The basic thrust is to demonstrate that, among other things, many of our present day organizational principles, policies, practices, and change processes have dehumanizing and alienating effects on workers. Topics include moral reasoning in business, employee rights, and the responsibilities of corporations. Emphasis is placed on the areas of abuse and neglect and how they foster mental illness. Students look at methods of changing the behavior of children with problems. Leadership 4 Credits Leadership integrates the functional content areas in the professional management field.
Students apply the theories and techniques of leadership to problems, cases, and current issues.
Students should have completed a management course before enrolling in Leadership. An overview and examination of the various roles managers perform in organizations with a special emphasis on the practical techniques to increase managerial effectiveness. Attention is given to the characteristics of effective management, the interrelationships between management and organizational situations, and the improvement of the practice of management. An evaluation of financial performance for managerial planning and forecasting, cost volume profit, analysis, break-even analysis, return on investment, and responsibility reporting are topics covered. Prerequisite of quantitative skills at the level of intermediate algebra.