I view the opportunity to facilitate students’ self-development as a great responsibility and unique privilege. My primary teaching occurs at bookends of our course formats and large student populations—a compressed course that many MBA students take in their last semester and a semester-long course that most freshmen take as their first. For these courses, I used a combination of lectures, cases, small groups, class discussions, guest speakers, media, and reflection exercises to enable student engagement, critical thinking, and application of course concepts. I also teach a Ph.D. seminar on multilevel considerations of organizational phenomena. The below summaries overview of each course.
Leadership & Personal Development. (full-time MBA, part-time MBA, and MA in HRIR)
Organizations spend billions of dollars each year on leadership training and development programs. Effective leadership is considered essential for organizations, though defining effective leadership is often ambiguous and always contextually-dependent. Engaging consistently in effective leadership practices presents an enormous challenge for most individuals. Our course’s focus is to prepare and equip you to improve your confidence and capabilities to lead yourself, your projects, and others in the future.
This course provides an opportunity to develop your understanding of effective leadership and hone your leadership skills. Although the course content is informed by leadership theory and empirical evidence, our focus is on understanding your personal leadership strengths and vulnerabilities through feedback while developing your leadership skills through practice. The course is interactive. It will challenge you. It is designed to unapologetically call you from your comfort zone. It is award-winning. All students are expected to actively participate in discussions and exercises, practice leadership behaviors with “take action” assignments before class and in the interim weeks, and create a customized leadership development plan.
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Contemporary Management (Undergraduate core)
MGMT 1001 addresses contemporary management challenges stemming from changing organizational structures, complex environmental conditions, new technological developments, and increasingly diverse workforces. The course highlights critical management issues involved in planning, organizing, and leading an organization. The course provides an important foundation to further business studies and will preview many concepts and frameworks foundation to the Carlson School curriculum. The MGMT 1001 coursework involves learning at multiple levels including individual reading and analysis, teamwork, and in-class lecture, exercise, and discussion. Our coursework and structure provide opportunities for you to experience and develop the learning standards expected of Carlson School students, and enhance communication and interpersonal skills essential to effective organizational citizenship and leadership. It is also designed to equip you to become a more effective contributor to the organization you join.
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Levels of Analysis: Theory & Design Considerations for Multilevel Phenomena (PhD seminar)
This seminar course is designed to introduce concepts of levels of analysis in organizational theory and research. Examining the complex world of levels issues requires an understanding of both theoretical concepts and methodological issues. The primary orientation of the course is theoretical and conceptual. We will address methodological and analytical concerns but will do so from a conceptual perspective.
The goals are to:
examine a theoretical framework for understanding levels issues;
address conceptual issues in attempting to link macro and micro concepts;
highlight some of the methodological issues and problems inherent in multi-level research;
review a sample of theoretical and empirical studies that include levels issues
apply the concepts to your own research interests.
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