Leadership

This course explores the evolving relationship between leadership and management with a strong focus on building organizational cultures and ethics. Topics include historical foundations alongside contemporary theories and practices, integrating current research on leadership effectiveness, ethical decision-making, and cultural influence to prepare leaders to navigate complex organizational landscapes and a wide variety of organizational contexts.

This course addresses the factors influencing human behavior in organizations. Human behavior is considered from the individual, team, and organizational levels of analysis. Concepts included in the study include motivation, leadership, communications, negotiation, conflict resolution, and team building.

This course explores the critical principles and practices of team dynamics, focusing on both theoretical foundations and practical applications of teams in organizational settings. Students will engage in an in-depth analysis of the key functions, concepts, techniques, and vocabulary essential for understanding and leading teams. Emphasizing executive communication, the course develops skills to propose strategies that enhance team effectiveness and address challenges that disrupt team performance.

This course explores a variety of leadership approaches, with a special emphasis on leading with emotional intelligence. Topics include the roles and functions of emotional intelligence for successful leadership, the impact of emotional intelligence on the climate and culture of an organization, and how emotional intelligence affects teams. Students will gain an understanding of how emotional intelligence strengthens personal and organizational leadership.

This course equips students with the knowledge, skills, and ability to critically analyze and apply advanced mentoring and coaching strategies in professional development contexts. Focused on both the theory and practice of leadership coaching, the course explores key strategies for enhancing individual and team effectiveness through the development of core leadership competencies.

This course explores the critical role of culture in shaping leadership styles and organizational behavior in a globalized environment. Students will develop a deep understanding of how international cultures, historical contexts, and values influence leadership decisions, and organizational dynamics. Through a combination of theoretical frameworks and practical applications, the course will emphasize the importance of cultural awareness, diversity management, and effective executive communication in leadership roles.

This course provides an in-depth exploration of negotiation strategies, communication techniques, and ethical considerations essential for achieving successful outcomes in a variety of negotiation contexts. Students will learn to navigate complex negotiation scenarios with a focus on distributive and integrative bargaining, communication dynamics, and leadership in negotiation settings. By the end of the course, students will be equipped with the knowledge and tools to design, execute, and evaluate negotiation plans while understanding the interpersonal and leadership complexities involved in the process.

This course continues to develop applications of single and multiparty negotiations in international organizational contexts. Topics include advanced role-playing among different stakeholders, impact of culture and political differences, and coalition building strategies.

This course explores the theoretical grounding and practical approaches necessary to effectively diagnose organizational problems, develop intervention approaches, and implement organizational solutions. Topics may include entering and contracting, organizational diagnostic models, organizational surveys, change impediments, managing the change process, organizational/interpersonal/group interventions, and evaluation approaches.