Leadership for Public Administrators - Curriculum 207 (Resident)

Program Officer

Madeleine Fuentes, LCDR, USN
Code GB, Ingersoll Hall, Room 220

[phone], DSN 756-7793
[e-mail]

Academic Associate

Nicholas Dew, Ph.D.
Ingersoll Hall, Room 315

[phone]
[e-mail]

Brief Overview

The quality of leadership impacts an organization’s effectiveness, its employees’ satisfaction, and the ability of the organization to adapt to new challenges.  Successful missions in the future will depend on military officers and civilian administrators who know how to lead with excellence in public organizations.  Completion of this certificate builds knowledge, skills, and ethical standards that are necessary components of great leadership within public organizations.  Students will develop advanced leadership skills, including ability to cultivate effective groups and teams, negotiate consensus among stakeholders, improve climate and productivity, and facilitate high-performance decision making processes while modeling ethical reasoning and behavior that will inspire the next generation.

Convenes

Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer

Program Length

Four quarters

4-course sequence, one per quarter

This certificate requires the completion of four courses (at least 12 credits) that were not counted for another certificate.

 

The following courses are required:

• MN4011 Negotiation and Consensus Building
• MN3118 Negotiation and Consensus Building
• MN3015 Leading Teams or GE3011 Management of Teams 

 

The following courses are elective. Students should take at least one of them:

• MN4017 High-performance Decision Practices
• MN4125 Managing Planned Change in Complex Organizations
• MN3111 Analysis of Human Resource Management
• GE3010 Organizations as Systems and Structures