Mansfield University Home PageThe Master of Arts degree in Organizational Leadership qualifies working professionals to go beyond their particular discipline or field of expertise. The program is designed to give flexibility to people at varied distances and time zones. Methods of instruction include online postings, profiles, and discussion boards. Furthermore, all graduate students at Mansfield University receive individual attention from faculty and staff assigned to the program.
Programs such as ours provide outreach to rural and urban communities all over the world. Advancements in online technology have radically changed the way we study, research, and share our expertise. Online courses are more readily accessible, more efficient, more advanced and valued than ever before. For more than a decade online education has proven not only more accessible than traditional onsite programs, but also immensely creative and productive.
The program:
- Focuses on the theoretical foundations of leadership and facilitate development of leadership skills at the post-baccalaureate level in emerging leaders across diverse types of profit, non-profit, and governmental organizations;
- Promotes a view of leadership development grounded in the rapidly growing contemporary literature on leadership in concert with the core values of the Mansfield University Creed: Character, Scholarship, Culture, and Service. Graduates will demonstrate attributes such as integrity, a respect for scholarship as a foundation for development of leadership skills, a commitment to enhancing the community, and a willingness to serve the greater good.
- Creates an online leadership learning environment that promotes inclusion, respect, collaboration, productive group interaction, and opportunities for development, exploration and application of leadership skills.
When you complete the program you will have:
- An integrated knowledge of leadership theory, organizational behavior theory, change theory, and communication theory to demonstrate best practices in organizational leadership.
- Knowledge of organizational planning, management of change, oversight of human resources, and leadership consistent with ethical, legal, and regulatory expectations.
- Self-awareness of personal leadership style, strengths and skills, and how these impact others in an organization and a personal plan for leadership development.
- Scholarly inquiry to evaluate the unique needs, challenges and opportunities of organizations.
- Understanding and application of the values of diversity, social justice, integrity, ethical analysis and accountability, and change to promote the common good.
- Analysis of the impact of social, ethical, cultural economic and political influences on organizational behavior in local, national and global communities.
- Practical leadership skills.
- Specialty organizational leadership knowledge as a result of focused electives that serve students' needs to be effective in their organizational practice arena.
- Completion of supervised community experience where they have participated in the application of the knowledge base, values and skills outlined above.