Contemporary Leadership Issues

Catalog description

This course is designed with the experienced leader in mind. Students learn the latest research pertaining to individual, team and organizational leadership. Emotional intelligence, particularly self-awareness, is the foundation for leadership competence and personal power. Students gain insights that serve as the foundation for authentic, positive communication (verbal and nonverbal), principled decision-making, and moral authority. Understanding leaders’ influence on organizational culture, climate, human resource development, and corporate social responsibility are a major part of this course. Communication technology, the shift of power to consumers, and changes in societal values are explored as powerful forces causing organizations to become transparent and integrate authentic values with brand image.