Master of Science in Organizational Leadership Online

Earn a Degree on Your Schedule

Built upon Central Christian’s unique Character-based outcomes, the Master of Science in Organizational Leadership provides a balanced and applicable level of training designed to develop your skills to have an immediate impact in your field or place of work.

  • Attend on-campus or complete at your pace and at your convenience (24/7 access)
  • One course at a time
  • 18 months
  • All-inclusive tuition

Students can specialize, but are not limited to, Organizational Leadership, Healthcare Management, Business Management, Criminal Justice/Crisis Management.

Why Earn Your Online Master of Science in Organizational Leadership Degree?

The Master of Science in Organizational Leadership focuses on both people and processes in strategy, leadership and team management, ensuring that the student has the skills needed to become an agent of informed change, rather than just a procedural manager. The student will focus on real-word issues within the context of their own field, pulling from both the expertise of others and their own experiences, skills, and abilities.

The logistics for the program are:

  • The Master of Science in Organizational Leadership consists of 12 courses totaling 36 credit hours.
  • Each course is six weeks in length.
  • The time it takes to complete the program is 18 months.
  • Students can study 100% online or in a blended program located in McPherson Kansas.
  • Total Price per Credit Hour is $495!

Application Requirements

*denotes items that are waived for CCCK Alumni

Character Outcomes

  • Mind- Comprehend and analyze identity issues that are critical to understanding individual and collective processes.
  • Heart- Understand and apply the principles and foundations of leadership management and give organizational directions.
  • Soul- Understand and apply theories of organizational identity, identity assessment, and their influence on leadership management.
  • Strength- Know how to build internal partnerships with employees based on leadership management and identity.

Program Outcomes

  • Heart- Inspire collaboration and communication through principled application of leadership, demonstrating respect and dignity as an engineer of strategic change
  • Soul- Develop and articulate a personal leadership style guided by an ethical framework and principled practice.
  • Mind- Apply critical thinking and analysis to effectively assess organization dynamics, fostering collaboration, innovation, and creativity to meet the needs and demands of the modern organization.
  • Strength- Nurture confidence and develop a responsive leadership style, prepared to effectively engage individuals and the organization in transformative governance.

SGS Outcomes

  • Mind- Understanding of the discipline content and approaches including historical and philosophical background, range of subject matter, accepted theories, methods, mechanism, and models.
  • Soul- Continuing to develop abilities related to the discipline to include analyzing, synthesizing, and evaluating primary and secondary source material.
  • Strength- Continuing to improve expertise related to the discipline’s content including articulating critically and creatively through critical thinking.
  • Heart- Values and norms related to the discipline that includes specific knowledge, ethical guidelines in the discipline, relating specific content to the Fit Four, and Christian Centered Education outcomes.

Specializations

  • Business Management
  • Criminal Justice
  • Healthcare Administration
  • Organizational Leadership
  • Crisis Management

Fast Facts
  • 100% online – 1 course at a time!
  • Affordable – $495 per credit hour
  • Transfer previous college credits to earn your degree faster
  • No application fees
  • Online program is the exact same one as our on campus program
  • Boost your employability while working toward your degree.
Available Elective Tracks

Select a concentration to be the focus of your Master of Science in Organizational Leadership Online

Program Outcomes

What you will be able to accomplish after getting your Master of Science in Organizational Leadership Online

Course Examples

The Synergy of Leadership

Credits

Explores the dynamic interplay of followership, leadership, and mission to foster strategic cohesion. Through assessments, reflection, and coaching, students gain insights into personality, governance, and behavior to enhance strengths and address weaknesses.

Strategic Leading and Identity

Credits

Examines identity’s role in shaping individual and collective processes within organizational life, emphasizing its impact on effective strategic leadership and management practices..

Strategic Planning

Credits

Challenges students to critically apply strategic planning processes and tools, covering engagement, vision, mission, outcomes, monitoring, and execution for effective strategy development..

Change, Innovation, & Transformation

Credits

Develops a model for organizational innovation by analyzing change frameworks. Case studies hone problem-solving and ethical decision-making skills for transformative leadership.

Organizational Ecology & Assessment

Credits

Uses Industrial Psychology to teach data collection, analysis, and interpretation. Students learn to leverage quantitative and qualitative data to inform strategic decision-making..

Character Based Leadership

Credits

Immerses students in ethical leadership, exploring philosophical and practical dimensions. Develops a moral framework for personal and organizational leadership through ethical models.

Crises Management

Credits

Engages the crisis lifecycle through case studies, covering preparation, response, recovery, horizon scanning, communication, and remediation for effective crisis leadership.

Power, Influence, and Diplomacy

Credits

Teaches students to assess power, influence, and control sources, while developing negotiation, mediation, and diplomacy skills for collaborative and synergistic leadership.

Budgets, Reports, and Planning

Credits

Equips leaders to use financial data for informed decisions, covering GAAP, budget management, reporting, dashboards, cost accounting, and other essential financial tools.

Interpersonal Management & Coaching

Credits

Explores organizational behavior models to develop skills for transformation. Focuses on diagnosing barriers, leveraging strengths, and fostering resilience, creativity, and motivation.

Issues in Strategic Management

Credits

Analyzes historical and contemporary strategic leadership through theory and practice. A project assesses leadership’s impact on performance, identifying models for future application.

Strategic Leadership in Context

Credits

A capstone course applying strategic thinking to assess a real organization’s effectiveness. The project analyzes a field and offers recommendations to enhance strategic initiatives.

Frequently Asked Questions:

A Master of Science in Strategic Leadership focuses on both people and processes in strategy, leadership and team management, ensuring that the student has the skills needed to become an agent of informed change, rather than just a procedural manager. The student will focus on real-world issues within the context of their own field, pulling from both the expertise of others and their own experiences, skills, and abilities.

Great question! The simple answer is that we define character by 8 character traits based around our core values of heart, soul, mind, and strength.

  • Heart
    • Collaboration
    • Virtue
  • Soul
    • Devotion
    • Self-Awareness
  • Mind
    • Discernment
    • Entrepreneurship
  • Strength
    • Resiliency
    • Responsiveness

Every industry in the world is looking for capable, strong, leaders of character. Having a great understanding and capacity from a leadership perspective is of great appeal to industries that are looking for sharp decision makers. At Central, our focus is helping and equipping you to be the leader they are looking for.

The Master of Science in Strategic Leadership focuses on both people and processes in strategy, leadership and team management, ensuring that the student has the skills needed to become an agent of informed change, rather than just a procedural manager. The student will focus on real-word issues within the context of their own field, pulling from both the expertise of others and their own experiences, skills, and abilities.

Students can finish in as little as 18 months. Each class is six weeks and the program consists of 12 courses so that equals one and a half years. Imagine in a little over a year you could have already earned your masters degree!

The first step is to apply, which you can do online in the Central Christian College Application Portal. After you finish that the admissions team will walk you through the admissions process.

Transcripts can be mailed to 1200 South Main Street, McPherson Kansas 67460. To have them received faster send them electronically to admissions@centralchristian.edu.

No you will not need to request to have your Central transcript sent. We will take care of that for you! If you have taken any other college credit classes, however, you will need to have those sent in.

Once you have completed all of the steps to enrollment the admissions committee will review your application. The average time after we have received all of your documents and transcripts until you are notified of an admission decision is about three to six business days.

For admissions questions, contact Lizzie Caron, Director of Admissions and Marketing. She can be reached at elizabeth.caron@centralchristian.edu or via call or text at 620-241-0723.

For program specific questions, please contact Division of Graduate Studies Chair, Dr. Enrique Barreiro via email at Enrique.barreiro@centralchristian.edu.

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