Leading People and Teams

Pre-requisite: QSTSM 131. This course emphasizes enhancing your ability to manage individuals and diverse teams to boost your performance in organizations in a global environment. Throughout the course, you will (1) deepen your understanding of your strengths and qualities to engage productively with teammates and colleagues; (2) cultivate strategies for designing, building, and leading effective teams while optimizing your role within them; (3) analyze, predict, and influence the behaviors of others within teams and organizations. You will develop these competencies through in-class simulations, self-reflection, class discussions, team exercises, exams, readings, and group projects and presentations. Effective Fall 2020, this course satisfies a single unit in the following BU Hub area: Teamwork/Collaboration.