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
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
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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