Management & Organizational Leadership
Be Known as a Leader
In the Management & Organizational Leadership bachelor's degree, you will learn to:
- Utilize the management tools, analytical methods, and research skills necessary to identify organizational problems and to formulate solutions for those problems
- Engage in continuous professional growth through application of experiential learning principles and practices
- Support the learning and growth of others
- Express understanding of leadership and management functions, theories, and models, and describe your own professional philosophy
- Serve effectively as a team leader and a team member
- Employ effective leadership communication skills and a knowledge of organizational communication strategies and methods
- Convey how your understanding of ethics and Christian values informs your leadership and management practices in an organizational context
Format
The Management & Organizational Leadership major is offered either in Portland or online. The curriculum is the same for either format and takes 16 months to complete. Regardless of which format you choose, we promise you'll get a relational, supportive experience where you will Be Known by your professors, classmates, and admissions counselor.
Local - Portland
Beginning with an evening orientation, students in the local format attend class one night each week from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. at George Fox University's Portland Center (an occasional Saturday may be required). They also complete supplemental coursework online by watching videos and participating in online discussions.
Online
Students in the online format begin their program with a two-day, face-to-face cohort launch at the Portland Center. This event orients new students to the program and helps them begin to build relationships with their professors and other students in their cohort. The rest of the program takes place in a 100% online learning environment that uses a rich variety of media, including recorded videos, presentations, readings, research, discussions, and chats.
Credit Requirements
62 semester hours must be completed to enter a major. To graduate with a bachelor's degree, you must complete a total of 126 semester hours as follows:
| Minimum required entry credits for major (Don't have enough credits?) |
62 |
| Additional credits needed for graduation (general education, electives, or life-learning credit) |
28 |
| Credits earned in Management & Organizational Leadership major |
36 |
| Total | 126 |
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Major Requirements
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Course content focuses on organizational behavior models and practices and their application in work, group, and virtual teams. Emphasis is placed on group behavior and how group functioning affects organizational effectiveness.
This course provides an overview of the fields of organizational and management theory. It gives the student an understanding of the roles of management in fulfilling the mission and goals of the organization. Students are expected to apply management theory as they make decisions to solve organizational problems. Prerequisite: MGOL 401 Organizational Behavior.
From a leadership perspective, this course focuses on the role communication plays in creating a productive work environment. Students will build communication competencies through learning to use listening skills, emotional intelligence, purpose identification, audience analysis, strategy development, message design, and medium selection. Topics covered include the effective use of digital media and leadership communication in the context of networks, groups and teams, addressing internal and external audiences, as well as in conducting meetings and presentations. Prerequisite: MGOL 401 Organizational Behavior.
The roots and origins of the Christian faith are investigated. Focus is placed on the history of Christianity, the influence of Christianity upon society, and how Christian values relate to managing people. Prerequisite: MGOL 401 Organizational Behavior, MGOL 413 Ethics for Managers.
Topics covered will enable students to analyze and interpret both historical and estimated financial data used by management to conduct daily operations, plan future operations and develop overall business strategies. Prerequisites: MGOL 401 Organizational Behavior, MGOL 403 Organizational Theory.
This course will instruct students in ethical dilemmas in the workplace. Students will learn to identify and transform workplace behaviors that cause ambiguity and destructive environments within organizations and will learn how to apply managerial decision making based on ethical principles, processes, and formats. Prerequisite: MGOL 401 Organizational Behavior.
This course provides students with a pragmatic approach that will guide the formulation and implementation of organizational and functional strategies. It focuses on modern analytical methods and on enduring successful strategic practices. Intentionally designed as a capstone course, students will apply management and leadership concepts they have learned throughout their degree program. Prerequisites: MGOL 401 Organizational Behavior, MGOL 404 Leadership Communication, MGOL 410 Financial Decision Making, MGOL 413 Ethics for Managers, MGOL 431 Operations Management, MGOL 442 Dynamics of Leadership.
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This course provides students with processes and techniques for conducting applied research in the workplace, evaluating various programs and initiatives at work, and acquiring data to create informed decisions. It helps students become familiar with the research process and with a variety of business research tools and techniques. Students learn how to define a problem and write good research questions, determine what tools and techniques are appropriate for different kinds of problems, find supportive information sources, assess their reliability, and critically analyze and summarize such information. Prerequisites: MGOL 401 Organizational Behavior, MGOL 403 Organizational Theory
This research course focuses on using data as a tool to enhance decision making in organizations. It is designed for managers as users of statistical information to summarize and interpret data. The course covers descriptive statistics, associated decision-making, and the purposes of inferential statistical methods. Prerequisite: MGOL 401 Organizational Behavior.
This course introduces concepts and techniques for design, planning, and control of service and manufacturing operations. It provides basic definitions of operations management terms, tools and techniques for analyzing operations, and strategic context for making operational decisions. Prerequisites: MGOL 401 Organizational Behavior, MGOL 410 Financial Decision Making, MGOL 415 Data Informed Decision Making, MGOL 440 Human Resource Management.
In this course students examine policies and practices regarding employee planning, recruitment, selection, compensation, training, and development. Attention is given to current regulatory employment issues. Prerequisite: MGOL 401 Organizational Behavior.
This course explores leadership theories, models, and styles through an examination of current leadership literature and discussions of effective leadership practice. Prerequisites: MGOL 401 Organizational Behavior, MGOL 403 Organizational Theory, MGOL 404 Organizational Communication.