Academic Courses
Course Descriptions
| Course | Course Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| BUS 220 | Supervision | (3-0) 3 Cr. Hrs. |
Course Description
In this course you will discover how to become a successful and respected supervisor in the current contemporary workplace. Besides assessing your current supervisory traits, you will develop new skills addressing leadership, staff motivation, effective communication methods, problem solving techniques, time management, multitasking, and human relations. You will explore real-world situations and learn strategies to overcome a variety of challenges facing supervisors in a global and diverse workplace.
Prerequisites
(A requirement that must be completed before taking this course.)
- None.
Course Competencies
Upon successful completion of the course, the student should be able to:
- Develop strategies for energizing a workforce through leadership, motivation, and communication.
- Analyze the supervisor's role in management process.
- Illustrate current supervisory challenges in managing a global and diverse workforce.
- Assess supervisory approaches to contemporary workplace issues.
- Demonstrate essential business communication skills.
- Determine effective methods for dealing with ethical dilemmas from a supervisory point of view.
- Identify actions a supervisor can take to improve team performance.
- Explore human resource management practices including interviewing and appraising employees.
- Apply supervisory level problem solving and disciplinary techniques.
Note: This course may not be offered every semester.
Please check the BUS section of the current course schedule for availability.