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Organizational Leadership (MOL)

The Master of Arts in organizational leadership equips students to become dynamic leaders by gaining knowledge and experience that is practical, relevant and immediately beneficial in a variety of careers and industries. Students tailor this degree by choosing one of our specialized focus tracks: data analytics, healthcare administration, project management, management and leadership, human resources, interdisciplinary studies, entrepreneurship and innovation or nonprofit leadership and management.

Tailor this degree to your field of interest by choosing one of our specialized focus tracks: 

  • Data Analytics
  • Healthcare administration
  • Project management
  • Management and leadership
  • Human resources
  • Interdisciplinary Studies
  • Entrepreneurship and innovation
  • Nonprofit leadership and management

Program Benefits

  • Complete your degree online in 15-18 months with no residency requirements.
  • Earn your degree while taking only 1-2 courses at a time with all materials delivered to you.
  • Complete your program with a supportive cohort of students who are working toward similar goals.
  • Enjoy the collaborative learning environments made possible by our small class sizes.
  • Learn from faculty who possess the highest degrees in their fields and have relevant and valuable real-world experience.

What to Expect

As a student in Trevecca’s master’s in organizational leadership program, you’ll earn a flexible and diverse degree that you can customize to your interests and career goals. All 11 courses in the program provide information and experience that is practical, relevant and immediately beneficial in a variety of careers and industries. You’ll learn how to enhance individual and group leadership skills, assess the unique culture of a business and make a difference as a servant leader within your organization.

Our master’s in organizational leadership gives you the flexibility to complete your degree with an accelerated or traditional learning path. With the accelerated option, you’ll take two classes at a time and finish in less than 15 months. With the traditional option, you’ll take one class at a time and finish in 18 months. 

Why Choose Trevecca?

Founded in 1901 and a leader in online education for more than two decades, Trevecca helps students discover and pursue an individual calling by providing innovative instruction; cultivating a supportive, Christ-centered community; and establishing relationships that open doors.

2024 #2 Online College in Tennessee, intelligent.comRecognized nationally and locally for academic quality, Trevecca has earned a reputation for providing the world with servant leaders, problem solvers and difference makers. Trevecca’s holistic approach to education encompasses intellectual, social, emotional, physical and spiritual growth.

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Financial Aid & Costs

Financial Aid & Costs

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Here’s a look at the approximate tuition rates you could expect for this program at Trevecca, including the cost per credit hour and the total tuition expense for the full degree program. Please note that rates and fees are subject to change.

Here’s a look at the approximate tuition rates you could expect for this program at Trevecca, including the cost per credit hour and the total tuition expense for the full degree program. Please note that rates and fees are subject to change.

Cost/Credit Hour

$491
Hours

33
Tuition Cost*

$16,203

*$150 Student Resource Fee assessed per course. $100 estimated book cost per course.

Admission Requirements

Trevecca Nazarene University assesses the Master of Arts in Organizational Leadership applicants on the basis of evidence submitted via application documentation. Applications will be processed upon receipt of all required materials. To be admitted into the MAOL program, an applicant must meet these requirements:

  1. Submit an online application.
  2. Have earned a bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited institution, with a cumulative undergraduate grade point average (GPA) of 2.5 or higher on a 4.0 scale. All hours from regionally accredited institutions will be considered in calculating the cumulative GPA. Applicants must submit one official transcript from the college or university where the bachelor's degree was conferred. Transcripts should be sent by mail or fax to Admissions, Trevecca Nazarene University, 333 Murfreesboro Road, Nashville, TN 37210.
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We offer accelerated or traditional timeframe options, depending on how quickly you want to earn your MAOL. 

With the accelerated option, you’ll take two classes at a time, 100 percent online and finish in less than 15 months. With the traditional option, you’ll take one class at a time—online—and finish in 18 months. 

The accelerated option is ideal for those students with more time to commit to earning their master’s degree. It’s a fast-paced and highly intensive program, whereas the traditional option is perfect for students already working full time.

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If earning a doctoral degree after your master’s is an option that interests you, Trevecca offers an alternative that can save you time and money. The dual-degree pathway in organizational intelligence combines the Master of Arts in organizational leadership and a Doctor of Education in leadership (Ed.D.) degree into one convenient program.

If you qualify academically, this option allows you to earn both degrees with less time, effort and financial cost than earning both degrees independently – without losing the integrity, quality and coherence of either individual program.

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Career Opportunities

Our master’s in organizational leadership allows students to acquire knowledge and skills in management, leadership and personal development for a variety of professional pursuits. Our graduates currently serve in fields like these:

  • Business (banking; production; training and development; hospitality; sales; construction management)
  • Technology
  • Ministry
  • Government
  • Military
  • Social services
  • Healthcare support operations
  • Human resources

The master’s in organizational leadership is a multi-faceted program that equips individuals with the skills needed to lead successfully in whichever career path they choose to embrace.

“Studying at Trevecca has been a journey of self-discovery and affirmation. I’ve experienced personal growth, developed new skills and enhanced my professional competency. I’ve also become a better leader and employee.”

Fernando Almeida Trevecca doctoral student

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Cohort Schedule

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Personal Leadership Development
MOL 5010

Exemplary leaders recognize that self-leadership is a prerequisite to leading others. Learners in this course examine personal leadership attributes, characteristics, and behaviors. Clifton’s Strengths Finder is used to provide learners an understanding of their strengths to unlock their potential, particularly as servant leaders. This foundation is used to develop learning strategies, a sense of Christian vocation, and the ability to anticipate professional opportunities.

Credit Hours: 3
Organizational Culture and Change
MOL 5105

This course examines the various factors that influence the culture of an organization and focuses on the importance of observing, defining, and measuring an organization’s culture to build and sustain a highly reliable system. It also explores effective means by which to implement change within organizations, both strategic and incremental.

Credit Hours: 3
Strategic Leadership
MOL 5130

This course covers topics relating to strategic leadership, such as creating a strategic business model, navigating change, and examining the significance of an organization’s purpose and vision while analyzing culture, ethics, global sustainability, and competitive advantages. This course serves as the culminating course in which students will demonstrate mastery in organizational leadership through a capstone project. The project is designed to build on real-world experiences by encouraging students to develop practical and creative solutions to actual problems experienced in today’s organizations. By applying ideas in each part of the capstone project, students will have an opportunity to think deeply about an organization and develop new strategies that can be directly applied in the future.

Credit Hours: 3
Leadership and Conflict Management
MOL 5150

Assists learners in integrating the experiential and intellectual learning components of communication and conflict management. Learners will examine sources of conflict with a focus on methods, application, and theoretical foundations to address conflict for the betterment of individual, team, and organizational performance. Select communication concepts will be integrated to aid in the overall understanding of organizational conflict.

Credit Hours: 3
Introduction to Graduate Leadership Studies
MOL 5000
This course will introduce students to the essential knowledge required for graduate leadership study. Additionally, this course will cover topics needed for success in a graduate leadership program including critical thinking, oral and written communication, research, and analysis skills. This course must be passed with a C or better before additional MOL courses may be taken.
Credit Hours: 3
Concepts of Organizational Leadership
MOL 5020
Provides learners with a broad overview of leadership concepts and practices in a variety of organizational settings. Leadership theories, processes, and best practices are analyzed and applied. This course serves to broaden ones understanding of important organizational behavior (OB) topics, provides exposure to the organizational behavior/leadership literature, and challenges the student to identify and grapple with their personal philosophy of leadership.
Credit Hours: 3
Leading and Building Teams
MOL 5300

This course examines the processes involved in assessing, diagnosing, and improving teams within organizations. The role of followership and the leader/follower relationship will be explored through the lens of team development and collaborative leadership. Case studies, assessments, and diagnostic tools will be used to examine, from a global perspective, the development and functions of various teams types (i.e., virtual, cross-cultural, and self-directed).

Credit Hours: 3
Leading in Diverse Communities
MOL 5310
This course examines different leadership styles and the impact of effective leadership in diverse communities. This course provides a framework for building leadership capacity needed in local, regional, national, and global communities influenced by a Christian ethos.
Credit Hours: 3

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Data Analytics
TRACK
Introduction to Data Analytics
BUS 6150
This course will expose students to the data analytic practices executed in the business world. Students will explore such key areas as analytical processes; how data is created, stored, and accessed; how organizations work with data; and how to create environments in which analytics can flourish. This course will provide students with a strong foundation in all the areas that support analytics and will help students to better position themselves for success within their organizations.
Credit Hours: 3
Processing Data for Decision-Making
BUS 6160
In the face of an enormous amount of data gathered by businesses and organizations, business leaders struggle to gain information to help guide their decision making. In this course, students will extend and deepen their understanding and use of data analytics techniques (data mining, predictive analytics, and machine learning algorithms) to find patterns of relationships between data elements in big and noisy data sets. Students will learn how to help the data ‘talk and tell a story’ leading decision makers to an enhanced understanding of the data along with action oriented insight.
Credit Hours: 3
Leading Data Analytics Projects
BUS 6170
This course will expose students to the key components of operationalizing business intelligence and data analytics for the purpose of improved decision making and quality improvement within an organization. Specifically, students will learn how to take on the role of a business intelligence consultant and apply data analytics techniques to inform business decision making within a business context.
Credit Hours: 3
Entrepreneurship and Innovation
TRACK
Entrepreneurship and Innovation
BUS 6210
An introduction to the entrepreneurial mindset, intrapreneurship, and the different types of innovation. Includes such topics as developing entrepreneurial thinking in a corporate setting, managing entrepreneurial ventures within a larger corporate structure, the difference between sustaining and disruptive innovations, and developing processes for stimulating creative solutions to business challenges.
Credit Hours: 3
New Venture Creation
BUS 6220
Provides processes and tools for developing and evaluating new business ideas including new venture ideation, business planning, financial forecasting, competitive analysis, target market identification, and basic marketing strategies. As part of the course, students will develop a modified business plan around a business idea of their choosing.
Credit Hours: 3
Small Business Management
BUS 6230
This course highlights the unique aspects of owning and managing a small business, particularly in the areas of marketing, finance, accounting, human resources, and strategic planning. Includes an introduction to various software packages and third party resources to help the small business owner in these areas.
Credit Hours: 3
Healthcare Administration (Master's Track)
TRACK
Legal and Regulatory Issues in Healthcare
HLT 6200

Healthcare delivery has been influenced by the legal issues surrounding the delivery, security, and research associated with the patient / provider relationship. The legal influences on the corporate healthcare environment will be presented. Discussions of the influences on the delivery process and policy will be reviewed, including, but not limited to, the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA), Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX).

Credit Hours: 3
Quality Healthcare Management
HLT 6400

Outcome-based healthcare delivery and case management have been topics of discussion for some time, and the influence on delivery and reimbursement will continue to impact the healthcare environment. Topics include the quality of care and the influencers, such as staff shortages, educational shortcomings and technology velocity, and their influence on healthcare delivery. Patient safety and patient satisfaction will be presented through current data on the topic and the results of quality initiatives such as the Healthcare-focused Baldrige award and audit process. The influences of the organizational efficiencies on healthcare delivery and the opposing healthcare delivery process on organizational efficiencies will be reviewed and discussed.

Credit Hours: 3
Healthcare Strategy
HLT 6600

Healthcare delivery in the U.S. has been influenced and changed significantly through the legislative process at the federal, state and local levels. These changes have significantly altered the strategic planning of healthcare delivery. This course will present and discuss the strategies available to address the changing landscape of healthcare delivery through the use and study of healthcare issues and how they will influence the future of healthcare delivery. Case studies will be a major portion of this course to determine how others have approached the policies in the past and how they have been impacted by the choices made.

Credit Hours: 3
Human Resources Management
TRACK
Strategic Human Resource Management
BUS 6110

This course analyzes the strategic role of the human resource management function. The following topics will be examined: the environment of HR, job analysis, HR planning, labor relations, and health and safety considerations.

Credit Hours: 3
Staffing and Development
BUS 6130

This course analyzes the steps necessary for recruiting and selecting the employees needed to effectively execute an organization’s strategy. Topics related to successful performance appraisal, training, and development are also explored.

Credit Hours: 3
Compensation and Benefits
BUS 6140

This course examines theoretical and practical issues of compensation and benefits including legally mandated benefits (social security, worker compensation, unemployment, health insurance, family and medical leave, etc.) as well as voluntary programs (retirement, disability, life insurance, time off, etc).

Credit Hours: 3
Interdisciplinary Studies
TRACK
Transfer Credits
When you’ve earned credit hours at another graduate school and transfer to Trevecca, you can rest assured that you’ll be able to get the most possible mileage out of your completed classes. Your prior coursework doesn’t have to align with a similar course offered by Trevecca—instead, it’s applied toward a specialty track in interdisciplinary studies. This means your academic experience, no matter how varied, can be used in your degree program. Up to 12 doctoral credits can be transferred for doctoral programs or up to 9 master’s credits can be transferred for master’s programs and up to 6 additional hours can be evaluated to transfer into the core program. Credit Hours: 3-12
Management and Leadership
TRACK
The Legal Environment of Business
BUS 6223

Provides fundamental knowledge of legal concepts and principles important to business decision-making. Topics include the legal system, torts and product liability, contracts, agency, forms of business organization, employment law, and government regulation.

Credit Hours: 3
Leadership and Strategic Planning for Servant Leaders
BUS 6200

Surveys models and best practices for organizational strategic planning, including leaders' roles in the planning process and in implementing the plan at various operational levels. Various methods for analyzing and solving problems, as well as decision-making strategies, are examined for utilization as change in organizations' operations becomes necessary. Using the servant-leadership model, learners will discern how to serve others while staying focused on achieving results in line with the organization's values and integrity.

Credit Hours: 3
Human Resource Development and Management
BUS 6100

Analyzes the strategic role of the human resource function in relation to the company's overall objectives. The focus is how the company builds and maintains a work environment conducive to business performance excellence while enabling employees to develop and utilize their full potential. Key topics include employment law, the labor market, human resource planning and costing, HRIS, workforce diversity and EEOC, union/management and compensation systems, health/safety/security, employee rights and discipline, training and development.

Credit Hours: 3
Nonprofit Leadership and Management
TRACK
Introduction to Nonprofit Leadership and Management
BUS 6240
An introduction to nonprofit organizations including issues of organizational structure, governance, finance, resource development, operations, and evaluation.
Credit Hours: 3
Raising Human and Financial Resources for Nonprofits
BUS 6250
For nonprofits to thrive, leaders and managers much recruit human and financial resources adequate to serve the purposes of the organization. Fund-raising and grant-writing will be covered as well as recruiting human resources that align with the mission and vision of the nonprofit.
Credit Hours: 3
Fiscal Administration in Nonprofits
BUS 6260
This course highlights the unique aspects of managing financial resources in a nonprofit setting. This includes topics related to nonprofit accounting, financial reporting and strategic analysis in education, healthcare, churches, ministries and humanitarian organizations.
Credit Hours: 3
Project Management
TRACK
Introduction to Project and Program Management
PMI 6000

Development of project scope, work breakdown structures, project planning and project budgets will be discussed and presented. Project Management tools and techniques will also be introduced to support the project development process. The Project Manager must maintain a knowledge of the current systems and solutions available to ensure successful project/product delivery. In addition to the waterfall techniques, the tools and processes that support Agile, Lean and Six Sigma will be reviewed and presented. Detailed discussions regarding the benefits and limitations of each technique and the supporting tools will be of value to the participant when presented with making choices regarding the selection, development and delivery of projects.

Credit Hours: 3
Project Schedule and Risk Management
PMI 6200

The development of the sequencing and timing of project components and the risks associated at every point within the project must be understood and addressed. Recognition of the risk and the influence of the costs associated with risk, the scope challenges presented by the risk, and the schedule complexity that adds to and is influenced by risk must be understood by the successful Project Manager. Quantitative and qualitative techniques for risk management are components of Project Management, but the ability to recognize the threat is perhaps more critical. Threats can take the form of human, operational, procedural and technical threats or they may be political in nature. In any case, addressing threats and risks associated with these threats must be a tool in the Project Management arsenal.

Credit Hours: 3
Cost, Contract, and Procurement Management
PMI 6400

Many Project Managers are confused or sidetracked by the legalities of the cost management issues when utilizing contract or outsourced providers for portions of project delivery. The procurement process is often subjugated to the purchasing group(s) within the organization. The responsibility for the project cannot, however, be transferred to others. Therefore, the process must be understood and managed by the successful Project Manager. Most projects have some contract and procurement component that will influence the overall success of the project. With competitive bidding, technology advancements, and federal and state legal issues that influence the process of procurement, it is important that the Project Manager be aware of and knowledgeable in this aspect of the project process.

Credit Hours: 3

*For a complete list of courses, tracks and other relevant information, view the program's course catalog.

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