Leadership & Organization Design

To succeed in today’s knowledge intensive organizations managers need to understand how individual differences in personality, learning style and cultural values, group dynamics, organizational culture, and human resource management policies shape employee attitudes and behaviors. This course teaches managers creative problem-solving and ethical decision-making, change management, leadership techniques for enhancing social capital and influencing other organizational members, and management tools for multicultural and geographically dispersed teams. Pre-Requisites: None Required Textbook: Organizational Behavior. (2017). University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing Edition. Open Textbook Library, https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/30 Other Required Materials: Articles from academic journals and other reputable sources. Software Requirements: Microsoft Office Suite & Google WorkSpace.