MLD 481 Applied Leadership 1

Lecture Hours: 5
Credits: 5

Broadens and builds their leadership capacity and capability for creating, maintaining and growing high engagement work teams. Focused on individual, team and organization human dynamics that impacts function, form and systems is explored. Gains awareness for understanding skills that foster organizational human processes for development of high commitment work teams. Builds individual capacity to lead, engage and manage change in work teams.

Prerequisite: Entry into the Applied Baccalaureate Program; or completion of AAS degree; or consent of instructor.
Recommended: Prior management experience.

Student Learning Outcomes:

Develop Self-Awareness and Emotional Intelligence in Leadership: identify strengths, vulnerabilities, and emotional triggers, using self-reflection to build emotional intelligence and leadership resilience. Manage uncertainty, conflict, and personal reactions in dynamic, high-pressure environments.
Navigate Complex Leadership Challenges through Strategic Decision-Making: Develop the ability to distinguish between technical and adaptive challenges, recognizing when to apply specific solutions and when to shift perspectives. Choose among competing values and manage the tensions inherent in decision-making.
Enhance Leadership Flexibility by Shifting Focus and Perspective: Practice shifting outward, focusing on the needs of the organization and its stakeholders, while balancing personal interests. Become comfortable navigating the challenges that arise from competing priorities and conflicting goals, demonstrating adaptability in leadership.
Understand and Manage the Process of Leadership Challenges: Gain insight into the process challenges of leadership, from initiating change to managing transitions, and learn how to address both individual and collective obstacles. Build strategies for leading through ambiguity, conflict, and resistance to foster organizational growth and transformation.

Content Outline

Application of Management Principles
- Demonstrate communication programming for diverse teams
- Produce organization structure for business unit operations.
Identify Personal Style of Management
- Explain personal profile of management expectations.
- Create a profile for individual change and improvement.
Produce Plan to Connect With Business Unit Leaders
- Identify specific leaders of influence within the business unit.
- Understand which key leaders of the business unit to emulate.
Identify Successful Business Unit Leaders
- Produce model of successful business unit performance.
- Articulate reasoning for unit-level management style.