Department website: https://www.atu.edu/orgstudies
The Bachelor of Arts in Organizational Leadership (BAOL) provides students with comprehensive, specialized instruction in the application of leadership skills highly sought after by employers across a variety of career paths and settings. Students can customize the BAOL through a selection of undergraduate certificates in nonprofit leadership, professional leadership, project management, training and development, and workplace supervision, as well as through several concentration areas.
The BAOL – Public Relations concentration combines leadership principles with specialized knowledge in public relations and is designed for individuals interested in interviewing principles, persuasion and audience analysis, and community and group journalism.
This program is 100% online.
Learning Goals
- Leadership - Theory, Context, and Application
- Leadership - Lifelong Learning and Development of Self, Others, and Organizations
- Leadership – Organizational Culture, Equity, Inclusion, and Social Responsibility
- Leadership - Leading People, Organizations, and Communities
Vision
To offer innovative, workforce-relevant credentials that prepare individuals to lead effective organizations in a dynamic world.
Mission
The Organizational Studies program believes education is the gateway to professional and personal goal fulfillment. We provide accessible, flexible, and high-quality learning opportunities in an engaging, supportive environment. We empower individuals with the knowledge and skills necessary to face complex organizational challenges, develop leadership capacity in self and others, and drive meaningful change in organizations and communities. Through innovative, experiential learning experiences, we support lifelong learning and career advancement for individuals from diverse personal and professional backgrounds.
- Leadership - Theory, Context, and Application - students will describe, analyze, evaluate, and apply leadership theories in various and diverse contexts; students will demonstrate basic competencies in leadership and supervision, including skills in oral and written communication, ethical problem solving, research, and evidence-based decision-making; students will apply HROD concepts to selection and hiring.
- Leadership - Lifelong Learning and Development of Self, Others, and Organizations - students will articulate a plan for lifelong learning for self-awareness, leadership, and ethical development; students will apply concepts and theories of adult learning, organizational development, and change management to assess, evaluate, and develop individuals in hiring, training, and retaining effective employees and apply models for diagnosing, implementing, and assessing organizational change.
- Leadership - Organizational Culture, Equity, Inclusion, and Social Responsibility - students will define organizational culture, articulate a vision of social responsibility, and demonstrate the ability to act on this vision for the betterment of local, state, national, and global communities through collaboration and ethical leadership; students will evaluate personal power and positionality, demonstrate openness to diverse perspectives, and model effective intercultural communication skills; students will examine dynamics of power and privilege, and evaluate points of view in solving complex interpersonal and organizational problems.
- Leadership - Leading People, Organizations, and Communities - students will explain the importance of motivation, empowerment, persuasion, and ethics in leadership; students will demonstrate the ability to effectively function in multiple roles as part of a team and community; students will apply concepts of community development; students will analyze and evaluate their role of leadership in nonprofit organizations and community building.
For program assessment visit: https://www.atu.edu/assessment/program_assessment.php
