Organizational Leadership
The organizational leadership option of the Oregon State MBA is designed to serve leaders and professionals of business and nonprofit organizations in any industry. The graduate minor in organizational leadership is tailored to provide the skills for business professionals and cross-disciplinary graduate study.
MBA (60 credits)
Develops leadership and analytical skills to manage ethical, sustainable supply chains and drive strategic decisions in global contexts. The program specializes in global leadership, human resource management, executive-level decision-making, contemporary project management and negotiation techniques relevant to the global nature of modern organizational environments. Organizational leadership is highly versatile and essential for any organization and industry due to its high applicability and inclusiveness.
Graduate minor (15 credits)
The graduate minor in organizational leadership provides an evidence-based exploration of organizational behavior, negotiations, team management, job design, evaluation and motivation of employees, human resource management, conflict management, employee stress and work-life balance for non-College of Business graduate students.
These skills are applicable across a wide range of OSU disciplines for both Masters and Ph.D. graduate students. Students can customize their minor with a minimum of three to six credits of approved elective credits. Minor code: 2048
Students who'd like to study organizational leadership fully online should visit OSU Ecampus.
Overview
We’ve designed our program in response to market trends, with feedback from industry partners, and based on contemporary research regarding managing and leading organizations. The organizational leadership program provides evidence-based foundational knowledge and hands-on practices toward increased employee effectiveness, talented leadership and organizational success.
What you’ll learn
Become an expert facilitator for executive-level, strategic decision-making utilizing your abilities to understand, analyze and apply human-resource management information.
Using both classic and modern leadership theories and techniques, you'll facilitate effective leadership in your organization.
Across sectors and industries, you'll develop strategies for employees and leadership to attain organizational success.
The organizational leadership MBA prepares you for senior leadership and strategic management roles, business and management consultant roles including global positions and senior project management roles.
Program statistics
Job placement rate for graduates of OSU graduate business programs
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Learning outcomes
Understand, analyze and apply human resource management information to facilitate executive-level strategic decision-making
Understand, analyze and apply classical and modern leadership theories and techniques to facilitate leadership effectiveness
Understand, analyze and apply negotiation techniques toward attainment of organizational objectives
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Ways to attend
Attend classes in Austin Hall, the $50 million, 100,000-square-foot building with 5 research centers, a marketing research suite, 10 classrooms, 23 computer- and teleconference-equipped project rooms, a 250-seat auditorium, a café and faculty offices.
Study from anywhere and earn one of our 100% online, fully AACSB-accredited business degrees. Nationally top-ranked for online learning, our classes are taught by business faculty who are known for research excellence and industry experience.
Experience a flexible blend of online coursework and in-person sessions. In-person meetings are held at the Robertson Collaborative Life Sciences Building on Portland's South Waterfront, typically scheduled on a weekday evening from 6 to 9 p.m.
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Flexible program leads to career milestones
Alan Hansen completed his MBA in organizational leadership, part-time, piece by piece, taking both online and hybrid classes and enjoying each one.
The Bend, Oregon, resident also gave himself "promotions" during the years he worked on his degree — with moves to new jobs within Bend's vibrant economic environment. One as a director of project management at the iconic Deschutes Brewery, and then another as Onboard Dynamics' director of project engineering.
Once a startup funded by U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency, Onboard Dynamics is a mobile, scalable, affordable technology platform producing energy from natural gas compression technology. Hansen’s trust in the quality of the Oregon State MBA served him well.
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