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Dustin James Bluhm
MGMT 300
Seattle Campus
Focuses on how managers become effective leaders. Examines basic principles of managing people, making use of theories that transcend the workplace, including the psychology of individual and group behavior. Emphasizes leadership, strategic thinking, team building, and performance. Offered: AWSpS.
Class description
All organizations are comprised of three types of resources: financial and material capital, intellectual property, and people. Many contemporary organizations are finding that the people they employ – and the knowledge and expertise these people hold – are their best source of competitive advantage. The field of Organizational Behavior (OB) has evolved to help organizations manage their people in a way that maximizes the organization’s success.
This course is an introduction to the basic concepts and topics in OB, including leadership, personality, decision making, motivation, teams, negotiations, justice and more. However, the goal of this course is not the transmission of knowledge! Instead, this course has been designed as an invitation for you to accept and pursue the following three goals:
1. Move beyond the myths and common sense knowledge of OB topics. By taking charge of your own education in understanding the details and complexities of teamwork, leadership, etc., you will provide yourself with the necessary foundation to understand, analyze, and improve how organizations manage their employees.
2. Apply leadership and other OB concepts to solve real business problems faced by managers and employees.
3. Develop your leadership and management potential. Effective leaders lead people, manage information and processes, and must be able to diagnose problems, communicate clearly, make effective decisions, influence others, provide a vision, motivate, and manage the organization’s culture. Take advantage of the opportunities provided through this class, and better yet, instigate opportunities on your own to learn, practice, and improve in these areas.
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