Organizational Leadership, MS (Boston)
Source: https://catalog.northeastern.edu/graduate/professional-studies/masters-degree-programs/organizational-leadership-ms/ Parent: https://catalog.northeastern.edu/general-information/accreditation/
Complete all courses and requirements listed below unless otherwise indicated.
Required Courses
Course List
| Code | Title | Hours |
| --- | --- | --- | | LDR 6100 | Developing Your Leadership Capability | 3 | | LDR 6110 | Leading Teams Strategically in a Global Environment | 3 | | LDR 6115 | Developing Strategic and Authentic Leadership Communication | 3 | | LDR 6120 | Developing Organizational Success through Leadership Development | 3 | | LDR 6135 | Ethical Leadership | 3 | | LDR 7980 | The Capstone: Demonstrating Leadership in Action | 4 |
Concentration or Electives
The remaining quarter hours may be completed by a combination of completing a concentration and additional electives or selecting any courses listed in the concentrations and elective list.
Concentrations
- Coaching
- Health Management
- Human Resources Management
- Leading and Managing Technical Projects
- Organizational Communication
- Project Management
- Sales Management
Electives
Course List
| Code | Title | Hours |
| --- | --- | --- | | Complete courses from the 6000 level. Below is a list of courses regularly offered as electives within the Organizational Leadership program. | | | | CMN 6060 | Negotiation, Mediation, and Facilitation | | | CMN 6095 | Foundations of Developing Cultural Awareness | | | CMN 6096 | Cultural Communications Lab | | | EDU 6184 | | | | HRM 6042 | Strategic Workforce Planning | | | HRM 6050 | | | | HRM 6070 | Global Human Resources Management | | | HRM 6074 | Global Talent Acquisition and Mobility | | | INT 6900 | International Field Study Experience | | | LDR 6101 | Leadership Challenge Lab | | | LDR 6140 | Leadership Strategy, Design, and Practice | | | LDR 6145 | Developing Sustainable Global Leadership | | | LDR 6150 | Innovation and Organizational Transformation | | | LDR 6190 | Leadership Coaching for Purpose and Performance | | | LDR 6983 | Topics | |
Program Credit/GPA Requirements
45 total quarter hours required\ Minimum 3.000 GPA required
Coaching
Course List
| Code | Title | Hours |
| --- | --- | --- | | LDR 6190 | Leadership Coaching for Purpose and Performance | 3 | | LDR 6195 | Advanced Leadership Coaching: An Interdisciplinary Approach | 3 | | Complete three of the following: | | 9 | | CMN 6060 | Negotiation, Mediation, and Facilitation | | | CMN 6095 | Foundations of Developing Cultural Awareness | | | HRM 6050 | | | | LDR 6150 | Innovation and Organizational Transformation | |
Health Management
Course List
| Code | Title | Hours |
| --- | --- | --- | | HMG 6110 | Organization, Administration, Financing, and History of Healthcare | 3 | | HMG 6130 | Healthcare Strategic Management | 3 | | HMG 6140 | Principles of Population-Based Management | 3 | | HMG 6160 | Healthcare Information Systems Management | 3 | | HMG 6170 | Health Law, Politics, and Policy | 3 |
Human Resources Management
Course List
| Code | Title | Hours |
| --- | --- | --- | | Required Courses | | | | HRM 6015 | Introduction to Human Resources Management | 3 | | HRM 6025 | Workforce Analytics | 3 | | Complete three of the following (students waived out of HRM 6015, complete four of the following): | | 9-12 | | HRM 6005 | Creating a High-Performance Organization: Strategic Organizational and HRM Choices | | | HRM 6010 | Compensation and Benefits | | | HRM 6020 | Talent Acquisition and Onboarding | | | HRM 6030 | The Employment Contract | | | HRM 6042 | Strategic Workforce Planning | | | HRM 6047 | Managing the Employee Life Cycle | | | HRM 6050 | | | | HRM 6060 | Organizational Design | | | HRM 6070 | Global Human Resources Management | |
Leading and Managing Technical Projects
Course List
| Code | Title | Hours |
| --- | --- | --- | | PJM 5900 | Foundations of Project Management 1 | 4 | | PJM 6205 | Leading and Managing Technical Projects | 3 | | PJM 6210 | Communication Skills for Project Managers | 3 | | PJM 6215 | Leading Remote Project Teams | 3 | | PJM 6810 | Principles of Agile Project Management | 3 |
1 : Foundations of Project Management (PJM 5900) is for students with fewer than three years of experience directing or leading project tasks. Students who do not complete PJM 5900 may substitute project management electives from the following list to satisfy the required program hours.
- Project Evaluation and Assessment ([PJM 6125](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=PJM%206125 "PJM 6125"))
- Project Quality Management ([PJM 6135](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=PJM%206135 "PJM 6135"))
- Managing Troubled Projects ([PJM 6140](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=PJM%206140 "PJM 6140"))
- Introduction to Program and Portfolio Management ([PJM 6710](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=PJM%206710 "PJM 6710"))
Organizational Communication
Course List
| Code | Title | Hours |
| --- | --- | --- | | CMN 6000 | Introduction to Organizational Communication | 3 | | CMN 6020 | Ethical Issues in Organizational Communication | 3 | | CMN 6050 | Crisis Communication | 3 | | CMN 6090 | Organizational Culture, Climate, and Communication | 3 | | CMN 6110 | Group Dynamics and Interpersonal Conflict: Meeting Management | 3 | | INT 6000 | Writing Lab | 1 |
Project Management
Course List
| Code | Title | Hours |
| --- | --- | --- | | Required Courses | | | | PJM 5900 | Foundations of Project Management 2 | 4 | | PJM 6005 | Project Scope Management | 3 | | PJM 6015 | Project Risk Management | 3 | | PJM 6025 | Project Scheduling and Cost Planning | 3 | | Electives | | 3 | | INT 6940 | Experiential Learning Projects for Professionals | | | INT 6943 | Integrative Experiential Learning | | | PJM 6075 | Project Finance | | | PJM 6125 | Project Evaluation and Assessment | | | PJM 6140 | Managing Troubled Projects | | | PJM 6145 | Global Project Management | | | PJM 6175 | Project Resource Management | | | PJM 6180 | Project Stakeholder Management | | | PJM 6205 | Leading and Managing Technical Projects | | | PJM 6210 | Communication Skills for Project Managers | | | PJM 6215 | Leading Remote Project Teams | | | PJM 6710 | Introduction to Program and Portfolio Management | | | PJM 6983 | Special Topics | |
2 : Foundations of Project Management (PJM 5900) is for students with fewer than three years of experience directing or leading project tasks. Students who do not complete PJM 5900 may substitute project management electives to satisfy the required program hours.
Sales Management
Course List
| Code | Title | Hours |
| --- | --- | --- | | Required Courses | | | | LDR 6100 | Developing Your Leadership Capability | 3 | | SMT 6010 | Building Business Acumen | 3 | | SMT 6020 | Managing the Customer Experience | 3 | | SMT 6060 | Decision Support and Sales Analytics | 3 | | Elective Courses | | | | Complete a minimum 6 quarter hours from the following: | | 6 | | CMN 6040 | Consumer Behaviors in the Online Environment | | | CMN 6045 | Leveraging Digital Technologies: Strategy, Assessment, and Governance | | | CMN 6060 | Negotiation, Mediation, and Facilitation | | | EAI 6020 | AI System Technologies | | | LDR 6110 | Leading Teams Strategically in a Global Environment | | | LDR 6135 | Ethical Leadership | | | PJM 5900 | Foundations of Project Management | | | PJM 6210 | Communication Skills for Project Managers | | | PJM 6185 | Managing Innovation Projects | | | SMT 6983 | Topics | |