Department:    BMT

 Course #:    180

 Credits:    3

 Variable:     No

 Course Description  

Practice skills of teamwork, problem solving and motivation; project planning, conflict resolution and valuing diversity as you take on leadership roles within an organization. Set goals and work to achieve organizational objectives both in person and as part of virtual work teams.

 Prerequisite  

None

Contact Hours (based on 11 week quarter)

Lecture: 33

Lab: 0

Other: 0

Systems: 0

Clinical: 0

Intent: Distribution Requirement(s) Status:  

Vocational Preparatory Required for ATA degree, Required for certificate  

Equivalencies At Other Institutions

Learning Outcomes

After completing this course, the student will be able to:

1. Develop interpersonal communication skills and learn team-working abilities.
2. Demonstrate understanding of the concept of group identity and interaction with co-workers.
3. Apply knowledge and skills learned in other courses.
4. Effectively cooperate as a member of a team and to understand the need for ""followership.""
5. Understand, value, and respect diversity and individual differences.

General Education Learning Values & Outcomes

Revised August 2008 and affects outlines for 2008 year 1 and later.

3. Communication

Definition: Understanding and producing effective written, spoken, visual, and non-verbal communication.

Outcomes: Students will be able to . . .
3.3 Demonstrate effective listening skills.

4. Community & Cultural Diversity

Definition: Recognizing the value of human communities and cultures from multiple perspectives through a critical understanding of their similarities and differences.

Outcomes: Students will be able to . . .
4.2 Understand, value and respect human differences and commonalities as they relate to issues of race, social class, gender, sexual orientation, disabilities and culture.
4.4 Demonstrate effective communication across differences in human communities and cultures.
4.5 Adapt to and function effectively in communities and cultures different from one's own.

6. Individual Awareness & Responsibility

Definition: Understanding, managing, and taking responsibility for one’s learning and behavior in varied and changing environments.

Outcomes: Students will be able to . . .
6.2 Demonstrate standards of professionalism in manner, appearance, and setting appropriate to the context, including the classroom, workplace, and community.
6.3 Apply successful organizational strategies of planning, goal setting, prioritizing, resolving conflict, and managing time to specific goals and/or projects.
6.4 Use self-reflection to recognize and define a sense of self-identity in personal, social/gender, and/or cultural/global terms and in relationship to others.
6.5 Develop self-monitoring and self-advocacy skills to effect positive life changes.

Course Contents

1. Goal setting.
2. Interpersonal communications and development.
3. Teamwork, group's process and leadership development.
4. Time management skills.
5. Conflict resolution.
6. Problem-solving skills and critical thinking.
7. Decision-making models.
8. Valuing diversity and individual differences.
9. Communication skills focusing on listening and speaking effectively to a diverse audience.
10. Meeting management and organization including use of agendas and minutes.