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:

Understand the application of management principles to business unit management.
Explore personal style and approach to management practices.
Explain management responsibilities and opportunities for enhancing key leadership connectivity.
Develop approach to specific industry management structures.

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.