Leadership and Communication

Catalog description

This course is intended to develop the leadership and communication skills that students need to be transformational leaders in their professional career. The course covers theories and dimensions of leadership effectiveness. Through various role playing and case analysis activities, the course measures students’ leadership competencies in four areas: developing the vision, sharing the goals, gaining support, and delivering success. The course places emphasis on proper leadership communication, interpersonal skills, cultural literacy and cross-cultural leadership communication, conducting meetings, high-performing team leadership, and public speaking. To this end, all students are required to join a chapter of Toastmaster International and participate actively in all meetings during the course of the semester.