Courses

This course introduces key leadership concepts and practices based on current theory and research. It is designed to help students to discover the knowledge and skills that are characteristic of effective leaders.

Examines the nature of organizations along with its various interconnected functions such as leadership, financial, communications, technology, production, sales, etc.

Starts by examining different kinds of evidence and analyzing their quality and usefulness; students can then learn how to use that evidence to improve their leadership.

Introduction to general psychology; principles of human behavior and their applications.

Survey of theory and research with respect to attitudes, morale, and motivation of employees and management.

The use, analysis, and design of information systems and technologies to organize, coordinate, and inform human enterprises.

Discussion of the validity, soundness, and fallacies of everyday language use and reasoning; informal logic; and manipulative arguments and propaganda.

The course will be offered at an introductory level. It is designed to encourage students to explore individual and group behavior at work.

Personnel selection, training, accident prevention, morale, and organizational behavior.

Theories and strategies important for conceptualizing, developing, and managing conflict negotiation, mediation, and third-party intervention.

The objective of this course is to enhance students' abilities to use a range of methodologies to evaluate and conduct research in the field of employment relations and human resource management.

This course examines dispute resolution procedures in unionized and nonunion workplaces.

Experiential-based course covering the four main social research methods: available data, survey research, experiments, and field research.

Explores ethics from both a normative and behavioral perspective; four interrelated and mutually reinforcing subject areas will be explored in the course at the individual, organizational and transnational levels business ethics, ethics in unionized firms, corporate social responsibility, and sustainability.

Leaders, in whatever context, make difficult decisions, distribute scarce resources, direct and influence the conduct of others, and represent the goals of the enterprise they lead. Thus they ought to exemplify prudence, fairness, integrity, honesty, trustworthiness, sincerity, and morally upright behavior. This course investigates these concepts and the moral dilemmas that arise in developing or applying them.

The course examines the continuing influence of social and environmental factors in shaping leadership and leadership development.

This course explores the science and practice of leadership around the globe through pertinent scholarly literature and related instructional resources.

Through the review of literature and research on leadership, problem-solving in leadership scenarios, and self-assessment, students will gain a working definition of leadership and identify and develop leadership traits/competencies to encourage more women to be successful future leaders.

Supervised practicum in organizational leadership.

Creative projects, including research and design, which are supervised on an individual basis and which fall outside the scope of formal courses.

The study of social influence, leadership and status, and social cohesion and commitment processes in small groups.

Work and occupational life in modern society; work in the past, present, and future.

The role of gender in shaping contemporary North American patterns of employment, occupational roles, and statuses.