Examines current concepts in developing leadership skills and their application to team building. Includes developing leadership potential, leading individuals through effective communications, enhancing group dynamics, problem analysis tools, and goal setting for team effectiveness. Utilizes self directed and cross functional teams. The general objective of this course is to introduce leadership and team building to the students, and have the students participate in self directed and cross functional teams. Competencies A. Resources they know how to allocate time, money, materials, space, and staff.
Students schedule guest speakers and class presentations.
B. Interpersonal skills they can work on teams, teach others, serve customers, lead, negotiate, and work well with people from culturally diverse backgrounds. Students teach one another about the information which is gathered in their topic-based functional team 6. Students are placed on different teams to represent the diversity of the class. C. Information acquire and evaluate data, organize and maintain files, interpret and communicate, and use computers to process information 1. Students search for relevant data on team building, via interviews, periodicals, and the internet.