understanding information in the workplace. Emphasis is on equipping leaders with the knowledge of how to overcome communication barriers by utilizing appropriate strategies and methods, including effective ways to provide feedback.

Credit Hours: 3

ORG400 - Leading Teams in Organizations

Course Description

Students examine the development, organization and leadership of teams in both traditional and virtual settings, while also considering the impact globalization has on the importance of effective team participation and leadership. This course is designed to facilitate skill development and a working knowledge of and experience in team creation, leading teams, and individual roles within the team.

Credit Hours: 3

Corresponding Bachelor's Degree Program

B.S. Business Management

B.S. Project Management

Why You Should Consider an Undergraduate Specialization

When you earn your bachelor’s degree through CSU Global, you can customize your degree to meet your professional goals and personal interests. With just five additional, lower-division courses, you can earn a specialization along with your bachelor’s degree. Similar to a minor, or degree concentration, an undergraduate specialization lets you explore a second area of interest. Provide proof that you’re dedicated and invested in the career you want with additional skills in the field.

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With no set times or locations, you can complete your coursework around your schedule.

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