Management Certificate of Graduate Study

Management becomes especially consequential when organizations need to turn priorities, resources, information, and competing demands into coordinated action. Decisions about people, processes, performance, change, growth, and innovation often cut across organizational functions.

The Management Certificate of Graduate Study (COGS) combines required study in strategic planning with two graduate Management electives. The flexible course bank allows students to develop a 9-credit credential around management questions most relevant to their responsibilities and interests, including organizational development, leadership, international business, human resources, entrepreneurship, sustainability, and related topics.

Credential Details

9 graduate credits | 3 courses. One required course plus two approved electives.

Requirements

Required Course

MGT 06601 — Strategic Planning for Operating Managers — 3 credits

Choose Two Approved Electives

MGT 06500 — Designing, Developing, and Leading High Performance Organizations — 3 credits
MGT 06502 — International Business and Society — 3 credits
MGT 06503 — Organization Development — 3 credits
MGT 01510 — Professional, Legal and Managerial Responsibilities — 3 credits
HRM 06605 — Strategic Human Resource Management — 3 credits
ENT 06505 — Entrepreneurship and Innovation — 3 credits
ENT 06506 — Corporate Entrepreneurship — 3 credits
MGT 06520 — Global Leadership and Organization Culture — 3 credits
MGT 06521 — Leadership Theory and Practice — 3 credits
MGT 06555 — Personal Leadership — 3 credits
MGT 06530 — Sustainable Commerce — 3 credits
MGT 06532 — Topics in Sustainability Innovation and Problem Solving — 3 credits
MGT 06599 — Special Topics in Management — 3 credits

Total: 9 graduate credits.

*STEM-designated course. For degree-level STEM requirements, review the applicable graduate degree program.

Course Details

MGT 06601 — Strategic Planning for Operating Managers

Examines strategic planning from the operating manager’s perspective, connecting organizational goals, competitive conditions, resource choices, implementation, and performance.

Foundations: Calculus, Operations Management, Statistics.

MGT 06500 — Designing, Developing, and Leading High Performance Organizations

Examines organizational design, development, and leadership practices that support alignment, adaptability, effectiveness, and sustained high performance.

MGT 06502 — International Business and Society

Examines business activity across national and institutional contexts, including the economic, political, social, cultural, and ethical forces that shape international management decisions.

MGT 06503 — Organization Development

Examines planned organizational change through diagnosis, intervention, implementation, and evaluation, with attention to how leaders and organizations improve effectiveness over time.

Prerequisites: MGT 06500 — Designing, Developing, and Leading High Performance Organizations or MGT 06515 — Employee Engagement and Performance.

MGT 01510 — Professional, Legal and Managerial Responsibilities

Examines the legal and ethical responsibilities of organizational leaders and the frameworks managers use to evaluate professional obligations and make responsible decisions in complex business settings.

HRM 06605 — Strategic Human Resource Management

Examines how human resource strategy, policies, and systems align workforce capabilities with organizational priorities and long-term performance.

ENT 06505 — Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Examines entrepreneurship and innovation across organizational settings, with emphasis on opportunity recognition, idea generation, creative problem solving, and entrepreneurial approaches to business, government, and nonprofit challenges.

Prerequisites: ACC 03500, MGT 06502, and MKT 09500; minimum grade of C in each.

ENT 06506 — Corporate Entrepreneurship

Examines innovation and entrepreneurial activity within established organizations, including intrapreneurship, corporate strategy, creativity, technology, organizational culture, and the conditions that support internal venture development.

MGT 06520 — Global Leadership and Organization Culture

Examines leadership and organizational culture in global contexts, including how cultural differences shape organizational behavior, leadership choices, communication, and execution.

MGT 06521 — Leadership Theory and Practice

Examines major leadership theories and their application to organizational settings, with attention to leader behavior, influence, judgment, and the conditions that shape effective leadership.

MGT 06555 — Personal Leadership

Examines personal leadership through self-awareness, values, behavior, influence, and intentional leadership development, connecting individual practice with organizational effectiveness.

MGT 06530 — Sustainable Commerce (STEM*)

Examines sustainable business models and practices, including environmental and social performance, entrepreneurship, emerging sustainability frameworks, and the ways sustainability affects business functions and decisions.

MGT 06532 — Topics in Sustainability Innovation and Problem Solving

Examines the implementation of sustainability transitions through current issues, applied problem solving, and the development of products, systems, or organizational approaches responsive to sustainability challenges.

MGT 06599 — Special Topics in Management

Examines advanced or emerging Management topics selected for a particular offering. Topics vary over time to address current managerial issues and areas of faculty expertise.

Shape the Management COGS Around Your Goals

Strategic Planning for Operating Managers provides a common foundation for the certificate. The two electives allow students to add depth in management areas connected to their responsibilities and interests. Course selections can emphasize areas such as organizational development and leadership, international business, human resource management, entrepreneurship and innovation, or sustainability. These are planning possibilities within the approved course bank, not formal certificate tracks.

Foundation and Prerequisite Planning

Preparation varies according to the Management electives selected. MGT 06601 requires Foundation preparation in Calculus, Operations Management, and Statistics. Some electives carry graduate prerequisites, including Organization Development and Entrepreneurship and Innovation. Course Details identify the requirement directly with each affected course.

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Management COGS and the MBA

The Management COGS can be planned so that all 9 certificate credits also satisfy applicable requirements within Rowan’s MBA. Because the Management COGS and MBA Management course banks are not identical, exact placement depends on the two electives selected and the MBA curriculum being pursued.

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Management COGS and MS Organizational Leadership

The Management COGS can be planned so that all 9 certificate credits also satisfy coursework within Rowan’s MS in Organizational Leadership. MGT 06601, the required Management COGS course, is part of the MSOL curriculum. Students can then select two Management COGS electives that are also MSOL courses.

MSOL-aligned Management COGS electives currently include: