Three for-credit enrollments required within the MSLE curriculum. Historical and contemporary leadership theories and concepts with an emphasis on the moral dimensions of leadership and ethics. Competencies and influences of leaders and followers are contrasted, and students gain insights through personal leadership and character assessments. Identification and development of personal and organizational core purposes and values that direct strategies and define measures of success. Applications of these models are used to analyze and identify socially responsible and ethical attitudes and behavior.
Discussion includes a legal framework for standards of compliance.
Recognition of social and economic pressures for change. Adaptation of an ethical change process within diverse organizational settings. Forecasting and designing alternative futures for organizations. Expansion of a conceptual framework for lifelong applied learning and the development of strategic change and implementation plans. Internship within an organizational setting, integrating curriculum with real-world experience.