Course Overview
A dynamic course for new or aspiring supervisors. Students develop strong interpersonal skills and increase their awareness of the importance of people skills in today's organizations. Students develop critical core inter-personal skills along with individual performance through group interactions, role playing, lectures and practice sessions.
Prerequisite(s)
- No prerequisites are required for this course.
Credits
3.0
Domestic fees
$542.91 - $559.82 See individual course offerings below for actual costs.
International fees are typically 3.4 times the domestic tuition. Exact cost will be calculated upon completion of registration.
Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of the course students will be able to:
Leadership Processes, Models, and Theories
- Describe the meaning of leadership, by comparing the common leadership myths with the known leadership facts.
- Critique and apply the interactional framework for analyzing leadership.
- Investigate how the AOR model enhances leadership development and the role of perception in the AOR model.
- Apply reflection to the analysis of leadership development and predict how leadership constructs can be used in your future behavior.
- Select appropriate actions for your first three months as a leader by focusing on methods that enhance opportunities for you to learn from your experiences.
- Describe ways of building effective relationships with superiors and peers, that culminates in the design of a structured a development planning process.
- Identify barriers to personal change and strategies for facilitating and supporting change.
Leadership Behaviours, Attributes, and Characteristics
- Distinguish between power and influence by categorizing the different sources and types of power and by clarifying the various types of influence tactics.
- Describe why values, ethics, and character are important for effective leaders by analyzing your leadership experiences within the frameworks the authentic and servant models.
- Investigate the importance of individual personality traits, emotional intelligence, and cognitive intelligence in leadership.
- Discuss the various studies of leadership behavior, utilizing the leadership pipeline.
- Illustrate the importance of community leadership behaviors.
- Assess leadership behaviors using a variety of measurement including the multi-rater feedback instruments.
- Discuss how to build credibility, communicate effectively, listen actively, and analyze others' nonverbal behaviours.
- Assert your leadership, by conducting a productive meeting, managing stress effectively, utilizing the progressive problem-solving steps and applying creativity in leadership endeavours.
Effective as of Fall 2023
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Leadership 1 - People Skills (BUSA 3105) is offered as a part of the following programs:
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Course Offerings
Spring/Summer 2026
Below is one offering of BUSA 3105 for the Spring/Summer 2026 term.
CRN 26149
Dates
Apr 14 - Jun 30 Loading
- CRN 26149
- $559.82 Domestic fees
Class meeting times
Duration
12 weeks
Instructor
Alex Yallouz
Course outline
Important information
- Important course information will be sent to you prior to your course start date. Check your myBCIT email account to access this information.
- HYBRID: This course will be offered 50% in person - on campus and 50% synchronously online. ***Please note that the first class will be held on campus*** The instructor will provide class details in the course outline.
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Fall 2026
Below is one offering of BUSA 3105 for the Fall 2026 term.
CRN 37242
Dates
Sep 08 - Oct 17 Loading
- CRN 37242
- $542.91 Domestic fees
Class meeting times
| Dates | Days | Times | Locations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 08 - Oct 17 | N/A | N/A | Online |
Duration
6 weeks
Instructor
Kathy Nolan
Course outline
Course outline TBD — see Learning Outcomes in the interim.
Important information
- Important course information will be sent to you prior to your course start date. Check your myBCIT email account to access this information.
- Students must submit e-mail address when registering. To be successful in our online courses, plan to spend 7-10 hours per course each week on your studies, starting Week 1. Our courses are paced and highly interactive with participation requirements weekly. This online course is NOT self-paced. You must have an e-mail address and access to a computer capable of downloading basic documents. You are not required to be online at a specific time of the day; however you are required to submit all assignments on their due dates.
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Status
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