Charles Kroncke, Ph.D., Dean of Business
Daryl R. Smith, Ph.D., Chairperson of Organizational Leadership
The Master of Science in Organizational Leadership is intended for individuals in a variety of organizations that require executives with well-developed leadership skills. Its curriculum reflects the emerging view that effective leadership depends on personal abilities and knowledge, value-based vision, and modeling socially responsible behavior.
The MSOL program mirrors the Mount’s commitment to interdisciplinary education with a focus on career preparation, and emphasis on values, integrity and social responsibility. In the realm of organizational leadership, this involves preparing students to be effective and moral leaders within organizations of all kinds. While its approach is grounded in the spiritual values and vision of the Mount’s founders, the Sisters of Charity, the curriculum and approach is nondenominational.
The MSOL program was designed after extensive market research involving both employers and potential students indicating a need for a leadership program that focuses on the development of the skills necessary to be effective leaders. The result is a program that focuses on people in organizations and the development of leaders and leadership behavior. The MSOL program is multidisciplinary with courses and faculty from business, the humanities, religious and pastoral studies, behavioral sciences, economics, management and computer information systems.
The MSOL program is intended to develop leaders who:
- understand how organizations work.
- energize, empower and develop people.
- understand how to harness and use technology effectively.
- embody principles of effective leadership.
- are moral, caring and socially responsible.
- can bring their organizations through difficult changes.
- cope with complexity, ambiguity and conflicting perspectives.
- can communicate effectively through oral and written means.