LEAD 3500 - Leadership in Teams

(3) Credit Hours
Prerequisite: MGMT 3000
This course introduces students to leadership in teams, emphasizing topics such as interpersonal dynamics, conflict management and negotiation, leadership in diverse organizations and managing diversity, and relevant ethical and social issues. Students will be exposed to discussion on questions including how to inspire others, how to mobilize people and harness difference, how to thrive in a team, how to lead change, how to overcome adversity and failure, etc. This course emphasizes the foundations of leadership necessary to be effective leaders in organizations and provides an overview of the major theories of leadership, as well as an understanding of basic leadership principles necessary to effectively lead organizations.