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Developing Your Leadership Capability
LDR 3300 / 3 q.h.
June 25 - July 21
Boston (Hybrid) MW 5:45 PM-8:45 PM
June 25 - August 18
Burlington (Hybrid) Sa 9:00 AM-12:00 N
Online
Providing the foundation for the master's degree program, this course starts with the premise that everyone is capable of leadership. It establishes this premise by exposing course participants to a series of alternative perspectives of leadership, including some contemporary collaborative models. From careful consideration of these perspectives, as well as from applying them using action learning methods, participants will build a personal model of leadership that they can put to immediate use in their workplace.
Leading Teams
LDR 3310 / 3 q.h.
July 23 - August 18
Boston (Hybrid) MW 5:45 PM-8:45 PM
June 25 - August 18
Burlington (Hybrid) Sa 9:00 AM-12:00 N
Online
The team is the unit of an organization where most leaders begin to develop influence skills. A team can be defined as a group of individuals whom you directly manage or those whom you influence on a project basis. Leading teams involves managing different personalities, cultures, conflicting political agendas, and varying skill levels. Through participating in and observing team dynamics, students will determine the principles of building highly effective teams. The pragmatic approach used in this course combines learning through classic case situations with experiences in leading team-based activities.
Creating Leadership Capacity: Developing Bench Strength
LDR 3320 / 3 q.h.
June 25 - July 21
Boston (Hybrid) TuTh 5:45 PM-8:45 PM
June 25 - August 18
Online
Understanding organizational dynamics and developing leadership capacity within the organization are two critical challenges facing leaders today. In this course, participants will study the structure and dynamics of organizations, combining relevant research from the fields of organizational theory, social psychology, and management science to assist students in deepening their understanding of effecting change in organizations. With this context, the course focuses on developing leadership capacity, or bench strength, throughout an organization. Participants will diagnose their own organizations so that they can respond with the most appropriate structure and processes to create leadership capacity in their environment.
Developing the Strategic Leader
LDR 3330 / 3 q.h.
June 25 - August 18
Online
Effective leaders look within and beyond their organizations to determine the right direction for action. Leadership capability extends beyond operational excellence; it requires an appreciation of the external environment and its impact on the organization. A common gap in leadership competence of today's administrators and managers is the ability to consider the role of the organization within its wider technologic, competitive, and economic environment. This course will build participant strategic thinking skills through case analyses of relevant businesses and institutions. Based on these analyses, students will develop recommendations for their own organizations' success and actions they can take to influence strategic change.
The Ethical Leader
LDR 3340 / 3 q.h.
July 23 - August 18
Boston TuTh 5:45 PM-8:45 PM
June 25 - August 18
Online
From crises within our religious institutions to corporate fraud, our news is filled with examples of an ethical void in leadership and our society today. Citizens and employees alike are demanding that our leaders go beyond mere accountability for their actions; they're demanding moral leadership in both our institutions and society overall. Using case studies ad current events, this course considers the conflicts that can arise when individual values conflict with those of the organization. The course examines actions leaders have taken and consequences faced when confronted with ethical dilemmas. From these learnings, a personal model for ethical leadership will be developed.
Managing Organizational Culture
LDR 3350 / 3 q.h.
July 23 - August 18
Burlington (Hybrid) TuTh 5:45 PM-8:45 PM
Management vision and values, history, size, physical characteristics, and industry all contribute to the creation of an organization's culture. The structures and processes created within each culture influence the behavior of individuals working within it. While leaders in one culture may thrive, others barely survive. This course will ask such questions as: What behavior is my organizational culture affecting? What impact does my organization's culture have on its strategy? How can I influence the culture of my organization? And Does culture survive in an era of mergers and acquisitions? Using case studies, participants will analyze organizations to define various organizational cultures and diagnose their own to determine ways to most effectively manage in that environment.
Master Research Project
LDR 3370 / 3 q.h.
June 25 - August 18
Online
For this capstone course, students design and conduct a research project with the advice of a faculty member and approval for the project from the Graduate Director.
Sport in Society
LDR 3405 / 3 q.h.
July 9 - July 13
Boston M-F 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Examines the role sports plays in society. Emphasis is on improving society through sports by creating and developing community service, drug awareness, and violence prevention programs. Discusses sports within sociological, economic, and political backgrounds. The course also covers the topics of ethics, organizational code of conduct, and ethical behavior within competitive athletic settings.
Sports Law
LDR 3430 / 3 q.h.
July 9 - July 13
Boston M-F 1:00 PM-5:00 PM
This course addresses the legal aspects of sports, recreation, and leisure services, with a focus on tort and contractual liability. Legal concepts of negligence and principles of risk management will be covered. Legal issues related to equipment use, facility management, and accommodation for special populations will also be addressed. The course provides sports managers with the fundamental legal knowledge necessary to operate in the increasingly complex sports environment.
Risk Management in Athletics
LDR 3460 / 3 q.h.
June 25 - August 18
Online
This course provides the tools to conduct a thorough risk assessment for your organization and events by identifying potential risks, estimating their frequency and severity, determining how to control them, and developing safety policies and processes for your staff and event participants. Emphasis is on how to conduct a safety review and risk assessment and how to run an event that complies with health, safety, and security regulations.
Leading the Organization
LDR 3510 / 6 q.h.
June 25 - August 18
Downtown (Hybrid) Sa 8:30 AM-11:30 AM
Organizational effectiveness is contingent upon the effectiveness of both the subgroups and teams within the organization as well the overall culture of the organization. This course examines the varying personalities, capacities, agendas, and cultural factors that interact with each other and impact the overall performance of an organization. Participants will be expected to learn how to assess team dynamics and diagnose an organization’s culture. This course will use a pragmatic case-study approach. |
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