REQUIRED MAJOR HOURS 33
REQUIRED MINOR HOURS NONE
ADDITIONAL PROGRAM HOURS NONE
TOTAL PROGRAM HOURS 33
PRESCRIBED COURSES ATTAINABLE IN GEN ED: NONE
The Bachelor of Arts in Organizational Leadership is a liberal arts-based program which examines the practices, theories, issues, and ramifications of leading within an organization. The curriculum provides students with a liberal-arts understanding of leadership in today’s complex organizations in the public, private, and not-for-profit sectors and develops in them the knowledge, skills, abilities, and attitudes that are in high demand by employers including the teamwork, collaboration, communication , critical thinking, and interpersonal skills that are hallmarks of effective leaders.
PROGRAM GOALS
• Students will analyze problems and opportunities to formulate robust solutions in an uncertain business environment;
• Students will evaluate the logic, reason, evidence, and research to make informed organizational decisions; • Students will effectively lead teams, groups, and
organizations;
• Students will generate organizational strategy; • Students will design leadership development
programs as sources of sustainable competitive advantage;
• Students will exemplify team and group dynamics; • Students will lead change initiatives;
• Students will provide feedback, manage expectations, and delegate effectively;
• Students will foster positive working relationships with peers and superiors;
• Students will establish personal credibility; • Students will communicate effectively; • Students will positively and effectively lead
discussions , meetings, and dialogue;
• Students will set goals and objectives for personal and employee development ;
• Students will demonstrate project assertiveness.
STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES
1. Recognize the concept of leadership and thedifference between management and leadership activities.
2. Identify the different indicators of leadership effectiveness.
3. Recognize the leadership activities that impact leadership actions and activities.
4. Evaluate the student’s own personal leadership characteristics.
5. Identify and describe the leadership role within fundamental concepts and principles of management. 6. Explain the significance of how historical theories
have shaped the practice of leading and managing organizations.
7. Recognize, analyze, and articulate challenges facing modern organizations.
8. Appraise the activities necessary for the planning functions within all levels of an organization. 9. Recognize, analyze, and apply the organizing
functions at all levels of an organization. 10. Analyze internal and external environments to
determine an organization’s condition and select a strategy for improvement.
11. Understand the development of leadership theory and research and identify the most influential theories of leadership and their conceptual underpinnings;
12. Identify contemporary issues related to leadership as well as emerging leadership theories;
13. Use his/her own experience of leadership and emerging self-awareness as a basis for perspective transformation and developmental learning; 14. Create a personal development plan to help develop
his/her leadership skills and potential. 15. Articulate their leadership journeys and their
crucibles by reflecting upon and framing their life stories and experiences to date.
16. Demonstrate leadership principles, values, and ethical boundaries, and how they will respond under pressure when challenged.
17. Assess what is motivating them, both extrinsically and intrinsically, and articulate the leadership path that will enable them to utilize their motivated capabilities.
18. Analyze and articulate their Personal Development Leadership Plan.
19. Demonstrate a theoretical understanding of the nature of individual and group behavior within organizations
20. Increase their ability to draw conclusions and develop inferences about attitudes and behavior, when confronted with different situations that are common in modern organizations
21. Increase their skill in identifying motives and in discriminating between different behavioral and attitudinal mechanisms that affect members of organizations
22. Cultivate abilities and skills in critical thinking, written communications, verbal discussion and debate , teamwork, and decision making 23. Demonstrate knowledge of various theories of
organizational communication by identifying how theories explain organizational practice.
24. Utilize theories and concepts covered in the course to help them understand organizational processes and experiences.
25. Analyze communication problems and potential solutions within organizations.
26. Communicate knowledge about organizational communication.
27. Demonstrate their sensitivity to ethical issues that pervade organizational communication and decision- making and apply this sensitivity to their own organizational experiences.
28. Explain the influence of problem solving techniques, team processes, and environmental conditions on creativity in organizations.
29. Describe the innovation process, including the innovation value chain, the role of champions, and commercializing an innovation.
30. Explain the process involved in managing creativity or innovation effectively and apply this knowledge to your own creative idea or innovation.
31. Analyze organizational practices that facilitate creativity and innovation.
32. Demonstrate case study analysis skills (specifically, identifying critical issues in case studies and applying course material to case studies).
33. Demonstrate the importance of human resource management as a field of study and as a central management function;
34. Articulate the implications for human resource management of the behavioral sciences , government regulations, and court decisions;
35. Demonstrate the elements of the HR function (e.g. recruitment, selection, training and development, etc.) and apply each element’ s key concepts & terminology; and
36. Apply the principles and techniques of human resource management gained through this course to the discussion of major personnel issues and the solution of typical case problems.
37. Apply critical thinking skills in resolving ethical issues 38. Describe and analyze ethical issues and dilemma s 39. Demonstrate awareness of one’s own values and
investigate the interrelationships and tensions that occur between personal, professional and societal values.
40. Employ theoretical frameworks for analyzing ethical situations
41. Apply the principles and practices of interpersonal, group and leadership ethics to situations involving communication, exercise of influence, organizational citizenship and social responsibility.
42. Analyze and discuss contemporary examples of digital culture using digital media theories
43. Assess both positive and negative effects of digital media on individuals, communities, and organizations
44. Explain how digital media affects your personal and professional lives
45. Articulate how digital technology influences social practices, and how people shape digital technology 46. Access resources and services available at GWU’ s
Library Services
47. Outline the steps involved with the information research process
48. Develop a focused research topic
49. Identify key terms and develop a search strategy 50. Search online databases using keywords, subjects,
and advanced options
51. Discuss the difference between popular and scholarly resources
52. Evaluate the quality of web-based resources 53. Define, recognize and avoid plagiarism 54. Correctly cite resources using APA style
REQUIRED MAJOR HOURS
ORL 320 Introduction to Organizational
Leadership 3
ORL 330 Organizational Theory 3 ORL 340 Theory and Practice of Leadership 3 ORL 400 Leadership Development 3 ORL 420 Organizational Behavior 3 ORL 430 Organizational Communications 3 ORL 450 Organizational Innovation and
Change Management 3 ORL 460 Introduction to Human
Resource Management 3 ORL 470 Ethical Leadership 3 ORL 480 Digital Culture and Society 3 ORL 490 Principles of Disciplined Inquiry 3 TOTAL REQUIRED MAJOR HOURS 33