Providing the foundation for the master’s degree program, this course exposes participants to a series of alternative perspectives of leadership. After studying these perspectives, as well as from applying them using the case method, participants identify models of leadership appropriate for various workplace situations.

Leaders need the ability to communicate effectively with employees and customers to effectively disseminate information. This course evaluates and utilizes communication techniques to develop effective communication strategies. From these discussions, students will develop communication models and define action plans appropriate for various leadership strategies.

Enables the student to study and apply the concepts related to various business, accounting, and economics disciplines to in-depth studies of the behavior of business organizations and the motivations of their participants. Students are required to demonstrate their analytical skills through the analysis of several case studies.

This course offers students an opportunity to use case studies, their own experiences, and current events to examine actions leaders have taken and consequences faced when confronted with ethical dilemmas. Students work on a real-life ethical dilemma for understanding in-depth reasoning of the problem and to develop an action plan for solving and preventing similar problems at the organizational and societal levels.

Principles and practices in recruitment,selection, staffing and compensation of personnel. Consideration of the impact of government regulations, and other environmental forces on human resource management in the workplace. Students who successfully complete the course will be able to describe and apply a variety of practical, theory-based solutions to common human resource management problems and challenges.

Students develop an initiative for a real-life project that can be work-, community-, or university-based. The project is a short description of a 54 situation facing an organization and must be based on field research, depict real-life events, and describe a situation that requires a decision. The case analysis outlines the key issues in the case, identifies alternative scenarios for solutions, and provides the conceptual justification for the student’s recommendation using relevant reference material from the Masters in Management Leadership core curriculum courses.