10 courses with the subject LEAD, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
LEAD 601Leading & Managing People3
An introduction to organizational leadership from theoretical and applied perspectives. This course will help students to understand the importance of effectively communicating mission and shared vision in an organizational setting. Topics explored are the importance of innovation, integrity, creativity, collaboration and the critical role of leading a motivated and engaged employee in an inclusive workforce.
An organization’s effectiveness depends on its ability to respond to changing business conditions. In this course students identify the financial, political, social, and cultural environment for change and its impact on the organizational environment. This course will address why organizations fail at implementing change. Through case samples and projects, students will identify organizations that succeeded and failed in managing change.
Cross-cultural competence is a critical skill for those wanting to lead and manage effectively in successful organizations. Students will learn how to work more effectively in organizational cultures that embrace the opportunities and benefits of diversity. Concepts include global workforce issues, recruitment, and employee retention practices.
This course applies ethical theory and practice to the corporate environment. This course reviews different ethical systems, cultural differences, and ways organizations develop an effective ethics program. Topics include conflicts of interest, employee rights, privacy, ethical decision-making, and emerging issues in business ethics.
Managing critical organizational resources is essential for effective leadership. Leaders are required to assess organizational needs and develop a financial plan to achieve desired goals. The objectives of this course are to understand key financial terms and concepts, analyze financial statements, prepare and manage budgets, and understand the legal and regulatory aspects of financial reporting. This course is designed to include students without a background in finance.
Conflict is a natural part of organizational life. Effective negotiation and conflict resolution skills are necessary to foster productive organizational environments and success in leadership positions. Students will learn how to analyze conflicting interests and resolve them through negotiation and mediation processes. Students will practice negotiation and conflict resolution skills in exercises and role-plays. (Online with one synchronous meeting weekly).
This course prepares students to collect and analyze data to support effective decisions. Data analysis can provide a competitive analysis in making critical decisions regarding the direction of an organization. High performance organizations rely on data to help drive strategy and respond to changing business conditions. Topics include descriptive and predictive analytics and provide students with project-based opportunities to apply their analytical thinking.
The goal of this course is to provide students with an overview of the risks that organizations face in the global environment. Students will identify strategies for assessing and mitigating potential risks that include health and safety, reputational risks, financial risk management and embracing issues of compliance. Students will be prepared to function in a business environment with the knowledge and tools to design and implement an effective risk management program.
Students are required to complete a pre-approved original project that focuses on a specific problem within an organizational leadership setting. The capstone project involves identifying and investigating a problem or innovation, researching and identifying “best practices” and other strategies and innovations, preferably in their current or intended area of practice. The capstone is an integrative project that draws on core learning outcomes of the program. Page 148
