All students earning their undergraduate degree in a business discipline from the OSU College of Business complete a common business core. This core, consisting of about 100 credits across all four years, provides students with a strong business foundation.

The following learning goals and objectives are in addition to those in the business core learning goals and objectives.

The Organizational Leadership program will allow graduates to:

  • Recognize, discuss, and demonstrate concepts, techniques, and decision tools available to manage projects. (MGMT 364)
  • Effectively lead work groups and teams by creating a shared vision, mobilizing energy around the vision, and managing obstacles to its achievement. (MGMT 452)
  • Apply human resource management principles and law to evaluate human resource initiatives and manage an organization’s human capital. (MGMT 453)
  • Utilize principles of effective negotiation to plan, prepare, and manage negotiations and conflicts. (MGMT 455)


Human Resource Management specialization

  • Describe how to implement best practices in employee recruitment and selection. (MGMT 448)
  • Differentiate methods of compensation aimed at motivating and rewarding employee contributions to the organization. (MGMT 449)


General Management specialization

  • Use appropriate frameworks to assess supply chain operations, create solutions to identified problems, and develop responses to operational/implementation risks. (MGMT 457)
  • Manage the effects of cultural diversity on employee behavior and performance by recognizing the impacts of globalization and workplace diversity, identifying cultural barriers, and addressing the challenges to managing workplace diversity. (MGMT 446)


People Analytics specialization

  • Recognize business analytics opportunities and utilize analytic techniques to support key organizational decisions. (BA 481)
  • Describe how to implement best practices in employee recruitment and selection. (MGMT 448)
  • Differentiate methods of compensation aimed at motivating and rewarding employee contributions to the organization. (MGMT 449)