School of Strategic Leadership Studies
Academic Unit Head and Graduate Program Director: Margaret F. Sloan
Phone: (540) 568-7020
Email: ssls@jmu.edu
School of Strategic Leadership Studies Website
Mission
James Madison University offers an innovative doctoral program in Strategic Leadership Studies.
This program emphasizes business principles, accountability, and leadership theory and applications, all areas important for new organizational, nonprofit and higher education leaders. Students are instructed in the broader visionary perspectives necessary for effective leadership. The program emphasizes practical applications grounded in sophisticated research skills needed for data-based, innovative decision-making in current and future practice.
The leadership course work encompasses models, theories and processes which are tested through application to situations faced by practicing leaders. In addition to leadership course work, students enroll in clusters of courses centered on research methodology including: measurement; statistics and accountability; business administration; managerial finance and accounting for decision-making and control; and electives in organizational science and leadership, postsecondary analysis and leadership, or nonprofit and community leadership. All students study strategic management and advanced leadership dynamics.