Course Descriptions
Organizational Leadership Courses
To be taken sequentially

First Semester—fifteen semester hours credit.   Lasts 29 weeks

3010 Introduction to Senior-Level Studies (3)
This course focuses on team building. The under girding studies about collaborative learning are emphasized. Students will explore the strategies and goals of the Organizational Leadership curriculum. Effective practices for intensive study are emphasized. Student activities designed to strengthen the group will occur and planning will begin for the group service project. Course lasts five weeks and includes one weekend day.

3110  Communication Part I, The Organization (3)
This course emphasizes building those necessary skills for effective contemporary communication in the organization. Students will learn computer writing and communicating skills including basic word processing, e-mail, network utilization and presentation software. Effective and efficient use of library and community resources will be explored. Course lasts six weeks.

3120 Communication Part II, With Others (3)
A course designed to teach enhanced written and oral communication skills. The course will provide a review of standard grammar, mechanics, and usage required to write and speak effectively, using students' own backgrounds and experiences as topics for their classroom work. Emphasis will be placed on peer collaboration and editing, as well as projects for presentations. Course lasts six weeks.

3050  The Essentials of Leadership (3)
Participants in this course will consider leadership both as an individual influence within a community and as the confluence of demographic, economic, cultural and political factors beyond the control of any single leader. Readings include texts from Martin Luther King, Jr., Thomas Jefferson, Winston Churchill, Adolf Hitler and others examining the individual leader as a primary influence within the community. Other sources offer an alternative view of the leader as merely reflecting larger forces within the community. Course lasts six weeks.

3210  Social/Cultural Dynamics Part I (3)
An examination of the social and cultural dynamics of selected ethnic groups, races and social classes in the U.S., with a view toward social problems and problem resolution. The course will extensively use case studies and epochal readings. Course lasts six weeks.

3400  Organizational Psychology (3)
A study of the behavior of the individuals and small groups in organizations. This course emphasizes motivation, but other topics including personality, perception and team behavior are explored. Course lasts six weeks.

4030  Christian Perspective on Leadership (3)
Examines how the values of the Christian tradition shape leadership practices and goals. This course develops the concept of servant leadership. Course lasts six weeks.

4070  Business Ethics (3)
A study of the basic ethical models and their application to the ethical and legal issues arising in an organization. Students will confront ethical and dilemmas, both as individuals and members of small groups. They will make decisions, then share and critique those decisions. Course lasts six weeks.

4090  Legal Environment (3)
A study of the legal context within organizational setting. The course is designed to assist the student to recognize legal problems, to understand the legal implications of decisions and to be knowledgeable about the legal environment that impacts leadership with organizations. Course lasts 6 weeks.

4130  Communication Part III, Interpersonal Skills (4)
This course focuses on interpersonal relationships in an organization. Topics include building effective relationships within an organization and confronting and resolving difficulties arising in those relationships. Cases and other types of experiential exercises are used. Conflict resolution and mediation skills are a part of this course. Course lasts seven weeks.

4220  Social/Cultural Dynamics Part II (3)
This course offers analysis of gender differences and considerations. It further explores cultural diversity and the management of diversity in achieving leadership goals. Course lasts six weeks.

4250  Applied Statistics/Research Methods (3)
A course to introduce the student to both descriptive and inferential statistics, especially with examples that apply within organizational settings. The course will survey various types of research design, including the strengths and limitations of each. Topics to considered include research design, data collection, data analysis and research reporting. Emphasis will be given to evaluating published research. Course lasts six weeks.

4270  Human Resource Management (3)
A course to address personnel administrarionin oraginzational settings. Topics to be considered include personnel recruitment, training, compensation, evaluation and termination. Case studies will be used extensively. Personnel issues will be addressed in light of various leadership styles and mission objectives of organizations. Course lasts six weeks.

4510  Organizational Tools (4)
The essential tools used for planning and controlling the organization are studied. Included in this course are understanding financial statements, the tax code and the budgetary process. Students develop and present plans and policies. Course lasts nine weeks.

4520  Organizational Environment and Strategy (3)
A study of strategic planning, policy development, and the legal context of organizational leadership. Course lasts six weeks.

4700  Readings in Leadership (3)
A study of the dynamics of leadership from both fictional and non-fictional sources. The course is designed to enable students to recognize and analyze qualities of the leader in a variety of contexts in world literature, including archetypes and models from works as diverse as Homer's Odysseus and the essays of Andrew Young. Course lasts six weeks.

4900  Issues of Leadership (3)
An interdisciplinary, capstone experience that integrates the theories and practices of leadership learned throughout the program in constructive project. Course lasts for five weeks.

Total Required credit hours in the Organizational Leadership Major—54

General Science (GSCI) (4)
A study of a number of important geologic processes and the hazards and/or resources they present to individuals, society and the earth's environment. This course also considers the consequences of humanity's interaction with these processes and the physical environment. Note this course is offered in a traditional format and is designed to be taken concurrently with the ongoing Organizational Leadership curriculum. The course lasts approximately 13 weeks and includes laboratory activities in addition to classroom activities.

Mathematics 
A study of finite mathematical models with an emphasis on the quantitative skills required to solve applications related to business. Note this course is offered in a traditional format and is designed to be taken concurrently with the ongoing Organizational Leadership curriculum. The course lasts approximately 13 weeks. There is a minimum enrollment of three students.

For students who desire to go beyond the minimum curriculum in Organizational Leadership

Organizational Leadership (ORGL)

4950  Directed Independent Study  (3)

4960  Directed Independent Study  (3)
These two courses may be used, as necessary, to complete graduation requirements. Together they may function as a Senior Thesis. Students should consult with their adviser well in advance of anticipated enrollment. A prospectus is required prior to acceptance for enrollment.

Graduate Program Courses

ORGL 5011 Principles of Organizational Leadership (3)
This is a general survey course designed to put students with and without an undergraduate degree in Organizational Leadership on common footing. Topics include leadership versus management, leadership perspectives, styles of leadership in different organizational settings, including the "Servant-As-Leader" Paradigm, and team building. Additional attention is devoted to the role of leaders in motivating employees and research studies on various aspects of leadership.

ORGL 5012 Research Methods (3)
This course reviews various procedures used by social scientists in conducting research. Topics include inductive and deductive logic, the development of hypotheses, operationalization and measurement. In addition, this course reviews sampling and research designs employed by sociologists, psychologists, economists and historians. Ethical guidelines and the influence of politics on the use of research findings are addressed.
Pre-requisites: ORGL 5011

ORGL 5013 Applied Statistics (3)
3 hrs.
This course focuses on the importance of statistical analysis in the evaluation of policies and program impact. Topics include measures of central tendency and dispersion, probability distributions and parametric methods for relationships. The course then proceeds to review tests of sample means, probability distributions and the use of chi-square analysis and other nonparametric tests of differences.
Prerequisites: ORGL 5011, ORGL 5012

ORGL 5014 Conflict Management and Diversity in Organizational Settings (3)
Major attention is focused on diversity in pluralistic societies, the historical problems of minorities in the workplace, identification of sources of conflict within organizational settings and various methods of conflict management: mediation, arbitration, administrative hearings, collective bargaining and civil litigation. In depth review of major Supreme Court decisions on the constitutionality of affirmative action practices in the workplace and how these rulings impact hiring, retention and promotion will be explored.
Prerequisites: ORGL 5011

ORGL 5015 Organizational Behavior and Development (3)
This course begins by tracing the origins of complex social systems and various classifications or typologies used to categorize them. Next there is a focus on elements of the ideal "bureaucracy" and problems in a democratic society. Additional attention is given to functional prerequisites in all social systems, latent and manifest consequences and leadership and decision making within formal organizations. The course ends by reviewing contemporary trends and issues in organizational structure: humanizing complex bureaucracies, changing organizational culture and organizational responses to employee innovation, creativity and social change.
Prerequisites: ORGL 5011

ORGL 5016 Organizational Planning, Implementation and Evaluation  (3)
Topics of this course include short and long range organizational planning, elements of a comprehensive strategic plan: program or policy implementation, employee acceptance of implementation and process versus outcome evaluations. The primary focus is on operationalization and measurement of outcomes or processes, quasi-experimental research designs and the use of research results in organizational evaluations. The secondary focus of this course addresses employee accountability and performance evaluations and the general use of information technology in organizational evaluations::
Prerequisites: ORGL 5011, 5012 and 5013

ORGL 5017 Human Resource Management  (3)
This course represents an analysis of the legal and ethical responsibilities of employers in the public sector. An emphasis is on recruiting and hiring practices, the use of employment tests, employee professional development and training, performance evaluations and methods of compensation within organizational settings. Later topics include the due process rights of terminated employees, exit interviews and post employment services offered by agencies.
Prerequisites: ORGL 5011

ORGL 5018 Budgets and Financial Management  (3)
The purpose of this course is to familiarize students with basic budgeting and financial management practices in the public and private sector. Initial topics include purposes and types of budgets, the budget process and budget categories. Next there is a focus on public finances, principles of taxation, public expenditures, public borrowing and reducing costs and increasing revenue. Financial issues in the private sector include risk return, capital formation and valuation. Concluding topics include financial reports, sources of public funding and grant proposals.
Prerequisites: ORGL 5011

ORGL 5019 Practicum in Organizational Leadership  (3)
Students will develop mentoring relationships with community or organizational leaders and share their experiences with practicum participants. The practicum will orient students to the capstone or thesis project, including the essential elements of each, and program academic requirements.
Prerequisites: ORGL 5011-5018

ORGL 5020 Seminar on Special Topics in Leadership  (3)
Special topics addressed by the seminar will change from time to time, but may include moral and ethical issues in exercising leadership, evolving organizational and leadership models of the future and contemporary problems or challenges for system functioning. Students will receive faculty approval for capstone or thesis project.
Prerequisites: ORGL 5011-5018

Reseach Courses
Capstone and thesis coursework are designed to demonstrate an ability to apply core courses to an organizational problem (capstone option) or to the disciplines (thesis option) which form the bedrock of organizational leadership.

ORGL 5021 Capstone Project I  (3)
This is a nonthesis option course requiring students to perform a case study of an organization and any problem the system is experiencing. Students are required to write a paper under faculty supervision which describes the organization and it's mission, its evolution and history, organizational structure, the nature of the problem and literature review of the same or similar problems in other settings. This course must be taken and completed prior to enrollment in ORGL 5022, Capstone Project II.
Prerequisites: All core courses

ORGL 5022 Capstone Project II  (3)
This is a continuation of ORGL 5021. Students are required to complete the capstone project by an oral presentation to program faculty. This course may be repeated until the completed project is approved by program faculty.Prerequisites: All core courses and ORGL 5021ORGL 5023 Thesis Research I 3 hrs Selection of a thesis topic which may be descriptive or analytical will be the focus. Students are expected to pose a testable question or hypothesis after reviewing the literature related to a specific topic. Faculty supervise and approve the completion of the literature review. This course must be taken and completed before enrolling in ORGL 5024.
Prerequisites: All core courses

ORGL 5024 Thesis Research II  (3)
Students are required to collect qualitative or quantitative data relating to the thesis question/hypothesis. The data should be analyzed and conclusions drawn relating to the topic. Major sections of the paper include Introduction, Statement of the Problem, Review of the Literature, Methodology and Findings and Conclusions. Faculty supervise and approve the completed thesis. This course may be repeated until the thesis is approved.
Prerequisites: All core courses and ORGL 5023

Note: These two courses may be used, as necessary, to complete graduation requirements. Together they may function as a Senior Thesis. Students should consult with their adviser well in advance of anticipated enrollment. A prospectus is required prior to acceptance for enrollment.