OSL 570 Group Leadership

3 Credits

This course will clarify the meaning of strategic group leadership by helping students to learn to be leaders in designing their own careers, as well as leaders for their own organizations. The strategic group leadership process will empower students to recognize a problem, intervene, and apply a solution or resolution. The students will identify their own strengths and weaknesses in leading groups. The mental constructs and paradigms of groups will be studied in conjunction with an in-depth study of the theories and practical applications of dynamics to both small and large groups. The role of emotional intelligence in effective leadership will also be considered. A research project related to the course content is an integral part of the course.