Team Leadership and Decision Making <> COMM_ST 250-DL |
This course is organized to expose students to foundational
perspectives and concepts of effective, ethical leadership and
collaboration. Our work together will focus upon communication
principles and practices that support evaluation of others’
leadership and your own practices as part of a team. We will
explore models and theories that describe these topics and gain
practice thinking and writing critically. The goal of this course
is for students to leave with applicable knowledge and tactics that
will help them to engage with others--as a leader and a team
member-- to achieve good results in good conscience.
This course is conducted completely online. A technology fee will
be added to tuition.
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Theories of Organizational Communication <> COMM_ST 360-CN |
This course examines theories and research dealing with
communication in formal organizations and institutions. Various
models of organizational communication are introduced, as well as
historical and current research in the field. Students learn to
analyze and integrate theory and research and apply what they learn
to current organizations. This course combines classroom lecture
and discussion with an online component. For the lecture and
discussion components, this course is paired with a morning session
of BLP/STAT 202-CN taught by Jerry Lassa, and the class meets on
alternate Saturdays: 4/1, 4/15, 4/29, 5/6 and 5/20. This course is
part of the Business Leadership year one curriculum. First class
attendance is mandatory.
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Theories of Organizational Communication <> COMM_ST 360-DL |
The ability to communicate successfully is vital to professional
success. In this course, students learn effective communication
behaviors and skills for contemporary organizations. We will
explore the dimensions of organizational communication, focusing on
topics such as listening, nonverbal communication, ethics, and
values, and will engage in interactive exercises and practical
applications of theory, applying the skills needed to thrive and
lead in today’s organizations. Students will complete the course
with multiple skills, including a rehearsed elevator pitch to
promote your professional career and an ability to evaluate, as a
corporate ethnographer, the ways that organizations express their
culture. We will focus on communication as a process and skill that
can help individuals and their organizations gain a competitive
advantage. Students will maximize their leadership and
communication skills and be ready to apply them immediately in the
workplace and in personal life.
The course is conducted completely online. A technology fee will be
added to tuition.
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Bargaining & Negotiation <> COMM_ST 363-CN |
This course is designed to explore the processes of bargaining
and negotiation as theoretical, social, and managerial activities.
It provides an overview of the basic theoretical approaches,
concepts, processes, and research in bargaining and negotiation.
Special emphasis is given in the areas of interpersonal and
intergroup conflict as well as language bias and its links to
negotiating. In addition, interpersonal influence techniques and
the tactics and strategies involved with improved bargaining and
negotiation are covered. The major purpose of the course is for
each participant to gain insight into his or her own negotiating
style and to become a more effective negotiator, as well as a more
astute observer of social processes. The course involves extensive
use of cases, role-plays, and related participative activities,
enhanced by rigorous self-review and introspection.
As of 3/22/23, this course has been cancelled.
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Leadership Principles & Practices <> ORG_BEH 307-CN |
This course introduces the theory and practice of leadership:
the capacity to mobilize group resources to affect fundamental
change in organizations. Topics include understanding organizations
as complex social systems; the difference between leadership and
authority; navigating the politics of competing factions within
organizations to achieve shared goals; emotional intelligence and
the emerging neuroscience of leadership; the role of personal
presence in establishing trust in leader-follower relationships;
and the role of leadership in creating an environment in which
risk-taking and innovative solutions are encouraged. The classroom,
as well as students' experiences, become case studies in
leadership. First class attendance is mandatory. This course
combines classroom lecture and discussion with an online component.
For the lecture and discussion components, this course is paired
with another session of the BLP program, and meetings are held on
alternate Saturdays: 9/24, 10/8, 10/22, 11/5, 11/19. The first
in-person session will be done virtually.
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Leadership Principles <> ORG_BEH 307-DL |
This course introduces the theory and practice of leadership:
the capacity to mobilize group resources to affect fundamental
change in organizations. Within the past few years, the concept of
leadership has shifted from the standard brick and mortar or
in-person leader to the concept and necessity of the virtual leader
and hybrid teams. As such, topics for this course will include
understanding organizations as complex social systems; the
difference between leadership and managerial authority; navigating
the politics of competing factions within organizations to achieve
shared goals; how a firm-wide, national, or global event like a
pandemic can jolt the very definition of leadership and further
require technological advancements, organizational transformation,
and proactive and reactive change; emotional intelligence and the
role of building and maintaining relationships of trust to drive
optimal performance and continuous improvement; and the role of
leadership in creating an environment in which risk-taking and
innovative solutions are encouraged, learned from, and rewarded.
The class, as well as students' experiences, will serve as
foundational learning and ultimately become case studies in
leadership.
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Organizational Change <> ORG_BEH 310-CN |
This course is an in-depth investigation of the forces driving
organizational change and their impact on people and structure.
Today's emphasis on quality, service, and efficiency has created
great urgency for change that runs counter to other factors (e.g.,
a mobile labor force, uninspired leadership, and intense global
economic pressures). The byproduct is often cynicism,
self-preservation, and confusion--ingredients for disaster. Yet
some organizations thrive; this course examines why, and explores
change drivers and dynamics across organizational settings and
situations ranging from major corporate mergers to not-for-profit
politics. This course combines classroom lecture and discussion
with an online component. This course is part of the Business
Leadership year two cohort.
See Northwestern Summer Session schedule to view available
sections of this course.
There is no available section.
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Conflict Resolution <> ORG_BEH 311-DL |
Conflict takes place daily in all organizations, regardless of
size. Research indicates ways to deal with misunderstood and
mismanaged conflict. In this course, we will focus on two types of
conflict: conflict that is positive and has the ability to increase
productivity, effectiveness, and satisfaction; conflict that will
result in negative outcomes. Recognizing both the positive and
negative impact of conflict is essential. With that knowledge, you
can develop positive strategies to maintain excellent working
relationships and address issues as they occur. Our goals, then,
are to identify conflict, determine whether it is positive or
negative, and resolve it to the benefit of all.
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Conflict Resolution <> ORG_BEH 311-DL |
Conflict takes place daily in all organizations, regardless of
size. Research indicates ways to deal with misunderstood and
mismanaged conflict. In this course, we will focus on two types of
conflict: conflict that is positive and has the ability to increase
productivity, effectiveness, and satisfaction; conflict that will
result in negative outcomes. Recognizing both the positive and
negative impact of conflict is essential. With that knowledge, you
can develop positive strategies to maintain excellent working
relationships and address issues as they occur. Our goals, then,
are to identify conflict, determine whether it is positive or
negative, and resolve it to the benefit of all. This course is part
of the Business Leadership year one curriculum.
There is no available section.
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Strategic Planning & Management <> ORG_BEH 367-DL |
This course applies the concepts of strategic planning to
various types of organizations. Initial discussions will provide a
basic framework for preparing a strategic plan for corporations,
non-profits and government agencies. Practical applications will be
developed from case studies and the experiences of the instructor
and students. Since we can learn from wide range of situational
discussions, we will consider entrepreneurial and established
operations, as well as success stories and failures. This course is
conducted completely online. A technology fee will be added to
tuition.
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