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312.700.11
Leading Organizations

Location
East Baltimore
Term
Summer Institute
Department
Health Policy and Management
Credit(s)
3
Academic Year
2018 - 2019
Instruction Method
TBD
Start Date
Monday, June 18, 2018
End Date
Wednesday, June 20, 2018
Class Time(s)
M, Tu, W, 8:30am - 5:00pm
Auditors Allowed
No
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
Course Instructor(s)
Contact Name
Frequency Schedule
Every Year
Description
Focuses on the essential principles of personal and interpersonal leadership that can be used in an organizational setting to enhance performance, align and empower personnel, and assure organizational engagement. Applies leadership skills in a hands-on practical way that encourages students to challenge their own beliefs and assumptions about what constitutes leadership. Offers a comprehensive review of contemporary issues and perspectives on leadership. Explores multidisciplinary and systems-oriented approaches as well as classic leadership theory and evolving contemporary beliefs. Includes topics such as development of leadership theories, personal assessment and development, values and ethics, motivation, power, followership, group dynamics, multiculturalism in leadership, conflict resolution, performance excellence, and the change process.
Learning Objectives
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
  1. Recognize how leaders can lose their way and the value of self-awareness to create one’s leadership path
  2. Assess their own leadership principles, values, and ethical boundaries, and how they will respond under pressure when challenged
  3. Apply an understanding of the power of motivation (both extrinsic and intrinsic) to the development of leadership paths
  4. Build strong teams, as well as a culture of engagement and satisfaction
  5. Develop and apply their own leadership that optimize effective leadership and empower other leaders
  6. Create a personal leadership development plan
Enrollment Restriction
Students who have completed 312.610 may not take this course
Special Comments

Students are required to complete coursework prior to the start of the course. Final assignments will be due July 20, 2018.