Dec 21, 2024  
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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:
     1. Evaluate the impact of leadership and management actions and decisions on team success. 

2. Outline personal leadership and management plan that effectively deploys personal strengths and capacities to support team success. 

3. Demonstrate effective collaboration and communication skills within a team setting.

4. Develop a strategic leadership and management plan for team success and sustainability.

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.