JD 292 - Leadership Seminar

Credits: 2
LEC hours per week: 2
Students explore issues related to their cooperative work experience focusing on effective workplace relationships and applying leadership skills to promote personal development. Provides professional improvement through techniques such as effective communication, conflict resolution, team building, employee engagement and decision making. Formerly: OCSUP 299.
Course Outcomes:

Demonstrate effective communication skills.
Describe effective leadership characteristics.
Identify the different styles of leadership.
Explain the concepts of team building and goal setting.
Describe the strategies and importance of employee engagement.
Demonstrate the ability to manage and resolve conflict.

Course Topics:

Common leadership characteristics
Styles
Communication
Cultural perspectives
Conflict resolution
Problem solving and decision making
Negotiation
Team building
Goal setting
Employee engagement
Bringing out one’s best and the best in others