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Joseph Boldan
GEN ST 391
Seattle Campus

Supervised Study in Selected Fields

Special supervised study in a field represented in the College of Arts and Sciences. Faculty supervisor required. Credit/no credit only. Offered: AWSpS.

Class description

A practical look at work place psychology. Learn how to: communicate effectively; understand the basis of company politics; differentiate between strengths and weaknesses in evaluating and building workplace teams; recognize when to fire someone and how to do it; manage subordinates and, as well, how to manage your manager. Students should be at junior, senior or graduate level.

Student learning goals

General method of instruction

Class is taught using the "Socratic Method". Students will actively participate in interactive exercises in order to develop practical strategies dealing with being an entry level employee and/or managing people.

Recommended preparation

Weekly handouts will be provided after each class.

Class assignments and grading

Weekly papers (content more important than length) concerning the student's impression of each weeks class.

Credit / no-credit


The information above is intended to be helpful in choosing courses. Because the instructor may further develop his/her plans for this course, its characteristics are subject to change without notice. In most cases, the official course syllabus will be distributed on the first day of class.
Last Update by Joseph Boldan
Date: 03/21/2011