Developing Management Skills
Summer 2014 quarter
Taught by
This weekend-intensive program is designed for students who either are, or plan to be, in the position of managing their own work groups, heading up large companies, starting businesses that change society, managing the world's most important non-profits, or serving in government. The program will introduce basic language, concepts, tools, and problem-framing methodologies that are needed to develop management skills. We will focus on a variety of themes from motivating others, team-building, developing self-awareness, and communicating supportively to leadership, decision-making, understanding power and influence, and solving problems creatively.
Fields of Study
Preparatory for studies or careers in
Location and Schedule
Campus location
Olympia
Schedule
Offered during: Weekend
Advertised schedule: First Summer Session. This program will meet two week-ends, June 27-29 and July 5-6, take a week-end off for reading and finish the last two week-ends of the session, July 18-20 and July 25-27. Fridays 6-10pm, Saturday and Sunday 9-5.