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ORG429 - Ethics and Law in Organizations
Course Description
Students in this course examine legalities and ethics in the workplace and the role organizational leaders adopt in ethical behavior. Students will learn the basic frameworks of ethical transactions and legalities in organizational leadership. Students will establish a proficiency in critical thinking skills to identify and answer ethical and legal issues normally encountered in organizations.Â
Credit Hours: 3
ORG470 - Leading Through Conflict Resolution
Course Description
Students identify and analyze leadership strategies for dealing with both functional and dysfunctional conflict in organizations. Included is a study of conflict resolution approaches, including avoidance, accommodation, collaboration, competing, and compromising. Through theory and application, students will learn to use conflict resolution skills, immediately, in a practical way.
Credit Hours: 3
ORG405 - Principles and Practices of Effective Leadership
Course Description
Students explore the various aspects of leadership. Students learn concepts such as leadership styles, effective leadership, diversity, and frameworks for motivating and influencing groups and individuals within organizations. Additionally, students will practice problem solving and crisis decision making through simulation. Prerequisite: ORG300.
Credit Hours: 3
ORG423 - Communication Strategies for Leaders
Course Description
Students gain a practical review of leadership communication strategies for transmitting, receiving, and understanding information in the workplace. Emphasis is on equipping leaders with the knowledge of how to overcome communication barriers by utilizing appropriate strategies and methods, including effective ways to provide feedback.Â
Credit Hours: 3
ORG400 - Leading Teams in Organizations
Course Description
Students examine the development, organization and leadership of teams in both traditional and virtual settings, while also considering the impact globalization has on the importance of effective team participation and leadership. This course is designed to facilitate skill development and a working knowledge of and experience in team creation, leading teams, and individual roles within the team.Â
Credit Hours: 3