This course draws on insights from theory and practice to better understand how and why people think, feel, and act in organizational settings. This has always been important, but it has become especially important in the modern workplace where employees are increasingly expected to work with peers, superiors, and subordinates across hierarchical and departmental lines to get the job done.
Our goals are to understand and apply the adaptive leadership approach to addressing thorny problems in business organizations, develop our skills in crafting effective career networks, motivating employees and teams, fostering adaptive and agile organizational culture, and identifying and addressing conflict and inequality.
This course teaches students essential skills in written, verbal, non-verbal, visual, and persuasive communication, building and equipping effective teams, relationship-building, conflict management, mediation, and negotiation. There is an emphasis on skills practice through role play, simulations, and real-life applications.
The role of human resource management is a crucial (and often misunderstood) part of an overall organizational strategy. Human resource management affects every employee in an organization and a better understanding of this area will prepare students for success in their professional ambitions.
This course is designed to help unravel the complexities of human resources within an organization and to help students understand the environment within which HRM occurs. A working knowledge of selection, training, assessment, and compensation tools and strategies are of relevance to the job seeker and will be addressed heavily in this course.