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This course focuses on organizational epistemology. After considering the movement from manufacturing goods and services to management of knowledge, this course will present to students key ideas in organizational learning and help them develop concrete skills to facilitate the process of learning in the workplace.

Building upon a foundation in applied ethics, Lasallian values, and the notion of "servant leadership," this course seeks to situate leadership in the context of service. This course uses study dynamics such as case study methodology, biography, and observation to develop skills for enhancing organizational ethics and orientation to service.

This course explores the connection between leadership and language. Students will focus on developing skills in reading, writing, and speaking at work, particularly in the language of their organization. Students will also develop their skills in leading group discussions. At the end of this course, students will create a written development plan to enhance their skills in managing organizational communication.

This course will develop students' ability to understand the role of research in organizational alignment. Students will demonstrate the ability to read and interpret the data resulting from research, discern the general quality of such research, assist organizations in making a good-fit in research tools, and shape organizational behaviors which respond to data. This course satisfies the advanced writing requirement of the General Education curriculum.

The course provides an opportunity for students to apply theory and learning form the BAOL program to the Capstone process. Students will conduct a detailed analysis of leadership theory applied to a past and current leader. Additionally, students will develop a set of detailed goals relative to their own leadership development. Students will complete a multi-part paper and presentation.