Leadership and Organizational Excellence

Business today is global, and continued success requires a new set of skills. In our current competitive economy, managers are becoming global managers. Organizational leaders are expected to be adept in influencing global events, able to manage a multicultural workforce, and attain a competency in intercultural communications, and change management. Our Professional Certificate in Leadership and Organizational Excellence combines the concepts of change management, organizational culture, and decision making, with an examination of leadership models, in order to better prepare managers for today’s process-driven approach to strategic management.

Designed For

Professionals in the public, private, or nonprofit sector, who are responsible for:

• Setting organizational policy
• Establishing benchmarks
• Providing strategic direction
• Aspiring to move into a managerial or executive position

What You'll Learn

• Ways to build strategies that meet and manage the needs of organizational stakeholders.
• How to identify new methods of decision-making.
• Approaches to managing organizational behavior including conflict, negotiations, workplace communication, and more.
• Tools for examining the CMQ/OE body of knowledge including customer/supplier relations, strategic planning, and process improvement.
• Systems for applying cultural diversity int he workplace, and cultural comprehension across the organizational structure.

What You Can Do With This Certificate

Positions are available in private companies, firms, corporations, government, or nonprofit organizations in a variety of industries all over the world. They might include:

• Chief Executive Officer
• Consultant
• Manager or Director

Earning the Certificate

Prior to enrolling, please ensure that you meet the following minimum requirements:

• High school education or equivalent

Completion of this certificate equates to 9 graduate credits in the UW-Platteville Master of Science in Organizational Change Leadership program.