Organizational Leadership PhD Online and Campus-Based Programs
An organizational leadership PhD provides you with the knowledge and skills to take your place as a leader in an organization. This page gives further details about these programs, about the career prospects, about the salary you can expect on completion, and it helps you to locate schools with suitable programs.
Doctoral programs usually enable you to focus on the skills of transformational leadership in your particular section, department or division, and so to base your research in real problems that face you as a leader. You will, of course, need a masters degree before appying for a doctoral program.
Many organizational leadership degree programs come under business administration or business management, but degree programs with an organizational leadership perspective also exist in psychology, education, health, and public administration.
This page provides links mainly to online programs - if you want to study on campus, click on On Campus Programs.
Where can you take organizational leadership PhD online programs?
Many schools offer PhDs in organizational leadership online. Here are a few selected ones (others can be found using the search box in the right hand column):
- Walden University
- Ph.D. in Applied Management and Decision Sciences - Leadership and Organizational Change
- Grand Canyon University
- Doctor of Education in Organizational Leadership
- Doctor of Education in Organizational Leadership in Effective Schools
- Doctor of Education in Organizational Leadership in Higher Education Leadership
- Doctor of Education (Ed.D) - Administrator Leadership for Teaching and Learning
- Capella University
- PhD - Industrial/Organizational Psychology
- Also check the following links: organizational psychology online, leadership psychology degrees, leadership educational degrees, and online leadership programs.
What do organizational leadership doctorate programs cover?
An organizational leadership doctoral program allows you to focus on those aspects and applications of transformational leadership that interest you. In order to develop the knowledge and skills required for leadership, students usually take a foundation in subjects such as: psychology, human relations, finance, computer studies, and research methods. Specific leadership courses can then build on this foundation. These courses might include such courses as: management decision making, building collaborative teams, change management, strategic planning, and transformative leadership. You would then have the basis on which to conduct your own research on a topic negotiated with your university. You would be required to prepare and defend a substantial thesis based on this original research. You will probably also be required to attend some residential periods at the university.
What jobs do graduates of organizational leadership programs get?
As organizations face increasing globalization, competition, changing economies, and changing demographics of clients and workforce, transformational leadership is required more than ever. This is true in companies in all fields of work, so whatever your career interest or current employment is, studying doctorate in organizational leadership online is a sensible choice. It will provide you with the leadership attitudes, knowledge and skills that you need to succeed in a management position at senior levels in an organization. But it is also possible to work as a development specialist, as a consultant in organizational development, or as a member of faculty in a university or college.
Chief executive officers can earn a salary of $175,000, but competition is clearly very tough for these positions.
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