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Leadership, Innovation and Change Concentration | Graduate Degree Program

Leadership, Innovation and Change Concentration

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Executive Master of Business Administration - Restricted Enrollment : Leadership, Innovation and Change Concentration 

Students who have successfully met all program requirements for the EMBA may enroll in an additional concentration to further enhance the degree. The Leadership, Innovation and Change concentration allows students to gain advanced leadership skills while learning how to think more strategically on an executive level. 

The second concentration is offered at the following sites based on original campus for EMBA program:

  • For OU Midwest region (Overland Park, KS or Brookfield, WI) - the courses will be held at the Overland Park, KS campus. Students from Brookfield will transfer locations during the first term of the concentration. 
  • For OUAZ region (Surprise, AZ) - students will remain at the Suprise campus. 

 

Students who wish to declare a second concentration must meet the following criteria: 

  • No D or F grades earned in original EMBA degree
  • Maintained a 3.25 GPA or higher.
  • Must declare their second concentration no later than two terms prior to graduating. Failing to declare by the deadline may result in denial.
  • Have no outstanding tuition payments.
  • During Leadership concentration, any earned D or F grades will be grounds for dismissal from leadership concentration.

 

To enroll in the second concentration, a student must submit the Leadership Enrollment Form to the Student Services Advisor. Students completing the second concentration must continue to comply with all policies pertaining to the EMBA. 

The Executive Master's in Business Administration provides students with high-quality professional advanced study in business. Courses incorporate personal values and professional ethics. From large corporations to small businesses, there is always a need for good management. In addition, nonprofit organizations look for leaders with good management and business skills. A graduate degree in business is an important factor in reaching senior management ranks within most companies. Through Ottawa Universitiy's Executive MBA degree, students can qualify for jobs in the private sector, the public sector and in academics. 

Leadership, Innovation and Change Concentration is offered at the following locations.

  • Kansas City (Overland Park, Kansas)
  • Phoenix, Arizona
  • Brookfield, Wisconsin

Executive Master of Business Administration - Restricted Enrollment: Leadership, Innovation and Change Concentration

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To enroll in the second concentration, a student must submit the Leadership Enrollment Form to the Student Services Advisor. Students completing the second concentration must continue to comply with all policies pertaining to the EMBA. 

BUS 7001 | Contemporary Issues in Business Leadership (3 Credits)
This course provides an opportunity to explore new and emerging issues in business leadership. Students will identify and read contemporary topics in journals published in the past two years.

BUS 7002 | Foundations of Leadership (3 Credits)
This course explores, analyzes, and compares key topics in developing leadership. Topics include: power, influence, values, motivation and coaching, contigency theories of leadership, leading change, and creating a culture of success. Prerequisite: BUS 7000 Organizational Behavior and Theory or permission of Program Director.

BUS 7003 | Developing Leaders and Leadership Capability (3 Credits)
Course focuses on strategic and tactical approaches to developing comprehensive leadership, talent management, and succession planning processes for an organization. It involves defining leadership capabilities needed by a company at the individual, team, and organizational level.

BUS 7006 | Servant Leadership (3 Credits)
Course explores the philosophy of life and leadership dedicated to the growth of others as well as values-driven institutions that contribute to just, caring, and sustainable societies. Topics include enhancement of student awareness of their values and how these values are reflected in their decisions and actions, the gap and tension between stated individual and organizational values that drive behavior, identification of points of leverage to affect change in operational systems, leadership philosophies, styles, and strategies, and contemporary concepts of values and system-level thinking integration. 

BUS 7015 | The Creative Organization (3 Credits)
Course covers methods for stimulating creativity and innovation, why context matters, and processes for making effective decisions with a focus on sustainable competitive advantage. Topics include practice in creative problem solving through in-class exercises and the creation of a plan to move the students' own organizations to the next level of creativity. Cross-listed with BUS 5715. 

HRC 7341 | Emotional Intelligence in the Workplace (3 Credits)
Research shows emotional intelligence (EI) is more important than IQ in determining outstanding job performance. Examines variety of instruments and writings used to build EI in workplace. Cross-listed with HRC 5734 and BUS 5734.

Executive MBA Program Required Courses

All students in the Executive MBA program are required to take the following six courses: 

BUS 7000 | Organizational Behavior and Theory (3 Credits) 
Examines human behavior as it impacts the work organization. Includes theoretical foundations of motivation, group dynamics, leadership, decision-making, satisfaction and performance. Cross-listed with HRC 7611 and BUS 5700. 

BUS 7200 | Value Systems and Professional Ethics (3 Credits)
Study of personal and corporate value systems and decision making. Investigation of personal beliefs, purposes and attitudes, and their effects on self and others. Examines the ethical dimensions of organizational structures and practices. Cross-listed with HRF 7001 and BUS 5720. 

BUS 7500 | Managerial Economics (3 Credits)
Application of economic theory to managerial decision-making. Emphasis on both quantitative and qualitative application of microeconomic principles to business analysis. Prerequisite: Students are expected to have completed undergraduate coursework in fundamentals of economics. 

BUS 7600 | Managerial Finance (3 Credits)
Application of the theories and tools used in financial decision making. Topics include present value and captial budgeting, financial analysis and forecasting, market effciency and capital structure. Prerequisite: Students are expected to have completed undergraduate coursework in the fundamentals of accounting and economics. 

BUS 7800 | Management Accounting (3 Credits)
Explore use and application of accounting information for planning, control and decision making. Topics include: cost analysis and allocation, budgeting and behavioral aspects of accounting systems. Prerequisite: Students are expected to have completed undergraduate coursework in accounting fundamentals. 

BUS 8500 | Graduate Seminar: Business Policies and Strategies (3 Credits)
Capstone course in which participants develop a major case study of business administration issues, programs and policies in a current organization. Draws from and utilizes concepts, theories, and skills developed in previous courses. Prerequisite: Completion of all core courses in the MBA program or approval of advisor. 

PLUS: 12 Terms of Executive Practicum courses equivalent to 6 hours. 

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