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MOL 600 DEIB: Org. Culture, Collaboration, & Community (3 SH)
(Course description in process)
MOL 610 Data Analytics for Strategic Decision-making (3 SH)Data-driven decision-making is a key activity of contemporary leadership. In this course, students will
learn quantitative and qualitative methods for collecting, analyzing, and applying data for strategic
decision-making in organizational settings. They will be introduced to principles of organizational
assessment and how to use data to drive organizational performance. A hands-on approach will be used
for the class project to give students functional experience in data management and interpretation.
MOL 600 DEIB: Organizational Culture, Collaboration, & Community (3 SH)
As modern workplace structures move increasingly in the direction of diverse and inter-disciplinary teams, a greater focus on DEIB (diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging) has moved to the forefront of organizational dialogue and is essential to the efficacy of organizational leaders. Students will enhance their skills in working collaboratively with others both within the organization and in the broader community to accomplish shared goals. Key course concepts include effective non-violent communication, team formation and development, appreciating and navigating differences, equitable and inclusive practices and policies, building belonging, well-being, and resilience, appreciative inquiry, interest-based negotiation, neuroscience for leaders, and trauma-informed organizational interventions. These critical topics will be explored through the lens of cultivating healthy organizational cultures, supporting constructive collaboration, and creating opportunities for connected communities that promote the common good.
MOL 610 Data Analytics for Strategic Decision-making (3 SH)
Data-driven decision-making is a key activity of contemporary leadership. In this course, students will learn quantitative and qualitative methods for collecting, analyzing, and applying data for strategic decision-making in organizational settings. They will be introduced to principles of organizational assessment and how to use data to drive organizational performance. A hands-on approach will be used for the class project to give students functional experience in data management and interpretation.
MOL 620 Transformative Leadership in Dynamic Contexts (3 SH)
This course explores the newest dimensions and challenges of leadership that strengthen and extend leadership skills through practice in rapidly changing and complex, diverse, multi- generational, multi-cultural and multi-dimensional systems, such as health care, government, education, non-governmental organizations and multi-national for-profit organizations.
MOL 681 Leading in Cross-cultural Contexts (3 SH)
(Course description in process)This course introduces core concepts of interacting within cross-cultural contexts through a leadership lens. Students learn to assess cultural dimensions and practice sensitivity to diverse cultural norms while exploring their own cultural lens and location. Through a series of guided field experiences that students can complete in their own geographic location and/or through online accessible resources, they will develop an appreciation and understanding for people and narratives beyond their own cultural
standpoint. Note: This course serves as an alternate to MBA 680 for students who are unable to travel and can be completed as a course or directed study depending on enrollment.
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MBA 680 Sustainable Organizations and Global Citizenship (3 SH)
This course integrates the three pillars of the Collaborative MBA Program; management, leadership and stewardship for organizational effectiveness, and serving the common good. The keystone of the course is an 8-day international residency designed to engage students as reflective practitioners and invite them to develop an openness to new ways of experiencing and thinking about the world through interactions and learning in a different country. One core value of the Collaborative MBA is global citizenship, recognizing that organizations are interdependent and mutually accountable to local, national, and global communities; this suggests that a global perspective is important for today’s business and organizational leaders. This course is designed as a capstone course, even though it is scheduled midway through the program; it prompts students to test and apply what they have learned in their first year, then the experience becomes an ongoing case study for all subsequent work in the program.
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