Management & Leadership Program Faculty Community
Management and Leadership Faculty Community:
The revised MA in Management and Leadership program uses the tools listed below:
Capstone simulation, McGraw-Hill Connect assessments and assignments and ModXm Pre and Post tests, Case studies and Open Source Materials.
The objective of this training is to prepare instructors teaching courses in the program to use these tools effectively.
All instructors must successfully complete this training before they are assigned to teach any of the following courses, MNGT 5000,
MNGT 5650, and MNGT 6000.
Instructors teaching MNGT 5670 and MNGT 5590 should complete activities posted in those specific course modules and be familiar with the correct textbook editions and course structure and assessments.
Completing this training activities successfully does not guarantee teaching assignments.
Program Vision Statement:
The Management and Leadership Program Creates Strategic Mindset through Leadership.
Program Expectations:
Graduates of the MA in Management and Leadership are expected to demonstrate proficiency with group dynamics, collaboration, interpersonal relations and leading individuals, teams and organizations. They are also expected to analyze and organize proficient solutions for complex business problems and demonstrate logical reasoning and idea generation for making effective business decisions.
Demonstrate proficiency in the functional areas of business, such as finance, accounting, marketing operations and human resources, as well as the capacity to synthesize and apply this functional knowledge. Construct solutions to management problems using facts, concepts, principles and analytical techniques, quantitative skills and theories used in the study of management.
Our Approach and Methodology:
We use real-world simulations and experiential activities in this program to bring alive course content to help students engage and apply this learning in their positions.
We assess your knowledge, skills and abilities as a manager and leader, individually and provide you with a personalized development plan to match your strengths and challenges to help you succeed in your career.
The Management and Leadership Program focuses on the leadership and strategic thinking skills needed to identify innovative opportunities and make correct strategic decisions.
We believe that strategic thinking is a learnable skill. Strategic Management teaches students the art of strategic thinking with roots in Sun Tzu, and how a leader should 'choose one's battles'.
Strategic thinking involves knowing when to attack, defend, retreat or avoid relative to any defined 'battle'.
The Attack-Defend-Retreat-Avoid framework of 'strategy' provides a model for decision-makers to understand how best of allocate resources, movement and countermovement, for the greatest return.
The goal here is to eliminate the guesswork and reliance on 'hope this is the right decision', which cannot be a good strategy.
We teach critical thinking applied in a competitive environment to directly improve decision-making skills.
The program learning outcomes are listed below.
As members of this canvas community you will have access to all of the core course modules in the program.
However, the focus is the course you are approved to teach.
Review course details to familiarize yourself with all the curricular changes made to the course you teach.
Program Competencies:
Knowledge Integration – Students practice fusing information and concepts from multiple disciplines to discern and exercise strategic decision making. Focus on the Balanced Scorecard quadrants, namely, internal process, customer, learning & growth and financial.
Critical Thinking – Students practice analyzing, synthesizing, and evaluating data and information and ideas from multiple perspectives of leading and organizing.
Problem Solving - Students practice problem solving using analysis of evidence based real world managerial decision making.
Strategic Thinking - Strategic thinking involves knowing when to attack, defend, retreat or avoid relative to any defined 'battle'.
Data Analysis - Students recognize when data and information are needed and what data and information are needed and have the ability to locate, evaluate, and effectively use the data to make strategic decisions.
Balanced Score Card - Students practice activities that focus on all three quadrants of the Balanced Scorecard, namely, internal process, customer, and financial.
Management - Students practice Planning, Organizing, Decision Making, and Controlling.
Leadership - Students practice leadership skills of leading, motivating, social intelligence, conflict management and mentoring using experiential curricular activities
Managing Groups and Teams - Work cooperatively and effectively in diverse teams. Focus on two quadrants of the Balanced Scorecard, namely, learning & growth.
Professional Behavior - Understand and apply standards for professional behavior.
Emotional Intelligence - Students practice the capacity to be aware of and control and express one's emotions in professional settings with empathy
Effective Communication - express ideas clearly, logically and persuasively in oral, visual, and written formats.
Program Learning Outcomes:
Graduates of management and leadership program will be able to:
- Demonstrate proficiency with group dynamics, collaboration, interpersonal relations and leading individuals, teams and organizations.
- Analyze and organize proficient solutions for complex business problems and demonstrate logical reasoning and idea generation for making effective business decisions.
- Demonstrate proficiency in the functional areas of business, such as finance, accounting, marketing operations and human resources, as well as the capacity to synthesize and apply this functional knowledge.
- Construct solutions to management problems using facts, concepts, principles and analytical techniques, quantitative skills and theories used in the study of management.
Training Objectives:
Training modules for the following MNGT Core Courses
MNGT 5000
MNGT 5650
MNGT 5670
MNGT 5590
MNGT 6000
Training for supporting courses in the program curriculum are dependent on program leads of these specific programs.
Course Modules:
There are 5 modules created for the courses listed with course syllabi, pedagogical approaches, assignments and external tools used in the courses.
Please review the content posted in each module and complete the activities listed.
It is important that you complete this required training before you are assigned to teach these courses.
For questions please email me at joeroberts@webster.edu