Online Bachelor's in Organizational Leadership

CSU Global’s General Education Courses are more than a bachelor’s degree requirement. They are designed to help you develop and strengthen valuable skills demanded in the workplace.

Already taken some courses? Up to 90 total credits (and 64 from community colleges) can be transferred into a bachelor’s degree at CSU Global. Request a Transcript Evaluation Summary to see how close you already are to graduation!

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When you earn your bachelor’s degree through CSU Global, you can choose to customize it with an undergraduate specialization in a subject that matches your professional goals or personal interests.

Most Popular Specializations:

• Project Management
• Human Resources and Organizational Development
• Marketing
• Emergency Management
• Healthcare Management
• Foundations of Accounting

Additional Available Specializations for this Program:

• Applied Social Sciences
• Business Administration
• Construction Management
• Criminal Forensics
• Criminal Justice Management
• Criminology
• Data Management and Analysis
• Digital Marketing
• Fundraising
• Healthcare Communication
• Information Technology Management
• Information Technology Operations
• Intelligence and Homeland Security
• Operations Management and Supervision
• Public and Non-Profit Management
• Public Relations
• Web Application Development

The remainder of your degree is comprised of courses of your choice that support your educational goals and needs. Including a specialization reduces the number of elective credits you’ll need to complete your bachelor’s degree.

Organizational Leadership explores different leadership qualities, aspects, and roles to help students learn how to become more effective and efficient organizational leaders.

CSU Global’s Bachelor’s Degree in Organizational Leadership program trains students to improve their:

• Communication skills.
• Understanding of organizational structure and design.
• Comprehension of organizational ethics and legal issues.
• Ability to lead organizational behavior.
• Capabilities for reviewing and optimizing team dynamics.
• Skills in strategic decision-making.
• Conflict resolution skills and leading change.
• People skills.
• Ability to enhance employee morale.

If you’re looking to serve in a leadership or director capacity, then studying organizational leadership may be the perfect option for advancing your career.

Organizational leadership is important because every organization needs leaders capable of assuming command, setting strategic objectives, and determining how to reach the organization’s goals in an effective, efficient manner.

Organizational leaders are found in every industry and at every organization, including private companies, public corporations, nonprofits, and state and federal government agencies.

Organizations looking to improve their performance are likely to turn to well-trained organizational leaders for assistance, making this an excellent field for anyone who likes leading, working with people, designing strategies, and implementing new processes and procedures.

Simply put, organizational leaders often make a major difference wherever they work, so if you’re looking to have a large, positive impact wherever you work, then this could be the perfect field of study for you.

Organizational Leaders are tasked with a series of important roles vital to the organizations they serve, including:

• Making important decisions that impact the entire organization, from implementing new programs to altering existing processes, or determining the direction and/or scope of future organizational changes.
• Increasing organizational efficiencies by enhancing profit margins, reducing costs, altering business procedures, marketing strategies, production processes or making other important changes to the way the organization operates.
• Working with HR Managers to establish training guidelines and policies for new employees, new positions or new services, and/or updating training procedures for existing personnel.
• Guiding organizational capacity by evaluating business research and potential technological or organizational innovations, allowing the organization to more effectively utilize personnel, resources and capital.

At any organization and across every industry, it’s the organizational leader calling the shots, making decisions, and guiding the growth and success of the entities that they lead.