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Overview
Organizational Leadership and Supervision (OLS) is a degree in the College of Technology at Purdue University in West Lafayette, IN. This degree focuses on leadership, organization, management and communication skills. OLS graduates are a source of professional talent for leadership positions in business, industry, government, and other organizations. Potential careers include: general management, manufacturing, human resources management, customer service, banking, finance, consulting, sales and marketing, and military Service. Potential job titles would be: customer relation’s manager, operations manager, retail manager, team leader, technology project leader, and sales manager.

Leadership studies are a multidisciplinary academic field of study that focuses on leadership in organizational contexts and in human life. Leadership studies has origins in the social sciences (e.g., sociology, anthropology, psychology), in humanities (e.g., history and philosophy), as well as in professional and applied fields of study (e.g., management and education). The field of leadership studies is closely linked to the field of organizational studies.

Special qualities to the OLS degree include combining traditional leadership methods with cutting-edge concepts. This degree has small class sizes taught by faculty from different professional backgrounds. Most training in the program focuses on courses that provide insight, skills and knowledge for success in professional positions. A multitude of courses allows one to focus in a specific area of interest or talent, such as human relations, operations, training, labor relations, and quality control.

Description
The organizational leadership program provides you with the leadership skills needed for management success in a array of job families and functions. To completely develop your leadership skills, the program focuses on four key competency areas: operations and administrative competencies; human relations and interpersonal competencies; critical thinking competencies and decision-making; and communication competencies. This degree helps develop graduates who can see the big picture of their company, relevant to growth, organizational and profitability change, as well as have the ability to understand and decipher the company’s mission and strategic plan. The program helps advance intuitive and informed decision-makers who can then lead others toward the company’s goals. As an academic area of inquiry, the study of leadership has been of interest to scholars from a wide variety of disciplinary backgrounds. Today, there are numerous academic programs (spanning several academic colleges and departments) related to the study of leadership. Leadership degree programs generally relate to: aspects of leadership, organizational leadership and leadership studies. (although there are a number of leadership-oriented concentrations in other academic areas).

Location
This program is offered at Purdue University. This program is also offered at the Purdue College of Technology statewide locations in Anderson, Columbus, Lafayette, Kokomo, New Albany, Richmond, and South Bend. A degree completion program in OLS will begin at the Vincennes location in Fall 2014.

Minor
An OLS minor is also available at Purdue University and statewide locations. This includes 4 courses, which is 12 credit hours (Minor). Classes include OLS 252 Human Behavior in Organizations, OLS 274 Applied Leadership, OLS 284 Leadership Process, OLS 386 Management of Change, Pre-requisites: OLS 252 and OLS 274. grade of "C" or higher is required in all OLS courses for successful completion. A minor in OLS fits with almost any major, and gives a good foundation of leadership.

CODO (Change of Degree Objective)
The OLS CODO policy is to accept those students who are interested in studying in this field. Each student is individually reviewed, and the decision of admission is based on their overall academic GPA as well as their OLS-orientated GPA performance at the University. Students on probation will not be considered. Requirements include: Must have a program GPA of 2.5 or higher and overall minimum GPA of 2.0. Must meet with OLS Lead Academic Advisor, Are encouraged to show interest in OLS by completing an OLS course. Must have grades of C or higher in any OLS class, and must of o incompletes on their academic record (CODO).

Course Topics

 * management for organizational and human resource development
 * Leadership strategies for quality and productivity
 * Industrial supply chain management
 * Leadership for organizational change and through teams
 * Human relations in organizations.

Skills/Abilities

 * Evaluating worker performance
 * Formulating program policy and goals
 * Hiring and supervising staff
 * Managing and directing people and programs
 * Negotiating staff policies and disputes
 * Planning and administering budgets
 * Planning education and training programs
 * Planning staff work tasks
 * Preparing project status reports
 * Providing personnel services
 * Reviewing and evaluating personnel records.

Typical Work Activities

 * Analyzes training needs to develop new training programs or modify and improve existing programs.
 * Plans and develops training procedures, including classroom training, demonstrations, on-the-job training, and workshops.
 * Conducts orientation sessions and arranges on-the-job training for new hires.
 * Evaluates the effectiveness of training programs and instructors.
 * Develops and organizes training manuals, multimedia visual aids, and other educational materials.
 * Develops testing and evaluation procedures.
 * Confers with management and conducts surveys to identify training needs.
 * Reviews and evaluates training and apprenticeship programs to make sure they meet government standards.
 * Prepares training budgets.
 * Arranges for ongoing training classes for staff.

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