Leadership & Organizational Change Courses

The Nazareth College MS Leadership & Organizational Change program will transform you into a leader whom others are eager to follow, though a master's program that aligns with your busy life. 

Program features by design:

• The monthly weekends are active. 
• Online reading replaces lectures. 

• You learn new skills from industry leaders. 
• Practice the skills with your team. 
• Apply those skills on Monday.

Here are the courses that will change your career trajectory. 

LOC 510 Leadership & Assessment Development 

Through various assessments about your personality, emotional intelligence, and other traits, you will better understand your strengths and weaknesses. With the help of your instructor, you will develop a two-year leadership plan to optimize your strengths and minimize or eliminate your weakness. The course is a foundation on leadership.

LOC 520 Team & Conflict Management 

The best teams push and nudge each other toward success. Learn critical skills in leading a team. Pushing each other often creates some conflicts. Learn the differences between positive and negative conflict. Acquire the skills to overcome serious conflicts while leading your team beyond expectations.

LOC 530 Leadership and Decision-Making Analytics

The best leaders understand that research and data are foundational to the most successful strategies. Students conduct an analytics project including collecting and analyzing data. Through activities, they learn how data analytics can shape or inform a leader's decision-making.

LOC 540 Creating High-Performance Organizations

Many organizations are the lumpy road of successes and disappointments. A few companies are high-performance organizations that sustain continued success. Learn how the best leaders balance today's challenges while planning future strategies. 

LOC 550 Public Engagement Practicum

Student teams work with local non-profit organizations. Their ‘client’ explains their problem. Students research the problem and develop a proposed solution. The non-profit organization is more successful. The students apply their leadership skills to help the community.

LOC 560 Organizational Strategy Development & Systems Thinking

Develop skills to create successful strategies for your organization. Understand the difference between traditional problem-solving and systems thinking. Utilize the skills learned in LOC 530 Leadership and Decision-Making Analytics to integrate research and data into strategies. 

LOC 570 Organizational Consultation 

The best leaders are consultants. Developing relationships and creating confidence in your ideas are skills learned in this class. Whether your career is within an organization or an outside agency, consultations are in demand.

LOC 580 Leading Organizational Change

Change is constant. Your organization must be adaptable. Leading change is not easy. Many in your organization prefer the status quo. Learn the skills to prepare for a big change. Understand the communications that will successfully promote your organization to follow you. Become a change agent. 

LOC 590 Virtuous & Purpose-Driven Leadership 

Leaders must show magnanimity and humility. In an agile world, your team will make the decisions as you mentor and support them. You motivate them with purpose. What is the goal and why is that goal important? Learn the skills to be a virtuous and purpose-driven leader.

LOC 600 Individual Graduating Project

The program capstone course utilizes the previous courses for a project focused on your helping organization or an outside association important for you. You will learn design thinking and SCRUM. It is a time to celebrate and reflect. You will leave the class with a diploma and a new leadership plan for the next steps in your life’s journey. 

Schedule your connection with Mark Weber, Program Director.