In this course, students will be introduced to the nonprofit organization and sector. To this end, students will review the purpose and history of the sector, its current state, and future trajectories at the local, national, and global levels. This includes an introduction into the distinct role nonprofits play for service and social change, the roles of nonprofit leaders and various stakeholders, a review of different careers within the nonprofit sector, and a survey of theories used to better understand the contested concept of organizational effectiveness. This also includes an examination of legal framework and various organizational forms that nonprofits can take. Through group discussions, case study analyses, and opportunities for real world application, this course provides students with a practical introduction into, and an overview of, the nonprofit sector. 3 Credits
3 Credits

In this course, students will learn about the leadership of nonprofit organizations focusing specifically on the executive leader and board's role in leading the organization. This includes the leadership of the board itself, as well as the leadership of staff and volunteers. The course reviews the role of the board, nonprofit governance and bylaws, and executive leaders' accountability, ethics, skills, and traits. The class will examine key stategic leadership actions, including creating a shared vision and strategic planning with a focus on application in practical nonprofit leadership situations. Various aspects of volunteer leadership, such as recruitent, development, and engagement are explored. Students will review approaches to planning for staff, leadership, and board succession. Throughout the course, case studies and applications are incorporated, providing students with a practical introduction to nonprofit leadership. 3 Credits
3 Credits

Program Evaluation, Capacity Building, and Fundraising introduces students to non-profit resource development through the lenses of capacity building, program evaluation, and fundraising. Students will explore the importance of building capacity both within the organization and the community for developing resources that can support the work of the non-profit organization. Students will be introduced to the foundations of program evaluation as it provides insight not only in program development and improvement, but also to strategic planning, including resource allocation and marketing. Finally, students will become familiar with methodologies for creating effective and comprehensive fundraising plans and writing grants. 3 Credits
3 Credits

This course introduces four major resource management areas for nonprofit organizations such as (1) financial management, (2)outcome assessment and program evaluation, reporting, and presentation, (3) human resource management and (4) management information technology. Under financial management aspect, students will learn about budgets, cash flow, restricted funds, risk management, investments, endowments, and financial reporting and presentations to Board of Trustees, donors, and for auditing. For outcome assessment and program evaluations, reporting, and organizational performance reviews. Students will also learn how to manage human resources in the areas of compensation, Title VII training, divirsity, and inclusion, ethical issues in employment. For the management of information technology, students will assess the use of social media and its impact on the organizational culture and goal achievement. 3 Credits
3 Credits

This course introduces students to social movements and social change, social/community development, advocacy, lobbying and the political sphere, community based organizing and leadership, grassroots leadership, social justice issues, the building of civil societies, and intercultural and global challenges for nonprofits to implement plans, reach goals, and sustain themselves. Students will learn why non-profits exist and how, within them, people create some kind of change, improve some segment of civil society, and redress policies that have consequences that contribute to inequality and injustice. Each week the course emphasizes ways in which people mobilize others and students will tap their passions to learn about some social movements, local to global, and assert themselves to initiate a plan for a movement or issue they believe should be addressed. 3 Credits
3 Credits

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3 Credits

This course offers students opportunities for examining leadership as subject of academic study, understanding leadership as a process that takes place between leaders and followers, applying explanations, predictions, and theories about the leadership/followership process to real world situations; and considering that leadership is less about techniques and methods than it is about interdependencies to persuade others to realize a vision and accomplish goals. 3 Credits
3 Credits

This course is designed to acquaint graduate students with the fundamentals of understanding and conducting research that is typically carried out in organizations, or used by organizations to make decisions and solve interpersonal and/or organizational problems. Quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods commonly used to collect information will be introduced. Students will acquire a basic understanding and the ability to use the research of others and to know whether findings, implications, and interpretations are credible, reliable and useful. Research terminology will be introduced. Students will perform research in collaboration with others to understand the purpose and process of the research study. This will include methods of data collection and data analysis to ensure credibility. The final project will be a research project and written report to present findings. Attention will be paid to understanding why some research is poorly done and how distortions in findings can be detected and avoided. 3 Credits
3 Credits

Ethics is the study of the choices people make regarding right and wrong. This course focuses on the ethical issues and dilemmas that leaders face in organizations. The course examines various ethical theories, and provides the opportunity for students to apply these theories to ethical dilemmas. The course examines how ethical dilemmas in organizations impact decision making, the relationship between leaders and followers, and the organization as a whole. 3 Credits
3 Credits

This course enables students to understand the theories and processes by which people construct and interpret messages that influence attitudes and events. Multiple considerations on each side of the exchange affect the effectiveness of the communication. Individual and group interactions are explored within the organization as well as about and with the organization itself, providing students with opportunities not only to think about the purposes and effects of communication but how critically leadership is dependent on communication. 3 Credits
3 Credits

Major legislation since the 1964 Civil Rights Act have had an impact on many decisions in the areas of recruitment, selection, training, evaluating, and disciplining of employees. This legislation includes the Equal Pay Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Handicapped Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and the EEOC Guidelines on Sexual Harassment. This course examines the legal regulations established by legislation by federal, state, and local governments that affect and should influence the decisions made by the leaders in organizations concerning individuals and groups, practices and policies, and the legal environment in which various organizations operate. 3 Credits
3 Credits

This course introduces conflict as an inescapable part of interactions in organizations and all spheres of life, whether conflict results from interpersonal differences, organizational factors (e.g., shared responsibilities, change), or other causes. Learning to resolve conflict is essential to leading organizations and being an effective follower. Many conflicts can be resolved through simply understanding the conflict?s cause and applying foundational conflict resolution techniques such as improving communication and interaction, identifying differences or needs, and correcting resource shortages. Students can expect to gain a deeper understanding of how and why conflict occurs, the various interventions that can be applied to reduce or resolve conflict, and greater personal insight into their own role and style in conflict situations. In addition, the course explores how conflicting parties can negotiate agreements or seek the assistance of third parties who can assist with the process of conflict resolution.
3 Credits

This course enables students to explore how sex affects the way people behave and are perceived as leaders in society and in organizations. Students will learn how similarly and differently the sexes exercise power and authority; how sex (one?s body) and gender (one?s identity and roles) influence societal and organizational stability; how we are socialized; and the explicit and implicit implications of patriarchy as a social system and a cultural value that pressures both men and women to conform to ideals, behaviors and attitudes. This course will examine the ubiquity of male and female stereotypes and the unintended consequences of our choices that affect each person?s movement through the world as an aspiring leader and as a constituent of multiple groups. Students will be equipped to make sense of the pervasiveness of the beliefs and attitudes we hold, often incongruously and unknowingly, about who leads and who follows. A main goal of the course is to examine how people express leadership, specifically agency, communality, and competence, and how to use that knowledge to expand their perspectives and their interactions in organizations and as general members of society. 3 Credits
3 Credits

This course provides students with hands-on skills and knowledge about how we think about complex decision problems and solve them. Students will be introduced to biases in our thinking, and to the art and science of two general approaches about decision making, rational and behavioral. Decisions are most often made with the influence of many factors that matter to decision makers or cannot be eliminated; it is not a strictly rational process. The process matters for critical decisions more than the result, since the result of decisions are influenced by the environment. Students will learn a clear-thinking process that enables them to justify a decision and be able to explain potential decision errors. Students will apply new knowledge to correctly identify, analyze, graphically represent, and solve a workplace or personal decision problem.
Prerequisites: ORGL6000 and ORGL6100 3 Credits
3 Credits

In this course students will learn about various ways organizations are structured, how organizations can adapt to their environment, and how leaders and followers can participate in designing and developing effective organizations of all types. Leadership can be understood at many levels, including leading oneself, leading others, leading teams, and leading organizations. Organization design and its accompanying theories focus on the macro level by examining the whole organization and its relationship to its environment. This includes how organizations respond to trends such as globalization and rapid technological change by adapting the organization's design. Key learning in the course include an understanding of various organization design factors and theories, knowledge of how orgaizations adapt to their environment to survive and thrive, the role of organizational culture, basics principles of organizational development, and leadership skills in planning, organizing, and supporting organizational activities for different sizes and types of organizations.
Prerequisite: ORGL6000 & ORGL6100 3 Credits
3 Credits

Seeking insight into why and how people behave in the workplace is an interesting, useful, and thought provoking activity. This course emphasizes leadership for recognizing and solving problems in organizations. Major aspects of organizational behavior include organizational structures and design, perceptions, culture, motivation, leadership styles, decision making, conflict and power, managing relationships, the application of which provide leaders or potential leaders knowledge about how to manage organizational life.
Prerequisite: ORGL6000 3 Credits
3 Credits

Conflict is an inescapable part of interpersonal interactions in organizations and organizational lives, whether interpersonal or because of organizational policy and practice. Learning how to deal with conflict effectively is an essential skill without which people cannot lead others. This course is designed to enable students to understand the cause and management of conflicts in organizations. 3 Credits
3 Credits

Organizational Change engages students as potential change agents in organizations and communities, bridging the gap between visionary leadership and practical change implementation. The course examines the theoretical foundations, research, and practical applications required to lead transitions in a volatile organizational context. Students will explore how to implement effective change by evaluating the organization?s internal and external environment to determine change needs and readiness. The course also explores methods for aligning change initiatives with the organization?s mission, culture, and stakeholder needs, and strategies for navigating the psychological and emotional nuances of change, including overcoming resistance and fostering a culture of adaptability.
Prerequisite: ORGL6000 3 Credits
3 Credits

Successful leadership requires an understanding of group dynamics and multiple dimensions of interpersonal relationships as they affect individuals, groups, and the organizational whole. This course provides opportunities to participate in and analyze group behavior, understand the evolution of the group's life cycle, and become aware of the influence of non-verbal communication on members of a group in order to enhance an organization's accomplishment of goals. 3 Credits
3 Credits

There are many perspectives through which we human beings make sense of our world and the organizations with which we interact. How we view our place in the world and how we view others influences the way we perceive our own well being, and the attitudes and behaviors of others, in turn enabling us to understand human interactions. Perspectives introduced in this course are universal human needs and fears, natural tendencies to simplify and categorize, and how we come to have preferences for dealing with circumstances. New competencies will be gained to strengthen the leader-follower dynamic with others, within organizations and in society in general. 3 Credits
3 Credits

The capstone requires a high-level engagement with ideas and concepts, academic and applied. There are four goals of this course. Two are theoretical: to understand and be able to explain 1) why human beings are, psychologically and culturally, attracted to certain people-as-leaders and how we mythologize them; and 2) the idea of leadership as a relationship between leaders and their constituents with power, authority, and influence in action. Students will examine a critical approach to understanding leadership through specific historical eras, how ideas developed over time, and whether leadership theories we have are fit for purpose. And two goals are applied: 3) to draw on previous courses in the Leadership & Organizational Studies program to demonstrate leadership in a project of students? choosing, creating an opportunity to lead some kind of effort, influencing others to willingly go along with their ideas, and 4) to reflect on their own developed ideas about leadership and identity as an aspiring leader. 3 Credits
3 Credits