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Organizational Leadership and Innovation MS

Our flexible and online master’s of science in organizational leadership and innovation (OLI) provides students with the tools to spearhead organizational change in fast-paced, technology-driven contexts and to create a culture of entrepreneurship.

MASTERGRADSCHOOLS.com speaks with Malarvizhi Hirudayaraj, program director of the online Master’s in Organizational Leadership and Innovation at RIT Saunders College of Business. She shares their unique approach to preparing future leaders, in an era of rapid change and technological disruption.

Saunders College has been recognized as among the Best MBA Programs of 2023 by Abound.

Students in the organizational leadership and innovation (OLI), master of business administration (MBA), technology innovation management and entrepreneurship (TIME), and hospitality business management (HBM) programs learn to become leaders, change agents, and expert decision-makers in their fields by mastering foundational business skills and applying them in real-world situations.

Saunders College of Business at Rochester Institute of Technology will begin offering two new master’s degree programs, exclusively online, beginning in the fall of 2023.

Rich DeJordy comes to RIT as chair of the Department of Management at Saunders College of Business after serving in a similar role at the Craig School of Business at California State University, Fresno. Before that, DeJordy was a faculty member for eight years at D’Amore-McKim School of Business at Northeastern University.

Saunders College of Business at Rochester Institute of Technology has received several national rankings from Bloomberg.

The Rochester Business Journal features a study co-authored by Kristin Bain, assistant professor of management.

A recent study co-authored by Kristin Bain, assistant professor of management at Saunders College of Business, found that a simple technique can help boost your influence at work. That technique, called amplification, is the public endorsement of another person’s ideas with attribution.

CNBC talks to Kristin Bain, assistant professor of management, about her research on the benefits of amplifying others' work.

The Daily Messenger talks to Shal Khazanchi, associate professor of management, about office space.

Can modern office spaces really determine whether employees thrive or fail? Yes they can, according to new research by RIT Professor Shal Khazanchi that examines how physical workspace design impacts interpersonal relationships, and employee success and productivity.