MG 5140 - Leadership and Human Centered Design

This course will provide students with the opportunity to identify and explore domestic and global challenges affecting today’s dynamic marketplace. Students will examine applied design theory and apply strategies to lead a global workforce. The moral implications of leadership and decision making are explored with respect to social impact, and the challenge that exists between achieving desirable outcomes and the means by which they are achieved. This course examines and analyzes the interrelationships among an organization’s various stakeholders. Throughout the course students will examine decision-making, sustainability, change and the impact leaders have on developing and fostering a cooperative and collaborative environment. Through case studies, individual and group exercises, students will be introduced to tools and techniques for decision-making, thought and applied leadership, planning and execution, and engaging individuals at all levels of the organization and in the external environment in successful and lasting transition and transformation. Credits: 4