Organizational Leadership

Advance Your Leadership Skills — and Your Career

Are you a people person looking to develop or enhance your leadership skills and advance in your career field? Complete your bachelor's degree through our fully online organizational leadership program and develop the knowledge, skills and proficiencies needed in a changing job market.

Taught by recognized leadership professionals, our organizational leadership courses will enable you to immediately incorporate into your job what you are learning and contribute to the success of a business, nonprofit or government organization. To tailor your learning to your goals, you have the ability to select a concentration in general leadership or nonprofit leadership.

Pictured is organizational leadership alumna Jacquie Sledge. Photo by Jim Judkis.

Key Benefits for the Working Adult

Option to take classes fully online or in a hybrid format (a combination of online and on-campus classes)
Flexible class schedules
Networking opportunities with other business professionals who are improving their careers with a degree
Small class sizes to ensure a strong academic experience
Accessible professors who were chosen for their real-world experience

Fully Online Accelerated Degree Option

Point Park’s online programs are offered in a flexible format at an affordable cost. Online courses are 8 weeks long and are always offered asynchronously for your convenience. This transfer-friendly program allows you to complete your degree and advance your career.

Online students have access to the same great benefits as those on campus:

Point Park faculty with real-world experience.
Small online class sizes for individualized attention.
A full spectrum of University resources.
A student success advisor offering support from application to graduation, who will guide you to successfully complete your degree.

Cohorts begin every eight weeks. Apply now!

Courses Options

Courses in the organizational leadership program include:

Leading Organization Change
Career Development and Succession Strategies for Leaders
Systems Thinking for Emerging Leaders
Dynamics of Business and Strategy Planning
Understanding Gender and Power
Advanced Oral Communications

Concentration Options

Our B.A. in Organizational Leadership students choose from one of the following concentrations:

General leadership
Nonprofit leadership

Early Start Master's Program

This degree program is included in our Early Start Master's Program, through which students have the option to take two core classes from one of our master's programs. This program enables students to earn a Bachelor's degree and a Master's degree from Point Park in as little as five years. Visit our Early Start Master's Program page for more information.

Faculty bring industry experience and expertise to the classroom

Learn from professors with extensive industry and academic experience in organizational leadership.

Meet the faculty

FACULTY SPOTLIGHT

Helena Knörr, Ph.D.

Research interests include entrepreneurship, women in leadership, career development, ethics in the workplace and work-family balance.
Involved in developing entrepreneurs through the conduction of workshops and her service as a mentor and consultant.

Career Options

With a bachelor's degree in organizational leadership, you'll have the option to pursue career opportunities in various areas such as:

Administration
Community Outreach
Employee Relations
Project Management
Career Counseling
Human Resources
Business Planning

Alumni Success

Learn where our graduates have gone on to build their organizational leadership careers.

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Tanika Harris '22

"Degree programs at Point Park University have been designed with the adult learner in mind. The accelerated and 4+1 programs guarantee that students are adequately equipped to enter a developing and changing workforce."

Jeffery Driscoll '13

"The professors at Point Park believe in what they are teaching. They are also working professionals so they know what’s going on in the field they teach."