Master in Science in Leadership, Management, and Organization
Upon completion of the program, LIOS graduates will achieve the following learning outcomes:
The program uses those three core focus areas to develop four essential elements of leadership and change:e
- Balanced Leadership–Graduates learn how to use their authority to walk a narrow path between the twin pitfalls of dictatorship and abdication.
- The graduate will be able to lead and navigate their unique situation with confidence and clarity.
- Essential Interactive Skills–The graduate is able to communicate effectively with their bosses, peers, and those who work for them.
- The graduate will be able to adeptly work up, down, and across the organization with a wider range of people and mindsets.
- Effective Teamwork–The graduate will be able to create healthy, well-functioning work groups, which are the backbone of organizational success.
- Graduates will be able to help workgroups work better together and meet their goals.
- Sustaining Change–Graduates, on a daily basis, make sustaining change a normal (and essential) part of their routine.
- Graduates will be able to navigate in changing environments while staying connected to goals, people, and the environment.
In this program, graduates will learn practical skills they can use immediately in their work environment. Graduates will become proficient in implementing advanced methods for:
- Developing learning cultures within their organizations
- Applying systemic thinking to workplace issues
- Leading large-scale change interventions tied to measurable goals
- Managing conflict creatively
- Leading teams toward higher productivity while maintaining a humane working environment
- Balancing management authority with employee involvement.
- Managing projects and other cross-functional work
- Coaching individuals to develop their full capacity and to effectively resolve problems
- Improving on-the-job work processes
- Creating effective groups
- Applying a wide range of process consulting interventions