McMicken College of Arts & Sciences
Center for Organizational Leadership

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Hello and welcome to the Center for Organizational Leadership!

The Center was established in the academic year 2002-2003 within the McMicken College of Arts and Sciences. It is a newly developed and evolving academic center which brings together diverse disciplines involved in the study of organizational leadership.

The Center enables students to learn leadership competencies effectively, produces high-quality scholarship, and partners with local, for-profit, non-profit, and global communities in order to enhance leadership practices. A special focus of the Center is on leadership in human resource management. The Center recognizes the value of embracing different disciplinary approaches, capitalizing on individual strengths, integrating theory and practice, and applying disciplinary knowledge to leadership issues. Further, the Center’s programs are aligned to and support the University of Cincinnati’s UC|21 Mission Statement.

Currently, the Center offers a baccalaureate degree program (Bachelor of Arts) with a major in Organizational Leadership, otherwise known as the ORGL program. The undergraduate program is interdisciplinary in nature. It is comprised of required and elective courses offered by the Center and by participating departments across the University. Organizational leadership majors may also pursue the ORGL program with a Business Minor. This program combines the ORGL leadership curriculum with upper-level business courses and provides a solid foundation for students who wish to pursue a career in the for-profit sector or graduate work in business. At the graduate level, the Center offers a Master of Arts in Labor and Employment Relations, otherwise known as the MA LER program. The graduate program entails a practitioner-oriented human resources management curriculum that has produced highly qualified and competent human resources managers and is well-respected among employers in the area.

On this site, you will find information related to the undergraduate and graduate programs. If you have questions or need more information please feel free to contact us.

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