BUS 508 - The Future of Management and Leadership II

3 Credits

This course is designed to provide an overview of, and insights into management and leadership. Distinguishing between these two important concepts and then providing a historical perspective will provide context to current management and leadership models as well as best practices and trends for the future. The course will focus on necessary basics such as decision-making and the use of analytics, vision development and deployment, communication, empowerment, risk-taking, managing conflict and leading innovation. The course will also investigate other critical areas of management and leadership such as leading in a hyper-connected society, emotional intelligence, and thinking systematically and strategically, all in pursuit of managing and leading for the future.