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Strategic Leadership & Management at MSU

These turbulent times have organizations looking for innovative, dynamic leadership. This new reality requires new kinds of leaders, those ready to meet challenges with forward-thinking solutions and a future-focused vision.


Follow your course into leadership with MSU Online Strategic Leadership & Management programs.

Online Strategic Leadership & Management Programs from Michigan State University’s Eli Broad College of Business

Graduate Programs

Master of Science in Management, Strategy & Leadership

Who Should Apply

Experienced business professionals in all industries who are looking to enhance their strategic thinking and decision-making abilities and maximize their potential in managing people and leading their organizations through challenging times.

MSU’s Master of Science in Management, Strategy & Leadership provides a practical education experience, impactful skills, critical knowledge and real-world scenarios that go beyond business basics, with a holistic curriculum that emphasizes key components and principles of management, strategy 

and leadership. You can also choose to specialize your education with two concentrations, Human Resource Management or Strategic Management

For-Credit Graduate Certificates

Earn valuable credentials 100% online in a fraction of the time when you target your area of study in: 

2 Program Concentrations Available

Human Resource Management & Development

Leadership & Managing Teams

Strategic Management

Choose from:

M.S. in Management, Strategy & Leadership – Strategic Management

These For-Credit Graduate Certificates include many of the same courses offered in the M.S. in Management, Strategy & Leadership degree program. Then, if you decide to pursue your master’s degree, the credits earned in the graduate certificate courses can be applied toward this master’s degree program.* 

M.S. in Management, Strategy & Leadership – Human Resource Management

Program Details

Collaborative, interactive learning environment

100% online

15 five-week courses

20-month program

30 credits

*Students must be accepted into the master’s program for the credits to be applied.

Certificate Programs

Program Details

Professional Certificates in Strategic Leadership & Management

3-course Professional Certificates

4-week courses

100% online

Flexible and convenient class schedules

Interactive sessions with leading faculty

Enhance your career opportunities while refining and improving your managerial and leadership capabilities with a focus on effective supervisory management, human resources and talent management, strategy, creativity and innovation. MSU’s online Strategic Leadership & Management Certificates are designed to build upon one another with overlapping courses providing complementary skillsets and foundational knowledgebase. 

Who Should Register

Strategy-savvy managers and innovative leaders are needed at every level of every organization, across sectors and industries. MSU’s online Strategic Leadership & Management Certificates are designed to help you rise to the challenge by providing immediately applicable skills for business professionals at every career stage. Whether you are an aspiring leader, first-time manager, senior manager or people leader, you’ll gain deep insights and the latest methods for achieving your goals in managing and developing teams, leading strategy development or recruiting the next generation of workers.

Professional Certificates in:

First-Time Manager and Leader

People & Team Development

Learn from the Management Leaders

MSU’s Eli Broad College of Business, one of the largest business schools in the country, is home to some of the top management researchers and educators in the field. Our top-ranked faculty are dedicated to challenging students to develop forward-thinking solutions to the issues impacting organizations today and anticipating the challenges of tomorrow.


You will gain a practical education experience, impactful skills and critical knowledgebase to develop your management, strategy and leadership acumen through our 100% online Master’s Degree, Graduate Certificate, Master Certificate and Professional Certificate programs.

"

The program itself gave me valuable tools…and keys to being a better leader. These tools helped me accelerate my career and position myself for promotions."

Ellen Bower

M.S. in Management, Strategy & Leadership, 2015

Prepare to Lead in Your Organization

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