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Leadership 1 - People Skills BUSA 3105

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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

Cost

$499.07 - $513.96 See individual course offerings below for actual costs.

Course offerings

Spring/Summer 2023

Below is one offering of BUSA 3105 for the Spring/Summer 2023 term.

CRN 26149

Duration

Sat Apr 29 - Sat Jun 03 (6 weeks)

  • 6 weeks
  • CRN 26149
  • $513.96
Class meeting times
Dates Days Times Locations
Apr 29 - Jun 03 Sat 09:00 - 16:30 Downtown DTC Rm. 820
Instructor

Teresa Comey

Course outline

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Credits

3

Cost

$513.96

Important information
  1. Important course information will be sent to you prior to your course start date. Check your myBCIT email account to access this information.
  2. No class on May 20 (Victoria Day weekend). Due the intensive nature of this course it is recommended that students have completed at least English 12 or COMM 1103 to be successful.
Status

In Progress

This course offering is in progress. Please check this page for other currently available offerings or subscribe to receive email updates.

Fall 2023

Below are three offerings of BUSA 3105 for the Fall 2023 term.

CRN 37242

Duration

Tue Sep 12 - Sat Oct 21 (6 weeks)

  • 6 weeks
  • CRN 37242
  • $499.07
Class meeting times
Dates Days Times Locations
Sep 12 - Oct 21 N/A N/A Online
Instructor

Kathy Nolan

Course outline

Course outline TBD — see Learning Outcomes in the interim.

Credits

3

Cost

$499.07

Important information
  1. Internet delivery format.
  2. Important course information will be sent to you prior to your course start date. Check your myBCIT email account to access this information.
  3. 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.
Status

CRN 47035

Duration

Tue Sep 12 - Sat Dec 02 (12 weeks)

  • 12 weeks
  • CRN 47035
  • $499.07
Class meeting times
Dates Days Times Locations
Sep 12 - Dec 02 N/A N/A Online
Instructor

Mark Giltrow

Course outline

Course outline TBD — see Learning Outcomes in the interim.

Credits

3

Cost

$499.07

Important information
  1. Internet delivery format.
  2. Important course information will be sent to you prior to your course start date. Check your myBCIT email account to access this information.
  3. 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.
Status

CRN 49505

Duration

Tue Sep 12 - Sat Dec 02 (12 weeks)

  • 12 weeks
  • CRN 49505
  • $499.07
Class meeting times
Dates Days Times Locations
Sep 12 - Dec 02 N/A N/A Online
Instructor

Mark Giltrow

Course outline

Course outline TBD — see Learning Outcomes in the interim.

Credits

3

Cost

$499.07

Important information
  1. Internet delivery format.
  2. Important course information will be sent to you prior to your course start date. Check your myBCIT email account to access this information.
  3. 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.
Status

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion, the student will be able to:

  • Describe the importance of the engagement in continuous learning to leadership.
  • Describe the importance of self- awareness and confidence to leadership effectiveness.
  • Describe the importance of and demonstrate the ability to engage in reflection.
  • Relate ethics and values to leadership effectiveness.
  • Explore the relationship of charisma to leadership.
  • Develop strategies to enhance resilience and encourage optimism.
  • Describe a model of emotional intelligence and its application to leadership.
  • Explain the influence of assumptions, perceptions and mental models on leadership effectiveness.
  • Demonstrate critical thinking skills.
  • Describe the significance of and strategies for networking.
  • Describe their individual response to conflict.
  • Acquire strategies to enhance conflict competence.
  • Increase awareness and appreciation of diversity.
  • Describe how to give effective feedback.
  • Describe and demonstrate the written communication skills fundamental to leadership effectiveness.
  • Distinguish between dialogue, debate and discussion.
  • Develop goal setting strategies.
  • Identify barriers to personal productivity and strategies to address the identified barriers.
  • Describe select theories of change.
  • Identify barriers to personal change and strategies for facilitating and supporting change.

Effective as of Winter 2017

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