Technology, Leadership and Management
This modern program examines how people and technology collide – whether in education, industrial settings, or start-up technologies and businesses - and provides the tools for understanding technology and process design’s implication in managing and leading within 21st century organizations.
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As a graduate you can expect to become skilled in systems thinking, managing projects and leading through change initiatives in automotive, omni-channel retailing, manufacturing, engineering, and services industries.
Program Options
Associate of Arts in Technology, Leadership and Management
Click to OpenAssociate of Arts degrees are eligible to students enrolled in a baccalaureate degree program within University College.
Bachelor of General Studies in Technology, Leadership & Management
Click to OpenThis concentration is designed for you if you have a technical and/or managerial background and are employed in manufacturing, service, or technology-related industries, or who seek employment in such industries. The program will provide you with a foundation of leadership, strategic, and technology management skills. Because of the available electives, this program allows you the opportunity to focus on specific industries such as technology management, manufacturing, healthcare, environment and safety, or public administration.
Certificate in Environmental, Occupational Safety & Health
Click to OpenThis program will provide you with the technical and professional knowledge and skills required to improve health and safety practices in the workplace. The program is designed to increase your knowledge and expertise in the field of occupational safety and health.
Enrollment in a degree program is not required for enrollment in the certificate program. However, if you are interested in pursuing a degree you may apply the credits earned through this certificate program to selected baccalaureate degree programs.
Certificate in Technology, Design & Production
Click to OpenThis Certificate brings together what all individuals, leaders, and managers – whether in healthcare, private industry, or government- need to understand in modern work to be effective contributors, and specifically focuses on the interconnection of technology and leading people. By developing a deep understanding of how organizations and people build innovation, physical product and human connections, students can gain immediate and long-term development opportunities.
After reviewing the overlapping areas of technology and society, students will study cases of innovation through the Design-For-Lean-Six-Sigma lens making real-world understanding of Lean & Six Sigma possible. The certificate program consistently invites students to think about how communication as technology should be adjusted and shaped as a leader or manager works with virtual teams, in-house teams, vendors, and partners. Students completing this five-course certificate will have developed an awareness of manufacturing processes, management and may consider the experience a way to enhance a current role at work or prepare for promotion within an organization or even build upon the certificate by entering the Technology, Leadership & Management Degree program.