Organizational & Leadership Communication

Courses in this concentration will teach you diverse and valuable skills. Through a personalized curriculum that combines theory and practice, you will be prepared to:

• Investigate how organizational cultures are created, maintained, and changed through communication.
• Develop tools for addressing practical communication challenges in teams, communities, and organizations.
• Cultivate best practices for enhancing personal work-life and workplace relationships.
• Build and lead inclusive organizations through a deeper understanding of diversity, identities, and culture.
• Create and sustain organizational missions and strategic visions with employees and stakeholders.
• Analyze organizational communication and transform workplace through innovation.

This concentration is designed to develop skills necessary for success in the workplace. It will help you gain expertise in interviewing, onboarding, developing and maintaining group relations, making decisions, and driving organizational initiatives. Choosing this path will add value to your future roles by teaching you how to lead diverse groups and teams, provide training opportunities, consult for communication-centered solutions, establish a more inclusive workplace, and affect organizational change.

This is a perfect track for a career in corporate training and development, nonprofit or community organizing, human relations/resources, communication management, diversity and inclusion training, or organizational consulting. This concentration will prepare for a variety of industries including: Social Media Director, Communication Consultant, Event Planner, Diversity Officer, Human Resource Specialist, Marketing Manager, Nonprofit Director, Corporate Trainer, Sales Coordinator, Communication Specialist, Project Manager, and many others.