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strengths and opportunities for MSL 514 - Organizational course will help students to develop
development around the following Behavior sustainable leadership skills and
five competencies: focused drive, competencies through real-life
emotional intelligence, building trust Credit Hour: 3 scenarios.
and enabling others, conceptual Prerequisite: MSL 500
thinking, and systems thinking. This This course provides a framework MSL 502 - Leading and Building
leadership self-assessment allows the for understanding the values, High Performing Teams
students to continue their personal attitudes and behaviors of individuals Credit Hour: 3
development in relation to leadership and groups in an organizational Prerequisite: MSL 514
and change management skills after setting. This course explains how
finishing this course. Ultimately, individuals and groups function This course delivers knowledge and
this course prepares students to to achieve goals and the reasons insights into Leading and Building
lead and manage change in their for success or failure in achieving High Performance Teams. Such a
organizations. these goals. Specific topics covered process is considered as one of
the most important and complex
MSL 501 - Developing a Leader in this course include: theoretical challenges facing any strategic
Within You foundations of organizational leader. The course is experiential and
behavior; personality and individual theoretical in terms of representing
Credit Hour: 3 differences; the impact of values, an opportunity to be part of a real
Prerequisite: MSL 522 attitudes, and job satisfaction on time team building experience
organizational behavior; motivational
This course is designed for business theories; group dynamics and and reflecting on the academic
leaders with direct experience decision making; communication foundation of such experience.
of managing teams who wish to and leadership; power, politics, and The course will consider a range
develop their leadership skills influence within an organizational of theories and conceptual models
to inspire others to ‘exceptional context; organizational design and its about the nature of teamwork. It
performance’. The course aims to role in achieving organizational goals. provides an understanding that
improve on the existing knowledge, The course emphasizes practical strategic leaders need to direct
skills and attitudes (KSA) necessary applications of concepts, theories and coordinate team problem
to lead and motivate people, while and frameworks in the workplace. solving, provide performance
developing effective strategies in a By doing so, this course prepares expectations, clarify roles, assist in
socially responsible manner. It aims students to manage behavior of conflict resolution, provide feedback,
to help you become an ‘authentic’, individuals and groups within an facilitate self-correction, increase task
well-rounded ethical leader. The organization in order to achieve the involvement and share information
course uses the latest thinking in organizational goals. and goal setting. Strategic leadership
the use of psychometric tools for involves an ability of the senior
leadership development. Working MSL 503 - Contemporary Issues management team to supply critical
with skilled coaches, students will in Leadership thinking, identify changes and
be given the opportunity to analyze reprioritize organisational resources
their own personality dimensions, to Credit Hour: 3 in the light of ongoing change. Such
identify the most critical components Prerequisite: MSL 522 leadership capabilities at this senior
of their personality and to apply this Leadership is a glue that holds the level in the organization need to
to gain a deeper understanding of organization together. It makes be grounded in sustainability such
their leadership effectiveness. Only employees give his/her best to that the team process assumes
through a deep awareness of their achieve sustainable organizational resilience and robustness over time.
leadership qualities will the students goals. The course has been designed Students will be able to encompass
be able to develop an effective plan to help the students to earn for and assume core behaviors that
for personal development which themselves the knowledge, skills, enable the strategic leadership of
they will implement throughout the competencies and behaviors effective teams to have an in depth
program. This course will help you of successful leaders in the understanding of overt and covert
understand some of the secrets to contemporary business world. The interpersonal team process skills and
developing, motivating, inspiring and course will expose the students to an understanding of the impact such
sustaining high-performing teams the business challenges of a truly skills have upon team performance.
to drive sustainable organizational flat world and also provide them The need to understand and
success. with a skill set to find out sustainable negotiate interdependent
business solutions. Overall, the relationships between team
colleagues, departments and

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