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Leadership and Influence

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Overview

Become the leader you were meant to be. Today’s headlines are filled with news of corporate scandals, fiscal mismanagement and executive greed at the expense of the company, employees and shareholders. Public awareness of corporate abuse has renewed interest in the role of a leader and the power of influence within an organization, especially in our global economy. This degree program was designed to give business leaders (or those aspiring to positions of power) a strong foundation in the principles of strong leadership and stewardship and arm them with the most effective strategies to resolve conflict and affect positive change.

Curriculum Overview

Orientation (Credits: None)
JIU501: Orientation – Successful Online Learning for Masters Students

7 Communication and Leadership Core Courses (Credits: 21)
BC500: Business Research Methods
BC532: Directing Corporate Communication
BC541: Managing High-performance Teams
BC563: Enterprise Innovation and Technology
BC611: Leading with Integrity
BC628: Designing High-impact Presentations
ETH501: Making Ethical Management Decisions

4 Specialization Courses (Credits: 12)
BC607: Leading from a Global Perspective
BC612: Influence Strategies for Organizational Change
MBA561: Conflict Management
MBA562: Judgment and Decision Making

Capstone (Credits: 3)
BC681: MABC Capstone

Outcomes

Specialization Learning Outcomes

Develop an inclusive frame of reference that enables you to make sense of the dynamic complexity of global business.
Create strategies for organizational change.
Develop methods for managing conflicts.
Employ quantitative and qualitative decision-making tools.

Program Learning Outcomes

Formulates, interprets and contributes to an organization’s vision by aligning business processes and teams to meet measurable objectives that contribute to success.
Directs or participates in the formulation and delivery of effective presentations, creating consistent messaging, and developing the pathways and processes to ensure consistent messaging across the business organization.
Actively contributes to the development and performance of others, including excellence in interpersonal communication, motivation techniques, coaching and mentoring, team leadership, design of an empowering work environment, and effective delegation.
Supports organizational stakeholders to achieve goals by developing and designing policy implementation, acting as a mediator to negotiate conflict, and facilitating leadership in others who carry out policies.
Grasps and applies a variety of leadership methods and practices; works to understand innate leadership abilities as well as the application of leadership practices to multiple business contexts and to self management; includes the ability to effectively influence and coach others; demonstrates stewardship of business organization.
Demonstrates awareness of the technology systems and solutions by assessing need, analyzing problems and proposing innovative solutions that contribute to and prove their value to the bottom line of business profitability.
Proficient in determining and acting upon ethical solutions to difficult and diverse situations to protect intellectual property and the rights of others as well as acting ethically within daily business practices and interactions, inclusive of a global point of view and associated legality.
Achieves the capacity to identify, analyze and formulate innovative solutions to complex problems involving people working toward business objectives; includes conducting appropriate research to build a valid case for the selected solution.
Goes beyond style and appearance to compose concise and powerful statements using various media, including the spoken word, to influence, persuade and present a strong case for a specific point of view.

Degree At A Glance

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Total Credits:

36 credits

Time Frame:

24 months

Designed For:

If you need to step up your management skills and master the latest techniques for powerful, positive leadership, this program is perfect for you. Students include business leaders and those seeking positions of leadership. Whether your field is human resources, law, business, supply chain management, health care or technology, the practical knowledge gained here will empower you with the ability to lead positively and ethically.

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