Management and Leadership (M.S.)
The goal of the Master of Science Degree in Management and Leadership/Organizational
Behavior is to provide graduate level instruction to students from any undergraduate
major and allows students to gain leadership skills from a business perspective and
understand the workings of business from a psychological standpoint. Additionally,
students will gain important communication and organizational administrative skills
in this multidisciplinary degree.
Faculty have a combination of strong academic training and business experience and will challenge students to apply theories learned in the classroom to current or future employment. Students will explore the following:
- Impact of individual and group behaviors on organizational performance
- Team processes including communication, decision-making, and negotiation
- Organizational strategic planning through analysis of strengths and weaknesses in the organizational environment
- Traditional and contemporary models of leadership
- Financial statement analysis, cost measurement and control, budgeting, and other Management control topics
- Development of a research plan to identify and solve a business problem
- Apply concepts from the field of I/O psychology to enhance the work environment, encourage productive work-related behaviors, and solve organizational problems
Requirements
| MGT 501 | Organizational Behavior | 3 credits |
| MGT 502 | Organizational Strategy | 3 credits |
| MGT 503 | Organizational Leadership | 3 credits |
| MGT 504 | Organizational Control Systems | 3 credits |
| MGT 570 | Introduction to Business Research | 3 credits |
| MGT 585 | Independent Study or 586 – Internship | 9 credits |
| PSY 510 | Industrial/Organizational Psychology | 3 credits |
| CMST 550 | Organizational Communication | 3 credits |
| DMET 526 | Organizational and Administration of Instructional Technology | 3 credits |
| 33 credits |
For more information on this program, please contact the Graduate College (570) 422-3570, or the Graduate Program Coordinator, Dr. Douglas Nay (570) 422-3768, dnay@esu.edu, in 313 Gessner Hall.
Contact Information
- Campus Address
- Gessner Science Hall 313
- Phone:
- (570) 422-3251
- Fax:
- (570) 422-3308 (Fax)
- Title of Department Leader
- Graduate Program Coordinator
- Name
- Dr. Douglas Nay
- E:
- dnay@esu.edu
- Phone:
- (570) 422-3768
