LEAD - Organizational Leadership

LEAD 600 Human Development as a Lifelong Process

Prerequisite: Open to students admitted to the doctoral program in Organizational Leadership with approval of the adviser and Program Director. See COUN 500. Doctoral candidates must design and conduct a project related to the course. This project will involve either the candidate’s employer or a local organization and have as their goal to help inform the candidate concerning the ultimate subject of his/her research-based capstone experience.

Credits

4.0

Offered

Fall and/or Summer Semester

LEAD 601 Seminar in Leadership Theory and Practice

This seminar explores the different leadership theories and practices over the years. Topics include not only the historical, sociological, and cultural perspectives on leadership, but also ways of improving leadership effectiveness in organizations. Class members will be required to critically evaluate their own leadership style, analyze the situational and contextual factors of their organizations, and devise strategies to improve their leadership effectiveness.

Credits

4.0

Offered

Fall Semester

LEAD 602 Seminar in Ethics and Leadership

This course examines aspects of ethics and leadership in one or more of the following key areas of society: education, religion, the military, corporations, and politics. The focus will be on core principles of conduct and on relevant virtues, such as courage, humility, hope, patience, faith, prudence, and justice. Theory and practice will be analyzed together, as examples will be drawn from important historical episodes, such as the American Founding, the Second World War, and the Civil Rights Movement. Students will gain an understanding of the relation of ends and means, of the meaning of integrity in the workplace, and of the moral demands of leadership.

Credits

4.0

Offered

Spring Semester

LEAD 603 Leading and Managing Human Capital

This course examines strategies to effectively lead today's diverse workforce in organizations. Using the latest literature in human resource management, strategies for effectively selecting, retaining, and developing human resources will be explored. Emphasis is placed on the management of human capital within today's legal, ethical, and social environments. This course will utilize case studies from educational, business, and community-based organizations to illustrate the opportunities and challenges of managing human capital.

Credits

3.0

Offered

Summer Semester

LEAD 604 Leadership and Strategic Communication

This course examines the role of communication in effective leadership and provides strategies for increasing communication effectiveness. Topics include different communication styles, negotiation strategies, media management, crisis management, electronic communication, and managing interpersonal conflict in organizations.

Credits

3.0

Offered

Summer Semester

LEAD 605 Seminar in Leading Strategic Change and Transformation

Prerequisites: LEAD 601 and LEAD 602 or Permission of Instructor

This course examines the leader's role in effectively managing change and transformation. It covers change both from a micro and macro perspective. On the micro level, it examines organizational change and the role leaders play in effectively transforming organizations. On the macro level, it focuses on the role of leadership in promoting social innovation and change.

Credits

4.0

Offered

Fall Semester

LEAD 606 Financial Stewardship for Leaders

This course presents financial responsibility and accountability as a moral imperative far leaders. It provides an overview of the effective strategies that leaders should take ta be good stewards of their organization's financial resources. Topics include effective budgeting techniques, risk management strategies, debt management strategies, financial transparency, and smart-spending strategies.

Credits

3.0

Offered

Fall Semester

LEAD 607 Leadership, Advocacy and Policy

Prerequisites: LEAD 601 and LEAD 602 or Permission of Instructor

This course focuses on policy development at the local, national, and international levels. Given the importance of navigating the political and community landscapes to the creation of a fair and just society, leaders are introduced to the major theories and approaches to policy formulation, implementation, and evaluation. Principles of effective advocacy will be examined in human rights, social justice, and economic justice. The role of technology in advocacy and policy is also examined.

Credits

3.0

Offered

Summer Semester

LEAD 608 Sustainable Systemic Leadership

Prerequisite: LEAD 601 and LEAD 602. This course centers around the topic of organizational sustainability and embeds this topic within the framework of the triple-bottom line approach. It emphasizes the economic, social, and environmental dimensions of organizational success and challenges leaders to consider organizations within their larger eco-systems. Topics discussed include social responsibility, stakeholder management, issues management, government relations, and community relations.

Credits

3.0

Offered

Spring and/or Summer Semester

LEAD 609 Social & Cultural Foundations of Couns

Prerequisite: Open to students admitted to the doctoral program in Organizational Leadership with approval of the adviser and Program Director. See COUN 502. Doctoral candidates must design and conduct a project related to the course. This project will involve either the candidate’s employer or a local organization and have as their goal to help inform the candidate concerning the ultimate subject of his/her research-based capstone experience.

Credits

4.0

Offered

Spring and/or Summer Semesters

LEAD 610 Lifestyle and Career Development

Prerequisite: Open to students admitted to the doctoral program in Organizational Leadership with approval of the adviser and Program Director. See COUN 503. Doctoral candidates must design and conduct a project related to the course. This project will involve either the candidate’s employer or a local organization and have as their goal to help inform the candidate concerning the ultimate subject of his/her research-based capstone experience.

Credits

4.0

Offered

Summer Semester

LEAD 611 Research and Prog Evaluation

Prerequisite: Open to students admitted to the doctoral program in Organizational Leadership with approval of the adviser and Program Director. See COUN 506. Doctoral candidates must design and conduct a project related to the course. This project will involve either the candidate’s employer or a local organization and have as their goal to help inform the candidate concerning the ultimate subject of his/her research-based capstone experience.

Credits

4.0

Offered

Fall Semester

LEAD 612 Tech for Literacy, Leadership & Learning

Prerequisite: Open to students admitted to the doctoral program in Organizational Leadership with approval of the adviser and Program Director. See EDUC 502. Doctoral candidates must design and conduct a project related to the course. This project will involve either the candidate’s employer or a local organization and have as their goal to help inform the candidate concerning the ultimate subject of his/her research-based capstone experience.

Credits

4.0

Offered

Both Semesters and/or Summer

LEAD 613 School Law

Open to students admitted to the doctoral program in Organizational Leadership with approval of the adviser and Program Director. See EDUC 513. Doctoral candidates must design and conduct a project related to the course. This project will involve either the candidate’s employer or a local organization and have as their goal to help inform the candidate concerning the ultimate subject of his/her research-based capstone experience.

Credits

4.0

Offered

Fall and/or Summer Semester

LEAD 614 Admin Student Services

Open to students admitted to the doctoral program in Organizational Leadership with approval of the adviser and Program Director. See EDUC 514. Doctoral candidates must design and conduct a project related to the course. This project will involve either the candidate’s employer or a local organization and have as their goal to help inform the candidate concerning the ultimate subject of his/her research-based capstone experience.

Credits

4.0

Offered

Spring and/or Summer Semester

LEAD 615 Trauma & Crisis Interventions

Prerequisite: Open to students admitted to the doctoral program in Organizational Leadership with approval of the adviser and Program Director.  See COUN 507. This course provides the counseling student with an introduction to research, theory, and practice within the field of trauma counseling. The course will cover the historical evolution of the field; biopsychosocial underpinnings of trauma and trauma spectrum disorders; issues in diagnosis, assessment, and intervention from a culturally diverse framework; and a synthesis of best practices as they are currently evolving. Using a developmental and systemic approach, the course will provide a counseling perspective on the knowledge base from the multiple disciplines that contribute to the field of traumatology.

Credits

4.0

Offered

Summer Semester

LEAD 616 Leading and Managing Governing Boards

For nearly four hundred years, Americans have founded numerous private institutions and voluntary associations, uniquely shaping their leadership and governance practices. Today, both nonprofit and for-profit organizations make significant contributions to society and the economy. This course examines the purpose, architecture and effectiveness of governing boards, both in nonprofit and in for-profit organizations.

Credits

4.0

Offered

As Needed

LEAD 620 Qualitative Research in Social Sciences-Theory and Design

This course introduces students to the theories and techniques of qualitative inquiry including research design approaches, data collection strategies, data analysis techniques, evaluation tools, and presentation of results. Emphasis is given to the use of qualitative research as a decision-making and problem-solving tool. The legal and ethical ramifications of research are also emphasized.

Credits

3.0

Offered

Fall Semester

LEAD 621 Statistical Methods for Social Science Research: Design and Analysis

Prerequisites: LEAD 601 and LEAD 620.  This course presents an overview of social science research and presents the most popular quantitative data analytical techniques. Topics include analysis of variance, analysis of covariance, discriminant analysis, multiple regression, factorial analysis, and correlational analysis. Remedies for validity threats such as multicollinearity and heteroscedasticity, are addressed.

Credits

3.0

Offered

Spring Semester

LEAD 621A Foundations for Quantitative Research

This optional course will offer an introduction to statistical methods for social science research. This is a recommended course for those who need a refresher in basic descriptive and inferential statistics prior to taking LEAD 621 Statistical Methods for Social Science Research: Design and Analysis.

Credits

1.0

Offered

Winter Term

LEAD 622 Research Design

This course presents the fundamentals of social science research methods and explores applications of evidence-based reasoning and measures/tools for addressing questions in business and other organizational settings. Emphasis is on evaluating the construct, internal, external and construct validities of existing and independent quantitative research.

Credits

3.0

Offered

Fall Semester

LEAD 628 Digital Strategy and Leadership

The organizational world is increasingly being transformed by innovation in information systems. Digital initiatives are reshaping the nature of business models. Algorithms and analytics are upending traditional processes, and new data-centric management approaches are giving rise to new paradigms of leadership. This course prepares leaders with frameworks to assess and understand an evolving digital landscape, strategies to guide teams, and organizations to take advantage of new economics and technology platforms. It also offers an understanding of emergent issues around security, privacy, social and ethical practice.

Credits

4.0

Offered

Offered As Needed

LEAD 629 Scholar Practitioner Research

After the successful completion of doctoral coursework to date and the comprehensive examination, students will need to continue to develop their research, writing, and dissemination skills in order to become successful scholar practitioners. The course focuses on scholarly communication through which research and other scholarly writings are created, evaluated for quality, disseminated to scholarly or professional communities and made accessible for future use. Throughout the course, students will work on honing their writing skills for disseminating their research through a number of venues, including conference presentations, poster sessions, book reviews, blogs, and the gold standard of research, the journal article. Students will identify the dissemination venues that will best serve their research and professional goals. The course will also serve as a professional learning community of practice as students embark on the most challenging part of a doctoral program: research and writing the dissertation. They will learn to practice scholarly tasks in the sustained pursuit of a shared enterprise and will continue to work in their own community of practice.

Credits

4.0

Offered

Offered as Needed

LEAD 630 Dissertation I: Theoretical Framework

Prerequisite: LEAD 622 or Permission of Instructor

The purpose of this course is to enable students to develop the theoretical model that underlies their dissertation study.  This is a research and reading intensive course where highly independent work is expected and required.  Emphasis is placed on the formulation of the research problem, review of the literature, analysis and evaluation of benchmarking studies, and development of the theoretical model.

Credits

4.0

Offered

Spring and/or Summer Terms

LEAD 630A Prospectus Support Course

The Dissertation Prospectus Support Course provides the added time, structure and content for candidates to successfully submit their dissertation prospectus. The doctoral candidate can enroll in this course at the advice of and in consultation with the LEAD 630 instructor. The doctoral candidate must enroll in the course until the prospectus is successfully submitted to Chalk and Wire. The candidate has one semester after the end of LEAD 630 to submit the prospectus at a satisfactory level.  The candidate pays tuition for one credit doctoral course plus the comprehensive fee each semester. 
 

Credits

1.0

Offered

Offered As Needed

LEAD 631 Dissertation II: Proposal Defense

Prerequisite: LEAD 630 or Permission of Instructor

The purpose of this course is to enable students to operationalize the theoretical model of their dissertation project into an empirical model.  The course prepares the doctoral student for the dissertation proposal defense.  Emphasis is placed on choosing the appropriate research design, instrumentation, setting and participants, pilot study, and data analysis methods.

Credits

4.0

Offered

Fall and/or Summer Semester

LEAD 631A Proposal Support Course

Prerequisite: LEAD 630

The dissertation proposal support course provides the added time, structure and content for candidates to successfully defend, revise and upload the finished proposal and accompanying IRB documents to Chalk and Wire. The doctoral candidate must enroll in the course until the IP is removed from LEAD 631. The candidate has one semester after the end of LEAD 631 to defend and upload the final proposal. After that time, the candidate will enroll in LEAD 631A until the proposal is defended, revised and uploaded to Chalk and Wire. The candidate pays tuition for one credit doctoral course plus a reduced comprehensive fee when taken without any other credits. If any additional credits are taken with this course, students will be billed the standard doctoral comprehensive fee.

Credits

1.0

Offered

Offered As Needed

LEAD 632 Dissertation III: Research Study Defense

Prerequisite: LEAD 631 or Permission of Instructor

This is the third course in the dissertation sequence of classes in the doctoral program.  It requires students to collect data regarding their dissertation study, analyze it, and present results to the partner organization and to the doctoral dissertation committee.  Students will complete the dissertation paper and present it in the appropriate format to the committee.  Students will also orally defend their dissertation project.

Credits

4.0

Offered

Offered As Needed

LEAD 632A Dissertation Support

Prerequisite: LEAD 631

The Dissertation Support Course provides the added time, structure and content for candidates to defend, revise and upload the finished Dissertation to MD-SOAR and ProQuest. the doctoral candidate must enroll in the course until the IP is removed from LEAD 632.  The candidate should defend in summer or fall of Year III.  After that time, the candidate will enroll in this course until the dissertation is defended and uploaded.  The candidate pays tuition for one credit doctoral course plus a reduced comprehensive fee when taken without any other credits. If any additional credits are taken with this course, students will be billed the standard doctoral comprehensive fee.

Credits

1.0

Offered

Offered As Needed

LEAD 650 Conducting/Analyzing Doctoral Research

Prerequisite: LEAD 621 and LEAD 622; or Permission of Instructor

This course applies qualitative and quantitative research methodology to an applied research project. Emphasis is given to data collection, preparation, analysis and interpretation and its application to different doctoral level research design methodologies.

Credits

4.0

Offered

Spring or As Needed

LEAD 652 Negotiation & Conflict Resolution

Open to students admitted to the doctoral program in Organizational Leadership with approval of the adviser and Program Director. See MGMT 582. Doctoral candidates must design and conduct a project related to the course. This project will involve either the candidate’s employer or a local organization and have as their goal to help inform the candidate concerning the ultimate subject of his/her research-based capstone experience

Credits

4.0

Offered

Fall and/or Summer Semester

LEAD 660 Managerial Economics

Open to students admitted to the doctoral program in Organizational Leadership with approval of the adviser and Program Director. See ECON 560. Doctoral candidates must design and conduct a project related to the course. This project will involve either the candidate’s employer or a local organization and have as their goal to help inform the candidate concerning the ultimate subject of his/her research-based capstone experience.

Credits

4.0

Offered

Both Semesters

LEAD 662 Financial & Managerial Accounting

Open to students admitted to the doctoral program in Organizational Leadership with approval of the adviser and Program Director. See MGMT 562. Doctoral candidates must design and conduct a project related to the course. This project will involve either the candidate’s employer or a local organization and have as their goal to help inform the candidate concerning the ultimate subject of his/her research-based capstone experience.

Credits

4.0

Offered

Fall and/or Summer Semester

LEAD 663 Marketing Management

Open to students admitted to the doctoral program in Organizational Leadership with approval of the adviser and Program Director. See MGMT 563. Doctoral candidates must design and conduct a project related to the course. This project will involve either the candidate’s employer or a local organization and have as their goal to help inform the candidate concerning the ultimate subject of his/her research-based capstone experience.

Credits

4.0

Offered

Spring and/or Summer Semester

LEAD 665 International Management

Open to students admitted to the doctoral program in Organizational Leadership with approval of the adviser and Program Director. See MGMT 565. Doctoral candidates must design and conduct a project related to the course. This project will involve either the candidate’s employer or a local organization and have as their goal to help inform the candidate concerning the ultimate subject of his/her research-based capstone experience.

Credits

4.0

Offered

Spring and/or Summer Semester

LEAD 666 Information Management & Technology

Open to students admitted to the doctoral program in Organizational Leadership with approval of the adviser and Program Director. See MGMT 566. Doctoral candidates must design and conduct a project related to the course. This project will involve either the candidate’s employer or a local organization and have as their goal to help inform the candidate concerning the ultimate subject of his/her research-based capstone experience.

Credits

4.0

Offered

Fall and/or Summer Semester

LEAD 668 Accounting Information Systems

Open to students admitted to the doctoral program in Organizational Leadership with approval of the adviser and Program Director. See MGMT 568. Doctoral candidates must design and conduct a project related to the course. This project will involve either the candidate’s employer or a local organization and have as their goal to help inform the candidate concerning the ultimate subject of his/her research-based capstone experience.

Credits

4.0

Offered

Spring Semester (Even Years)

LEAD 669 Project Management

Open to students admitted to the doctoral program in Organizational Leadership with approval of the adviser and Program Director. See MGMT 569. Doctoral candidates must design and conduct a project related to the course. This project will involve either the candidate’s employer or a local organization and have as their goal to help inform the candidate concerning the ultimate subject of his/her research-based capstone experience.

Credits

4.0

Offered

Spring Semester

LEAD 670 Marketing Analysis for Managers

Open to students admitted to the doctoral program in Organizational Leadership with approval of the adviser and Program Director. See MGMT 570. Doctoral candidates must design and conduct a project related to the course. This project will involve either the candidate’s employer or a local organization and have as their goal to help inform the candidate concerning the ultimate subject of his/her research-based capstone experience.

Credits

4.0

Offered

Fall and/or Summer Semester

LEAD 672 Supply Chain Mgmt

Open to students admitted to the doctoral program in Organizational Leadership with approval of the adviser and Program Director. See MGMT 572. Doctoral candidates must design and conduct a project related to the course. This project will involve either the candidate’s employer or a local organization and have as their goal to help inform the candidate concerning the ultimate subject of his/her research-based capstone experience.

Credits

4.0

Offered

Spring Semester (Odd Years)

LEAD 675 Independent Study

Pre-requisites: Permission of Instructor and Doctoral Program Director 

Reading and/or research in a selected field. An approved title for the independent study must be submitted with the registration forms. A maximum of 8 credits may be applied to the degree program.

Credits

4.0

Offered

Summer Semester

LEAD 676 Advanced Financial Management

Open to students admitted to the doctoral program in Organizational Leadership with approval of the adviser and Program Director. See MGMT 576. Doctoral candidates must design and conduct a project related to the course. This project will involve either the candidate’s employer or a local organization and have as their goal to help inform the candidate concerning the ultimate subject of his/her research-based capstone experience.

Credits

4.0

Offered

Fall and/or Summer Semester

LEAD 677 Portfolio and Investment Management

Open to students admitted to the doctoral program in Organizational Leadership with approval of the adviser and Program Director. See MGMT 577. Doctoral candidates must design and conduct a project related to the course. This project will involve either the candidate’s employer or a local organization and have as their goal to help inform the candidate concerning the ultimate subject of his/her research-based capstone experience.

Credits

4.0

Offered

Spring and/or Summer Semester

LEAD 678 International Financial Management

Open to students admitted to the doctoral program in Organizational Leadership with approval of the adviser and Program Director. See ECMG 578. Doctoral candidates must design and conduct a project related to the course. This project will involve either the candidate’s employer or a local organization and have as their goal to help inform the candidate concerning the ultimate subject of his/her research-based capstone experience.

Credits

4.0

Offered

Spring Semester

LEAD 680 Strategic Cost Management

Open to students admitted to the doctoral program in Organizational Leadership with approval of the adviser and Program Director. See MGMT 580. Doctoral candidates must design and conduct a project related to the course. This project will involve either the candidate’s employer or a local organization and have as their goal to help inform the candidate concerning the ultimate subject of his/her research-based capstone experience

Credits

4.0

Offered

Fall Semester

LEAD 681 Research-Based Tchng, Lrng, Assessment

Prerequisite: Open to students admitted to the doctoral program in Organizational Leadership with approval of the adviser and Program Director. See EDUC 581. Doctoral candidates must design and conduct a project related to the course. This project will involve either the candidate’s employer or a local organization and have as their goal to help inform the candidate concerning the ultimate subject of his/her research-based capstone experience.

Credits

4.0

Offered

Both Semesters and/or Summer

LEAD 682 Educational Philosophy in a Diverse Soc

Prerequisite: Open to students admitted to the doctoral program in Organizational Leadership with approval of the adviser and Program Director. See EDUC 582. Doctoral candidates must design and conduct a project related to the course. This project will involve either the candidate’s employer or a local organization and have as their goal to help inform the candidate concerning the ultimate subject of his/her research-based capstone experience.

Credits

4.0

Offered

Both Semesters and/or Summer

LEAD 684 Systemic Change Proc/Sch Improvement

Prerequisite: Open to students admitted to the doctoral program in Organizational Leadership with approval of the adviser and Program Director. See EDUC 584. Doctoral candidates must design and conduct a project related to the course. This project will involve either the candidate’s employer or a local organization and have as their goal to help inform the candidate concerning the ultimate subject of his/her research-based capstone experience.

Credits

4.0

Offered

Fall and/or Summer Semester

LEAD 686 Principles of Educational Supervision

Prerequisite: Open to students admitted to the doctoral program in Organizational Leadership with approval of the adviser and Program Director. See EDUC 586. Doctoral candidates must design and conduct a project related to the course. This project will involve either the candidate’s employer or a local organization and have as their goal to help inform the candidate concerning the ultimate subject of his/her research-based capstone experience.

Credits

4.0

Offered

Spring and/or Summer Semester

LEAD 687 Public Administration

Prerequisites: Open to students admitted to the doctoral program in Organizational Leadership with approval of the adviser and Program Director.

See MGMT 587. Doctoral candidates must design and conduct a project related to the course. This project will involve either the candidate’s employer or a local organization and have as their goal to help inform the candidate concerning the ultimate subject of his/her research-based capstone experience

 

Credits

4.0

Offered

Fall Semester

LEAD 690 Strategy & Competitive Advantage

This capstone course integrates the concept of competitive advantage and the functional disciplines of businesses using cases, seminar-presentations and a comprehensive strategic management project. It emphasizes the importance of maintaining strategic fit in changing macro industry, and global environments. Students are challenged to solve comprehensive management problems at the strategic level of the organization.

Credits

4.0

Offered

Both Semesters

LEAD 697 Internship

A learning experience with an appropriate business/nonprofit organization to provide opportunity for leadership.  The student is responsible for developing appropriate work projects, and each must meet department guidelines and be approved by the Program Director.  At least 40 hours of work will be completed for each credit. Permission to enroll required.

Credits

1.0-8.0

Offered

Offered As Needed

LEAD 699 Special Topics in Org. Leadership

The study of selected topics and issues that are of interest to doctoral students in Organizational Leadership. Issues and topics will be examined from the perspective of specialists within the discipline. Students will participate in readings, discussions and complete projects with a research component.

Credits

4.0

Offered

Spring Semester (As Needed)