This course provides a general overview of leadership principles and practice. The course covers general principles and commonly encountered issues in organizational leadership such as leadership styles, developing an organizational mission and objectives, fostering productive, equitable and inclusive organizational culture and climate, and tapping the strengths of diverse employees.

This course provides an overview of financial management principles for for-profit and non-profit/public organizations. This includes the use of financial analysis and forecasting to create a budget as well as management of assets, liability, and cash flow. Finally, the course covers typical sources of financial risk and fraud and methods to mitigate those risks.

This class provides and overview of major legal principles that apply to organizational contexts and to leaders in these contexts. In addition the course reviews major approaches to ethical reasoning in leadership and resolving conflict in organizations as a leader.

OL 410 is an overview of the various theories and models of conflict resolution and negotiation. The course also covers specific conflict resolution and negotiation tactics and how these apply to specific organizational situations. Finally, the course provides an overview of how personal factors such as emotional intelligence and cultural intelligence impact a leader's ability to resolve conflict and successfully negotiate on behalf of the organization. Specianl attention is also paid to how successful conflict resolution and negotiation practice promotes an inclusive and equitable organizational climate.

This course consists of an internship completed by the student in a relevant organizational setting, which may include a for-profit business, non-profit organization, or government organization. Students will also meet over video-conferencing with a course instructor periodically over the course of the semester.