Leadership (LEAD)

LEAD 280. Leadership Strategies

Credits: 3
Typically Offered: FALLSPR
This course will explore the key role of creating a vision that will shape the future of an organization and how to inspire and motivate others to share it. Through the use of assessment instruments, students will develop their own personal plans for what leadership means to them, what it means to an organization, and how they can build leadership capacity in others.

LEAD 317. Relationship Building

Credits: 3
Typically Offered: FALLSPR
This course covers critical components of being a leader. It focuses on discussions and role-plays that center around selected case studies. The classwork will directly relate to real-world experiences. The students will practice self-reflection on their path to growth in leadership while also focusing on building and nurturing the relationships necessary to succeed in business.

LEAD 417. Ethical Leadership

Credits: 3
Prerequisite: PHIL 210.
Typically Offered: SPRING
This course focuses on ethics in the workplace and the role of organizational leaders in fostering ethical behavior while establishing an environment to minimize the risk of unethical choices. Foundational to this course is the emphasis on personal values and convictions as the basis of quality decision making. Students explore basic frameworks of ethical dealings and moral leadership through case studies, discussion, self reflection, and reading assignments.