This course offering reflects timely topics and themes in the field of Leadership. Examples include: The Intersection of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion with Emotional Intelligence, The Greats on Leadership, Followership, and Daring to Lead.
Students will interact with top leaders from the private, non-profit, and government sectors in the Sioux Falls region. The leaders will present on topics such as: leadership ethics, the power of diversity and inclusion, starting a business, and non-profit leadership. Students will reflect on the shared leader experiences and will incorporate lessons learned into their own networking and career planning.
Students will interact with top leaders from the Sioux Falls region. The leaders will present on topics human resources management and interpersonal behavior in organizations. Students will reflect on the shared leader experiences and will incorporate lessons learned into their own networking and career planning.
Students will interact with top leaders from the private, non-profit, and government sectors in the Sioux Falls region. The leaders will present on topics such as: corporate social responsibility, community networking, leadership perspectives from real estate professionals, servant leadership, and ways to nurture a healthy organizational culture. Students will reflect on the shared leader experiences and will incorporate lessons learned into their own networking and career planning.
This course is designed to increase students’ ethical competence and leadership abilities. We will introduce the ethical demands of leadership, the dark side of leadership, and the character and methods to lead effectively, positively, and authentically. Students will explore and apply ethical standards and strategies for sound decision-making and behavior. Through an interdisciplinary approach, students will diagnose real-world case studies. Through projects and collaboration, students will build an ethical small group and learn how to create an ethical and inclusive organizational climate.
This course is designed to enhance the legal literacy of MBA students by developing a body of legal knowledge and honing legal instincts that will help business leaders attain a competitive edge and promote long-term success. It is designed to refine students' understanding of how law affects all aspects of business, and develop a deeper appreciation of contemporary issues in contract law, contracts without borders and managers' use of contracts to strengthen business relationships, reviews the expansion and limitation of fiduciary responsibilities, discusses tort litigation and tort reform, and analyzes evolving laws affecting the employer-employee relationship.
This course will focus on providing students with a framework for a dynamic strategic management approach that will enable students to analyze current situations and forecast future scenarios…using those tools to develop clear strategic plans. This course will explore what it takes to think and act strategically and as part of a team. The course helps students to consider business, corporate, international and entrepreneurial strategies and how they link together into an overall strategic approach. They will also explore what it takes to implement strategy, and what is required from a leadership perspective as well as an organizational structure.
The internship course provides an opportunity for students to participate in a learning experience away from the traditional classroom. Students will work within a local organization(s) so they may participate with various processes, from managerial marketing or accounting, to teams, projects, or business analytics. Students will observe and apply in practice the concepts and theories learned in the classroom. The student will be under the direct supervision of an officer of the cooperating organization and progress will be monitored by the MBA Program Director.