BUS 505 - Leadership and Teams, 3 credit hours

This course covers leadership & followership from an individual perspective, and allows for the self-exploration of each student’s leadership potential. Regarding leadership, it explores the characteristics of great leaders, and the degree to which leadership is inborn versus a product of personal growth and experience. Team building is a critical function of management and leadership. The scope and focus is the study of group dynamics and team building theory with an experiential component. It also involves a study of behavioral, conflict and leadership style and an analysis of organizational team functioning.