Organization & Leadership Concentrations

Organization & Leadership majors must choose and complete one of six ORLE concentrations.

Specialization in Organizations and Organizational Development teaches students:

The theory to develop essential competencies to conceptually and structurally align organizations and groups with the purpose of an enterprise.
An understanding of organizational, group, and individual behavior.
How to develop and continue effective change initiatives.
Skills to design organizations that reinforce intended relationships, behaviors and performance.
Principles, practices, models, interventions, and processes inherent in organizational development.

The following courses are required:

ONE course from the following list is also required:

Specialization in Leadership: Liberal Studies Perspectives gives students:

The ability to examine leadership strategies through a variety of lenses/disciplines.
An opportunity to apply and evaluate various lenses in case studies/readings.
Skills to integrate the philosophies of various Liberal Arts disciplines into their own theory-making about leadership.
The ability to evaluate the leadership practices of political, theological, literary, historical and social leaders using theory.
The ability to lead others effectively by using a "multiple lens" framework that the Liberal Arts provide.

The following courses are required:

Specialization in Professional Communication gives students:

The ability to examine leadership strategies through a variety of lenses/disciplines
An opportunity to apply and evaluate various lenses in case studies/readings.
Skills to integrate the philosophies of various Liberal Arts disciplines into their own theory-making about leadership.
The ability to evaluate the leadership practices of political, theological, literary, historical and social leaders using theory.
The facility to lead others effectively by using a "multiple lens" framework that the Liberal Arts provide.

The following courses are required:

As well as TWO of the following:

Specialization in Social Context provides students with:

An in-depth knowledge of leadership skills needed to work with a volunteer staff.
Knowledge of organizing for specific purposes and gains in neighborhoods, communities, and the world.
Understanding of the social forces that give rise to the organizing of not-for-profits and grassroots organizations.
A working knowledge of the tenets of Servant Leadership.
Skills to become an active member in a democratic society.
Ability to identify rhetorical strategies used by leaders, members, the press, and politicians in promoting social causes.
Skills to practice discernment in their own lives.
Understand vocation and the call to be a leader or a follower.
The ability to identify and apply own ethical framework in these contexts.

The following courses are required:

Students specializing in Information Systems will gain:

Theoretical knowledge of information systems.
Ability to apply theoretical knowledge to real world problems.
Understanding and use of fundamental terms, concepts and techniques of the field.
Active application of the theory.
Practice in writing computer programs.
Designing and implementing databases.
Ability to design networks.
Creation of web sites.
Creating multimedia presentations.

The following course is required:

As well as FOUR of the following:

Students specializing in Commerce will:

Be prepared with the knowledge, competencies, and values to become effective leaders within commercial organizations and environments.
Develop the necessary critical and analytical skills to manage organizational resources, anticipate commercial challenges, and develop effective strategies to work in an increasingly global, multicultural, and technological environment.
Develop a solid understanding of the major commercial disciplines.
Gain a systemic understanding or organizational behavior and problem solving.
Gain broad exposure to the major disciplines inherent within commercial operations including economics, finance, marketing, and global business planning.
Examine the social and ethical implications of commercial decisions with an emphasis on respect for diversity and the balancing of commercial and social interest.

The following courses are required: