This course will explore the skills and competencies required to lead individuals and teams, manage change, build consensus, align and motivate staff, and elicit support from key senior managers and leaders with the primary goal of creating and sustaining a high-performing organization. This course examines five key challenges for HR and other key leaders: (1) Choosing and producing results: How can HR leaders determine the results they will produce and develop effective strategies for delivering them? (2) Seizing and creating opportunities: How can HR leaders recognize or shape events and attitudes to foster the desire and capability to improve performance? (3) Measuring performance: How can HR leaders measure their company’s results and use such measures to learn how to improve performance? (4) Motivating individuals and energizing teams: How can HR leaders inspire people in a variety of organizational arrangements to pursue organizational purposes creatively? (5) Capitalizing on success: How can HR leaders use initial results to create an environment for accomplishing more? Other topics which will be discussed include concepts of leadership, how leaders are different from managers, leadership style and why it is important, the tools required to influence people, when to be a sponsor versus an agent of change, the management of conflict, and strategies for leading and communicating with bosses, colleagues, and subordinates.
Completion of foundational courses
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
Specified on the course schedule/outline
| Letter Grade | Range | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| A | 90-100 | Excellent |
| B | 80-89 | Above Average |
| C | 70-79 | Average |
| D | 60-69 | Below Average |
| F | 0-59 | Failing |
| W | — | Withdrawal during weeks 1 - 7 |
| WF | — | Withdrawal failing after week 7 |
| NF | — | Failing – Not actively engaged |
For more details about the Grading System, please see the current catalog.
Students must be actively engaged in the course. For a definition of active engagement, please see the current catalog.
Cheating and plagiarism are serious offenses against the University’s academic integrity and are consequently strictly prohibited. All students must familiarize themselves with the University policy on Academic Integrity.
Penalties for cheating and plagiarism are described in the University policy on Academic Integrity in the catalog. They include failure of the assignment, failure for the course, or dismissal from the University. For the complete Cheating/Plagiarism policy, please see the current catalog.
Students who have disabilities that may impact their performance in this course should follow the process described under the heading Accommodations for the Disabled in the current catalog.
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