This course provides participants with practical knowledge and skills to improve their leadership effectiveness as designers, stewards, and teachers in learning organizations. The course explores motivation theories, leadership styles, team building, conflict management, delegation, time management, listening skills, and oral communication skills among others. Participants refine their leadership skills through self-assessment instruments, simulations and case studies. This course examines the critical interrelationship between leaders and followers in the learning organization. Students learn how to develop skills in collaborative leadership and apply them to actual situations in their own organizations.
Students learn through readings, discussion, role playing, and simulations.
This course examines some of the cognitive and behavioral underpinnings of management and leadership, with special attention to motivation and critical thinking. Students experience a variety of learning modes, including class discussions, exercises and analyses of individual workplace situations. This course assists participants to improve their ability to communicate effectively in a variety of situations. Participants' written and oral communication styles are assessed and plans for improvement implemented by critiquing one another's performances in small and large group situations. The dual internship in business and education is a required culminating experience required of all program participants.