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.
Coursework
The information on this page is meant to give examples of the coursework in this program. Current MBA students should refer to the OSU academic catalog for all official curriculum requirements while requirements for the graduate certificate in organizational leadership are here.
| Course ID | Course Name | 15 Total Credits |
|---|---|---|
| BA 513 | Business Legal Environment | 3 |
| BA 514 | Operations Management | 3 |
| BA 515 | Managerial Decision Tools | 3 |
| BA 516 | Creating Value in Exchange | 3 |
| BA 517 | Markets and Valuation | 3 |
NOTE: Core 1 requirements may be waived if a candidate has a recent undergraduate major in business, or has completed equivalent coursework within an undergraduate business minor.
| Course ID | Course Name | 27 Total Credits |
|---|---|---|
| BA 528 | Financial and Cost Analysis | 3 |
| BA 540 | Corporate Finance | 3 |
| BA 550 | Leadership and Teams in Organizations | 3 |
| BA 555 | Practical Business Analysis | 3 |
| BA 561 | Supply Chain Management | 3 |
| BA 569 | Advanced Strategic Management | 3 |
| BA 572 | Advanced Information Systems | 3 |
| BA 590 | Marketing Management | 3 |
| MGMT 559 | Managing Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility | 3 |
| Course ID | Course Name | 15 Total Credits |
|---|---|---|
| BA 562 | Managing Projects | 3 |
| MGMT 546 | Cross-Cultural Management | 3 |
| MGMT 552 | Organizational Behavior | 3 |
| MGMT 572 | Strategic Human Resource Management | 3 |
| MGMT 574 | Negotiations | 3 |
| Course ID | Course Name | 3 Minimum Credits |
|---|---|---|
| MGMT 576 | Integrative Capstone | 3 |
| Course ID | Course Name | 18 Total Credits |
|---|---|---|
| BA 513 | Business Legal Environment | 3 |
| BA 514 | Operations Management | 3 |
| BA 515 | Managerial Decision Tools | 3 |
| BA 516 | Creating Values in Exchange | 3 |
| BA 517 | Markets and Valuation | 3 |
| BA 518 | Adopting the Entrepreneurial Mindset | 3 |
Organizational leadership learning outcomes
Graduates of the MBA in Organizational Leadership will be able to:
- 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
- View full list of MBA learning outcomes