CMST 413 - Leadership Development in Natural Resources

Credits: 2
Variable Credit Course: No

Lecture Hours: 22
Lab Hours: 0
Worksite/Clinical Hours: 0
Other Hours (LIA/Internships): 0

Course Description: This course is designed to provide organizational management theory, communication and team building skills to strengthen leadership development in the field of natural resource management.

Prerequisite: Admission to BASEC or Dept. Chair permission.
Distribution Requirements:

Communication

Meets FQE Requirement: No
Integrative Experience Requirement: No

Student Learning Outcomes

Identify the strengths and limitations of dominant approaches to organizational management and their implications for communication, leadership and follower-ship.
Recognize the primary forms of formal and personal social power and their associated means of control.
Identify personal leadership habits and tendencies.
Identify and apply appropriate leadership styles contingent upon situations.

Course Contents

Leadership theory
Theories on Organizational and Social Power
Knowledge Acquisition, Dissemination, Integration and Application
Humanitarianism/Civic Engagement

Instructional Units: 2