Graduates who can combine their knowledge of technology with their business leadership skills are in high demand in industries that range from manufacturing to government and nonprofit organizations. Students study team management, product innovation and policy development. Concentrations of the organizational leadership major include project management, business intelligence, and organizational design and transformation.
The broad curricula will prepare you to lead in a variety of scenarios, from innovative technology organizations to global teams and organizational change. You will also take courses to understand how policies and law affect technology innovation and influence global technology and organizational leadership.
The Purdue Polytechnic Institute is one of 10 academic colleges at Purdue University. The Polytechnic specializes in team-based labs where you'll test ideas, take things apart and put them back together - only better. You'll learn side-by-side with professors who have worked in the industry and thrive on combining theory, imagination and real-world application. In this innovative environment, you'll learn by doing - gaining deep technical knowledge and applied skills in your chosen discipline coupled with problem-solving, critical-thinking, communication and leadership skills employers desire.