Overarching goals, paradigm shifts, changing mission statements, groupthink, and brainstorming is discussed. A roadmap and framework to assist people to understand transformation, change problems, and change strategies is presented and students apply the model to a problem of their choice. Meanwhile, leaders are viewed as establishing direction, aligning and inspiring people and working with outcomes. Students analyze performance behaviors that represent leadership and develop strategies to resolve work place problems involving management and leadership dilemmas. Students apply the 7 habits to their personal and professional environments and are asked to introspectively analyze their own behavior.
Sessions involve numerous team activities and application exercises.
Drucker's work in Management by Objectives, along with Deming's contribution in Total Quality Management are presented. The role of a leader in preparing for future events, trends and issues through information gathering is studied. Students develop and implement Internet research skills in a laboratory setting. Library research is conducted with the use of an electronic data base. Students receive an outline for preparing their future's paper project, along with criterion for their 1 hour oral presentation that accompanies their paper.