Leadership

Developing the strengths and qualities that will make your organization the best competitor in your industry is the central theme of Villanova’s Strategic Organizational Leadership online program. As a potential leader, you can gain the skills to encourage and empower your workforce to be their best through Villanova University’s online Leadership certificate program. These comprehensive courses offer professionals valuable techniques to help guide their company to success through positive interaction with their workforce.

Program Outline

Master Certificate in Organizational Leadership
Experienced managers who desire to build upon their foundation of knowledge and become a recognized leader in their organization can earn a Villanova Master Certificate in Organizational Leadership. Earning a Master Certificate illustrates your commitment to increased knowledge and demonstrates your dedication to leading the critical change that propels and sustains organizational success.

Earning Villanova University’s Master Certificate in Organizational Leadership online will help you become a highly productive, organized and outstanding leader within your organization. Perfect for anyone seeking tactical management skills in a specialized area, the master certificate program promotes personal confidence, professional integrity and management techniques used by the country’s top business leaders.

Master certificate students are exposed to strategies used daily in the corporate environment including fiscal planning, philosophy and ethics, employee communication and individual development.

To earn the Master Certificate in Organizational Leadership, students, students must first complete two required courses:

• Strategic Organizational Leadership
• Finance and Accounting for the Non-Financial Manager

Then students must complete one of the following elective courses:

• Human Resource Management
• Essentials of Project Management
• Project Management for the IS/IT Professionals
• Six Sigma Green Belt
• Lean Six Sigma
• Essentials of Commercial Contract Management
• Essentials of Government Contract Management
• Essentials of IS Security
• Essentials of Business Analysis

Strategic Organizational Leadership Course
This course can be taken individually or in conjunction with the Master Certificate in Organizational Leadership program. The Strategic Organizational Leadership course, taught by Villanova online faculty, is designed both for those new to the field and practicing professionals. Enrollment is open; there are no pre-requisites.

Understanding Focus and Alignment
 The Five Components of Strategic Planning
 Core Ideology
 The Visionary Process
 Values, Mission, Goals & Objectives

Leadership Philosophy
 Leadership Characteristics and Principles
 Leadership Philosophy
 Developing Your Leader’s Compass

Lessons from the Top
 Lessons From Top Business Leaders
 Defining Leadership Success
 Characteristics of Successful Business Leaders

Decision Making
 Decision Quality and Commitment
 Decision Making Process—Instilling Creativity
 Participative Decision Making
 Protecting Decisions

Implementing Change
 Avoiding Common Mistakes
 Force Field Analysis
 Leading Change
 8-Step Method for Implementing Change

Creating a Learning Organization
 Defining a Learning Organization
 The Five Disciplines
 Key Ingredients for Organizational Learning

Developing an Ethical Organization
 Better Ethics for Better Business
 Leaders of Character
 A Framework for Moral Reasoning

Finance and Accounting for the Non-Financial Manager
This eight-week fundamental course is designed for professionals who are either new to financial concepts or who wish to update their knowledge of basic finance and accounting. Professionals will discover how financial data are generated, reported and used for decision making, analysis and valuation.

• Understanding the role of finance and accounting
• Corporate and individual taxes
• The foundation of accounting
• Making strategic financial decisions
• Making tactical financial decisions
• Working capital management
• Designing cost systems
• Evaluating managerial performance
• Personal financial management
• Applying the course content

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