Student Learning Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, students shall be able to:
- Understand the principles and styles of effective leadership.
- Understand the principles and styles of effective management.
- Develop and evaluate measures of effectiveness.
- Technically evaluate project’s and people’s performance.
- Apply technical tools into management and leadership decision making.
Course Description
This course provides a broad overview of building leadership and management tools and skills that can be applied to companies, organizations, and individuals. The course’s leadership aspect covers strategic planning and successful leadership qualities, attributes, styles, and activities. The management section teaches organization, measures of effectiveness, evaluating projects and people, and operational excellence. These topics will be presented from an engineering or technical point of view. As such, students taking this class will learn to integrate their undergraduate technical training into a technical leadership/management style.