Phd/EdD, Leadership: Organizational Leadership Course Descriptions

LDR‐7000: Leadership Theories and Professional Practice (3 hours)

Contemporary and classical leadership theories and their application to a variety of professional settings; examine and assess organization’s leadership platform and practices. 

EDL‐7141: Organizational Change Non K-12 (3 hours)

This course is designed to address the importance of organizational change. The need for change, planning for change, implementing change and evaluating change will be addressed from a variety of theoretical and practical perspectives.

RES‐7700: Qualitative Research (3 hours)

An examination of qualitative research approaches with a focus on research design, the role of the researcher, data collection and analysis, and writing from a qualitative perspective.

EDL‐7121: Research‐Based Decision Making Non-K12 (3 hours)

This course prepares students to be consumers of research in order to make leadership decisions based on qualitative and quantitative research studies. Investigation of primary source research studies includes the analysis of the research problem, research questions, literature review, methodology and results to understand the structure of research studies that can be applied to authentic problems in various fields of study.

OLDR-7030: Applied Ethics and Organizational Leadership (3 hours)

Students are offered an opportunity to explore and examine critical ethical issues in organizational leadership such as power, politics, influence and ethical responsibility. Students will examine their personal and professional ethical positions and the impact of their moral compass in decision making.

RES‐7605: Quantitative Analysis (3 hours)

An introduction to the quantitative analysis of data; including data coding and entry of data. SPSS will be used to explore descriptive and inferential statistics: using both non‐parametric and initial parametric techniques.

EDL‐7211: Policy Analysis Non K-12 (3 hours)

This course is designed for doctoral students seeking a degree program specializing in higher education leadership, organizational leadership, sports management leadership, health and human performance, and gerontology. Students examine the policy process of analysis, formation and implementation, and the ways in which politics shape these processes.

FPR‐7011: Philosophical and Theoretical Foundations of Leadership (3 hours)

Study of the philosophical and theoretical foundations of education and leadership, including analysis of the aims and goals of education, processes of attainment, content and curriculum, and the socialization function of education, schooling and complex organizations. Develop an understanding of the intersections between theory/philosophy, ethical perspectives and the development of policy, practice and institutions.

FPR‐7300: Philosophy of Scientific Knowledge (3 hours)

This course provides an orientation to the nature, uses and limitations of science with the aim of achieving and understanding of the variety of approaches to research design and developing conceptual frameworks. With regard to the metatheory of knowledge, particular attention will be paid to the following topics: the relationship between theory and observations, the role of the researcher’s values in knowledge generation, how the research conceptualizes the relationship between researcher and subjects, the standards that are used to appraise theories, the theory of reality (ontology) and of how to know that reality (epistemology) that underlies critical theories, and how different methods of data gathering and data analysis influence the generation of scientific knowledge.

LDR‐7010: Developing the Organization’s Human Capital (3 hours)

In this course, students examine and explore human resources policies and practices; administrative supervision strategies and effective communication techniques; job performance, employee development and deployment, diverse work force, employment law, training and development, harassment and health issues, and disabilities and discrimination. LDR‐7020: Leading the Knowledge Enterprise (3 hours) Leading the Knowledge Enterprise is a course that introduces students to the exciting and sometimes hard to‐define field of knowledge management. The role of the leader is emphasized, especially as it relates to identifying and leveraging the intellectual capital of an organization; promoting and facilitating knowledge sharing and innovation; intellectual assets, knowledge management strategy, knowledge management cycle and knowledge taxonomies. 

LDR‐7030: Promoting and Leading Change (3 hours)

Effective change leadership requires an understanding of the basic principles and practices underlying innovation, change processes and sustainability in organizations. The focus of LDR‐7030 is initiating, implementing and ensuring continuation of change as a key leadership challenge. Various change theories and principles are examined with an emphasis on the leader’s role in capacity building, creativity, organizational strengths and style. Participants are encouraged to develop a more situated and experienced informed approach to change in the organizational front lines. 

OLDR-7050: Advanced Seminar in Leadership and Strategy (3 hours)

The course is designed to advance students’ understanding, perspectives, frameworks and mindsets for integrating leadership and strategy within their organizations. Students explore and examine various organizational issues impacting strategy, strategic decision making and innovative opportunities for leading and planning change initiatives. 

OLDR-7040: Inclusive Leadership (3 hours)

Differences in gender, race and ethnicity have a significant impact on leadership style and practice in both overt and covert ways in all aspects of life, including within the workplace. This course provides students with an analytic framework for understanding the role that inclusions play in defining and determining access to leadership and power in organizations.

OLDR-7020: Change Innovation and Transformative Leadership (3 hours)

Students examine the various roles and processes in organizational change, innovation and transformation efforts in the context of globally responsible leadership. Organizational culture, climate, communication practices, mental models that acknowledge the need for socially and globally responsible leadership are explored. The necessity for moral integrity in the face of increasing ethical pluralism is also examined. 

OLDR-7010: Follower-Leader Relationship (3 hours)

Students explore the often-understudied aspect of leadership—the role of the follower and the dynamics that drive the follower-leader relationship. Students examine the various theories and models of followership, the follower-leader mindsets, and shared leadership practices which promote organizational wellness. 

LDR‐7020: Leading the Knowledge Enterprise (3 hours)

Leading the Knowledge Enterprise is a course that introduces students to the exciting and sometimes hard to‐define field of knowledge management. The role of the leader is emphasized, especially as it relates to identifying and leveraging the intellectual capital of an organization; promoting and facilitating knowledge sharing and innovation; intellectual assets, knowledge management strategy, knowledge management cycle and knowledge taxonomies.

OLDR‐7500: Scholarly Writing (3 hours)

This doctoral course introduces organizational leadership students to the expectations of scholarly writing, which adheres to specific standards. The course focuses on understanding and using scholarly voice; developing scholarly writing style [evidenced, objective, and critical], and effectively using APA.

RES‐7800: Mixed Methods Research (3 hours)

This course explores the theory and practice of mixed methods research in program evaluation and applied research. Prerequisite: B or higher in RES‐7700 orRES‐7605.

RES‐7620: Advanced Topics in Statistics (3 hours)

An introduction to advanced statistical concepts including multivariate analysis, linear models, hierarchical linear models, factor analysis and data management will be covered in this course. Students will use published software packages and will learn to write basic syntax for custom analysis. Prerequisite: B or higher in RES‐7605.

RES‐7710: Advanced Qualitative Analysis (3 hours)

This course provides advanced introductions to arepresentative range of qualitative methods. It is designed to familiarize doctoral and advanced master’sstudents with the commonly used qualitative research methods. The course will prepare them to furtherunderstand philosophies and concepts of qualitative methods, to utilize these methods in their ownresearch, or to evaluate the qualitative work that others have done. This course also teaches how to usequalitative software as an analytic tool to analyze qualitative data. Prerequisite: B or higher in RES‐7700.

RES‐7900: Research Design (4 hours)

Principles of research theory, methods, inquiry, problem formulation, data collection, literature searches and ethical considerations. Emphasis on how to design a doctoral‐level research study. 

COMP‐7000 Comprehensive Exam (0 hours)

The comprehensive exam is a written exam in two parts that is administered in Blackboard. The purpose of the exam is to evaluate a) the content knowledge and students’ ability to apply that knowledge to address a problem in the field, and b) students’ ability to formulate a scholarly argument based on a literature review on a topic of students’ choice. Successful completion of the comprehensive exam is a major step that leads to admission to doctoral candidacy in the Concordia University Chicago doctoral programs. DISS‐7010: Dissertation (3 hours) Scholarly work on a dissertation as approved by the dissertation committee. Pass/Fail. DISS‐7020: Dissertation (3 hours) Scholarly work on a dissertation as approved by the dissertation committee. Pass/Fail. DISS‐7030: Dissertation (3 hours) Scholarly work on a dissertation as approved by the dissertation committee. Pass/Fail. 

DISS‐7010: Dissertation (3 hours)

Scholarly work on a dissertation as approved by the dissertation committee. Pass/Fail. 

DISS‐7020: Dissertation (3 hours)

Scholarly work on a dissertation as approved by the dissertation committee. Pass/Fail. 

DISS‐7030: Dissertation (3 hours)

Scholarly work on a dissertation as approved by the dissertation committee. Pass/Fail. DISS‐8000: Dissertation Supervision (0 hours) This course will be taken by doctoral candidates who have completed the required semester hours of Dissertation. Doctoral candidates must use this course to maintain continuous enrollment while working on their dissertation. Pass/Fail.

DISS‐8000: Dissertation Supervision (0 hours)

This course will be taken by doctoral candidates who have completed the required semester hours of Dissertation. Doctoral candidates must use this course to maintain continuous enrollment while working on their dissertation. Pass/Fail. Go back to PhD/EdD, Leadership: Organizational Leadership program.