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Master of Business Administration: Organizational Leadership Concentration
Today's organizations have multifaceted and immersive relationships with employees, customers, suppliers, and communities. With an MBA Organizational Leadership concentration degree from the School of Business & Society, you'll learn to navigate these complex relationships, make ethical decisions, and integrate the arc of personal, organizational, and societal influences to lay the foundation of success.
Degrees Offered
Master of Business Administration
Program Types
Graduate
Mode of Study
Hybrid
School / College
School of Business and SocietyWhat is a Master of Business Administration: Organizational Leadership Concentration degree?
Master of Business Administration (MBA) with an Organizational Leadership Concentration is a graduate program that focuses on developing advanced leadership skills, strategic thinking, and change management expertise. This degree is designed to prepare professionals for leadership roles where they can effectively manage teams, foster a positive organizational culture, and drive innovation and growth within an organization.
Why earn an MBA with a concentration in organizational leadership at Redlands?
As a 21st-century leader, you'll learn how to understand leadership challenges and lead with purpose. At Redlands, you’ll learn to navigate these complex relationships, make ethical decisions, and integrate the arc of personal, organizational, and societal influences to lay the foundation for success.
- You'll gain the insights you need to effectively address issues related to organizational effectiveness and integrate organizational behavior and leadership theory to address issues related to talent management
- You'll learn to integrate ethical concepts, principles, and theories, as well as business analytics, into your approach to management so you can positively impact both your organization and society
- You'll master written, oral, and analytical expression to communicate effectively with both internal and external stakeholders
Required coursework
In addition to the core and foundational MBA coursework, students completing the MBA with a concentration in Organizational Leadership will need to complete the following elective courses:
Leading Individuals and Teams provides the foundations for understanding the behavior of individuals and teams in organizations. The course takes an application-oriented perspective on understanding individuals and groups and managing their performance.
Strategic leadership and management of change provides a macro view of organizations. The course takes a big picture view of organizations and walks a student through strategic thinking about their own organization. The course takes an application-oriented perspective on organizational change, decision making, organizational design, organizational culture and power and politics.
Purposeful Leadership provides an integrative perspective of organizational and societal responsibilities of leaders. The course covers four interwoven dimensions of purposeful leadership: personal, relational, strategic and societal. Drawing upon a wide range of concepts and applications, the primary theme of the course is an examination of the critical role leaders play in ensuring that organizations perform in an effective, meaningful, ethical and socially redeeming manner.
Course provides advanced analytical approaches for strategic written, presentation, and interpersonal communication in organizational contexts. Focus on practical methods that advance leaders’ abilities to inform, engage, persuade, and influence professional audiences, Special attention paid to changing forms, formats, and culture in contemporary professional communication. This course may be substituted by an international program with INTB 670.
Graduate application deadlines
Upcoming
Spring 2025, Summer 2025, Fall 2025. Students are encouraged to submit their application by the priority application date in order to expedite processing and ensure a smooth enrollment experience.
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