Leadership and Management

Central Core (27 Credits)

BUS 501 - Managing in Complex Environments (3)
BUS 530 - Financial Analysis (3)
BUS 538 - Data Driven Business Decisions (3)
BUS 558 - Leadership and Leading (3)
BUS 560 - Marketing Management (3)
BUS 651 - Strategic Organizational Leadership (capstone) (3)
COM 505 - Business Communication (3)
ECO 548 - Economic Theory in Management (3)
PHL 521 - Ethical Issues in Leadership (3)

Concentration or Individualized Specialization (12 Credits)

Choose an individualized specialization or a concentration to complete the program or, complete 12 credits of coursework in any area of special interest in business, economics, communications, knowledge management, nonprofit management, computer studies, leadership, or project management.

Concentration Areas

• Health Care Administration
• Human Resource Management
• Information Systems
• Principled Leadership
• Project Management
• Independent Study and Master's Project

Required Courses

BUS 501 - Managing in a Complex Environment (3)
PHL 521 - Ethical Issues in Leadership (3)
BUS 558 - Leadership and Leading (3)

Choose three courses:

BUS 552 - Leadership's Dark Side (3)
BUS 562 - Leading Organizational Change (3)
BUS 640 - Leading Projects in Contemporary Organizations (3)
BUS 559 - Lateral Leadership (3)
BUS 580 - Coached Leadership Practicum

Total Credits = 18

Note: No more than 9 credits from the MA in Leadership and Management program may be applied to the completion of the Leadership and Management certificate.

Recent Case Publications

• Heritage Health Resources. MALM graduate Dawn Grissom and her professors Scott Shindledecker and Elizabeth Jones. Journal of Critical Incidents, 8, 87-89. Fall 2015.
• Service Unbounded. MAM graduate John Barczak and his professors Elizabeth Jones and Scott Shindledecker. Journal of Critical Incidents, 8, 56-58. Fall 2015.

Recent Case Presentations

• HBO NOW: Watch Out Netflix! MALM graduate Kristyn Bird and her professors Ademar Bechtold, and Elizabeth Jones, at the 37th Annual Society for Case Research Conference, Nashville, TN, July 2015.
• Consignment Decision Dilemma. MALM graduate Jessica Johnson and her professors Elizabeth Jones and Lawrence Beyer, at the 37th Annual Society for Case Research Conference, Nashville, TN, July 2015.
• Heritage Resources. MALM Dawn Grissom and her professors Scott Shindledecker, at the research track of the Society for Case Research, MBAA International 51st Conference. Chicago, IL. March 2015.
• Service Unbounded. MALM graduate John Barczak and his professors Elizabeth Jones and Scott Shindledecker, at the research track of the Society for Case Research, MBAA International 51st Conference. Chicago, IL. March 2015.
• Procurement Predicament.MALM graduate Stephanie L. Houle with her professors  David F. Rico and Elizabeth Jones, at the 36th Annual Case Writer’s Workshop. Rock Hill, SC. July 2014.

Student Learning Outcomes

After completing the program, you will be able to:

1. Create holistic, systems-thinking approaches grounded in leadership and business principles
   1. Evaluate the impact of leader behaviors and management decisions on followers and on organizations by applying foundational theories and using multiple frames of reference.
   2. Use of financial information to make business decisions employing multiple techniques employing a variety of techniques.
   3. Interpret economic policies, cycles, interdependencies, and interactions on organizational outcomes
2. Respond to situations through, ethical, socially responsible, well-reasoned action and communications that reflect critical thinking
   1. Demonstrate nuanced understanding of people, structures, cultures, and systems in organizations using multiple forms of reliable information
   2. Apply ethical principles to and interpret organizational and societal implications of individual and organizational actions.
   3. Communicate effectively orally, visually, and in writing
3. Display personal and professional leadership capacities that can transform individual lives, organizations, and society by thoughtfully integrating scholarship with reasoning
   1. Demonstrate increased personal leadership and interpersonal skill through self-awareness, personal growth and renewal, and increased understanding of self in relation to others.
   2. Craft organizational approaches that balance competing needs of society and the organization, internal and external constituencies, and leaders and followers by evaluating and integrating information from multiple sources and frames of reference.