BUS 220 - Organizational Behavior

Credits: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3
Description: In this course, you will discover how to become a successful and respected leader in the contemporary workplace. Besides assessing your current leadership traits, you will develop new skills addressing effective teamwork, staff motivation, communication methods, problem-solving techniques, decision making, conflict resolution, and human relations. You will explore real-world situations and learn strategies to overcome a variety of challenges facing leaders in a global and diverse workplace.

Prerequisites: None.
Corequisites: None.
Recommended: None.

Course Category: Occupational
This Course is Typically Offered: Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall
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Course Competencies

Develop strategies for energizing a workforce through leadership, motivation, and communication.
Characterize effective leadership styles.
Explore current leadership challenges in managing a global and diverse workforce.
Assess organizational structures, cultures, and political behaviors.
Demonstrate essential business communication skills.
Determine effective methods for dealing with ethical dilemmas from a leadership point of view.
Identify actions a leader can take to improve team performance.
Demonstrate human resource management practices, including interviewing and appraising employees.
Apply managerial-level problem-solving and resolution methods.