MANAGEMENT & LEADERSHIP SPECIALIZATION
Overview
The specialization in Management and Leadership gives you the practical knowledge and applied skills necessary to effectively lead and manage organizations from nonprofits and public agencies to global institutions and private corporations with a social mission.
Today's complex and interconnected world demands that public service leaders ignite innovative thinking, initiate transformational change, and drive collective action. From strategically positioning your organization to managing its day-to-day footprint, you’ll need a unique blend of both management and leadership skills to make an impact.
PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
Below is an overview of the required coursework. For detailed information, view the program checksheet
DEGREE CORE requirements
Students must complete the following courses:
specialization requirementS
Students must complete the following courses:
Electives
Focus Areas
Focus Areas are optional groupings of courses to help you choose electives. You can go deeper in your specialization and develop more advanced skills by choosing electives within the specialization-related focus areas below. To pursue depth in a focus area we suggest completing 9 credits. To pursue breadth, you may also choose electives across focus areas.
A pathway for depth is a set of skills, frameworks, and knowledge that builds on the foundation of the degree and specialization courses. The specialization-related focus areas below are particularly helpful for career progression. Breadth is important because as your career develops you are unlikely to follow a linear path. You might jump from a management to leadership role, from government to the nonprofit sector, from encouraging productive conflict to managing team-like structures, and promoting creativity in teams, and back again. So try experimenting beyond your base—if you have taken some courses within one focus areas, try another focus area.
Relationships Across Differences
The courses in this area address varied aspects of creating relationships and working together across varied interests and a range of differences. Some of the courses focus on particular social identities, like race, gender and disability, and how to jointly address systemic inequities based on those identities. Others focus more on the processes that enable collaboration across differences, like negotiation, partnerships and participation. Focusing in this area will enable students to connect more authentically with people different from themselves, and also strengthen their capacity to build more equitable organizations and create collaborations among groups with varied interests.
PADM-GP 2129, Race, Identity and Inclusion in Organizations, and PADM-GP 2430, Cross-Sector Collaborations, are foundational/strongly recommended courses in this area.
Organizational Performance
Learn to plan and manage the day-to-day work of organizations by building appropriate infrastructures and systems to ensure their success. Gain the skills to manage operations, measure performance, analyze data, and report outcomes for all stages in the production process.
Strategy and Leadership
Through these courses, you'll develop an understanding of the multiple stakeholders for which organizations are responsible and the collaborative and competitive dynamics in fields and sectors. You will learn to design organizations, systems, and strategies that anticipate and respond effectively to dynamic and complex environments.
School-wide Focus Areas
In addition to the courses in the specialization-related elective focus areas above, to gain a breadth of knowledge and skills you may also wish to choose electives from across course offerings, including from the school-wide focus areas or a different specialization. Relevant school-wide focus areas for you to consider as a Management and Leadership student include, Data Science and Data Management; Education, Program Evaluation; Social Justice and Democracy; and more.
CAPSTONE
The Capstone Program, a year-long consulting or research project that's required for all Advocacy specialization students, puts you out in the world, resolving a problem or conducting an analysis for a client organization.
Students must complete the following courses:
CAP-GP.3401 & 3402 Capstone: Advanced Projects in Policy, Management, Finance, and Advocacy I & II
or
CAP-GP 3148 & 3149 Capstone: Advanced Research Projects in Quantitative Analysis I & II
Authoritative curriculum information can be found exclusively in the University Bulletin. All other content, including this web-page, is for informational purposes only. You can find the curriculum for this program on this page of the Bulletin.
