MGT5350
Essential Soft Skills
Soft skills are essential for personal and professional success. This course explores the skills necessary to advance a professional career. It expands on academic training for hard skills and provides a foundation for soft skills expected of graduates entering the workforce. Career-building skills such as communication, team building, time management, conflict resolution, adaptability, critical thinking, work ethic, problem-solving, leadership, and emotional intelligence are explored and practiced.
PREREQUISITE:
None
CAVEAT: No graduate credit will be awarded if the undergraduate section has been successfully completed.
GRADUATE COURSE COMPETENCIES:
UPON COMPLETION OF THE COURSE, THE STUDENT WILL BE COMPETENT IN:
- Developing a career plan.
- Creating a plan to develop a personal brand.
- Identifying ways in which emotional intelligence helps people learn and grow.
- Demonstrating effective verbal, non-verbal, and written communication techniques focused on the audience.
- Understanding basic professional etiquette.
- Explaining practices that promote inclusivity and cross-culture understanding.
- Identifying methods for building successful and productive teams.
- Understanding how leadership styles can drive desired outcomes.
- Demonstrating the steps that lead to successful decision-making.
- Explaining strategies to use in negotiations.
- Developing a strategy for time management skills.
- Demonstrating techniques for conflict management and resolution.
- Identifying strategies and methods for adaptability skills in the workplace.
- Explaining and demonstrating critical thinking skills for problem-solving.