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M.A. in Organizational Leadership

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Apply leadership principles you learn at work the next day.

Increase your leadership skills

  • Personally—Investigate what contributes to self-growth.
  • Professionally—Apply concepts directly to the workplace.
  • In your community—Impact people with whom you interface.

Leadership topics:

  • Leadership roles in various organizational settings
  • Building and working with teams and networks
  • Developing sensitivity to the needs and perceptions of others
  • Envisioning opportunities and desirable futures, and devising means of attaining them
  • Effective communication skills, both interpersonal and through print and/or electronic media
  • Means of gaining and using power, both positively and negatively
  • Sensitivity to ethical dilemmas

Apply your degree in multiple settings

  • Education                        
  • Business                                                                      
  • Civil
  • Government
  • Health
  • Nonprofit
  • Religious
  • Social Service

Complete your M.A. in Organizational Leadership

  • 36 semester credits
  • Register once for the entire program
  • Attend class with a supportive group of busy, in-career adults who progress through the program together
  • Be evaluated primarily on written assignments, projects, presentations, class discussions, and small group participation
MAOL Chris Kaiser

Learn collaborative skills so you can effectively lead your organization.

Schedule designed for busy, in-career adults

  • Take 1 course at a time
  • Meet 1 evening each week
  • Complete the course work in approximately 2 years with a short break in the summer
  • Meet on Bethel's campus (near the intersection of 35W and 694) or at convenient Metro locations.
  • Park for free

Get started on your M.A. in Organizational Leadership today!

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