Schedule
Week 1Course introduction- Overview
- Business case for the semester
- Creating class culture
Week 2Know yourself, know others- Value of Self awareness
- Personality & PM styles
- Strengths & strengths based managment
Week 3Know yourself, know others- Attitudes towards change
- Stress and coping skills
- Power of full engagement
Week 4Know yourself, know others- Optimism & pessimism
- Psychological capital
- Emotional intelligence
- Personal assessment of management skills
Week 5Creating great teams- Foundations of great teams
- Stages of team formation
- Forming teams using strengths
- Team dynamics
Week 6Motivation- Motivation theory
- What motivates you
- Creating durable motivation
Week 7Employee engagement- Models & business impact
- Assessing employee engagement
- Building employee engagement
Week 8Communications- Communications model
- Building dialog
- Meetings & written reports
- Communications & type
Week 9Change, conflict, creativity- Managing conflict
- Enhancing creativity
- Modeling change
Week 10Goals & performance feedback- Set motivating goals
- Performance appraisal
- Performance feedback
Week 11Values, culture, & ethical behavior- Understanding your values
- Understanding & creating culture
- Courage to be ethical
Week 12Special TopicsWeek 13Special TopicsWeek 14Final Review
*All course content, including schedule, topics, and books are subject to change semester-to-semester. Course costs are dependent on students' individual situations, including but not limited to, online vs on-campus enrollment, in-state vs out-of-state enrollment, and scholarships.
Not all books on this page may be required readings and additional readings may be assigned. Please check the UMD Schedule of Classes for most up to date semester offerings. Instructors give students specific semester details once they are enrolled.