Leadership Principles

Catalog description

A project-based exploration of theories and principles of engineering leadership applicable to technical careers. This leadership course provides the basic theories, principles, skills, and relevant literature germane to leadership within the engineering discipline in particular. Leadership in an engineering context will be explored. This will range from developing awareness of personal leadership strengths to analysis of corporate mission, vision, values, and strategies. Students will apply these to semester-long team projects. Lectures, assignments, and group projects develop knowledge of the impacts of globalization, different cultural values, traditions, beliefs, and customs to develop leaders ready to impact an international workforce. Students will apply leadership theory to the global engineering industry through the following: - Describe leadership concepts, principles, and theories in the context of global engineering business practices - Demonstrate knowledge of how leadership behaviors impact cross-cultural teams (US) - Analyze their own personal leadership strengths and weaknesses through course projects - Evaluate and critique engineering leadership effectiveness displayed by others through project work and current event analysis - Demonstrate appreciation for life-long learning of leadership and teaming skills Course assignments and projects align with the current nature of a global market and require that students cultivate awareness of social identity such as ethnicity, race, class, religion, gender, physical/mental disability, age, or sexual orientation (US). Students are also evaluated on interpersonal communication through team projects, presentations, and written assignments as they apply to interactions within a culturally diverse team completing a semester-long project (US). Application of learning objectives will occur within a small team environment through the completion of a semester-long project dedicated to developing an engineering leadership solution to a challenging problem. The course will be offered each fall and spring semester.