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Program Requirements

The Leadership Program focuses on developing leadership competencies and tools to better manage and lead people. Participants will gain insight into innovative leadership practices, and acquire skills to lead in a diverse workplace, negotiate skillfully, influence teams, and deliver results and leverage business and people data analytics to make effective decisions. The Program uses learner-centered instructional methodology, fostering a deeper understanding of concepts and empowering learners to integrate what they have learned about leadership into immediate practice. Courses are also designed to develop problem-solving and critical thinking. Courses incorporate simulations, experiential activities, case studies, and industry guest speakers who are industry leaders and experts.

Required Courses (24 credits)

• CACC 520 Accounting for Management (3 credits)

  Offered by: Career & Professional Develop (School of Continuing Studies)

  Overview

  Accountancy : This course covers financial and managerial accounting. The course provides an understanding of the various financial statements as well as cost behaviour, cost/volume/profit relationships, budgets, responsibility accounting and relevant costing.

  Terms: Fall 2018, Winter 2019

  Instructors: Cohen, Thierry; Lapointe, Deirdre; Zerbino, Riccardo; Zajdman-Borden, Karen (Fall) Cohen, Thierry; Lapointe, Deirdre (Winter)

  • Corequisite: CMS2 500

• CORG 551 Behaviour in Organizations (3 credits)

  Offered by: Career & Professional Develop (School of Continuing Studies)

  Overview

  Organizational Behaviour : The implications for management and the essential concepts of social psychology such as motivation, perception, attitude change and organization. Group and organizational dynamics will be the major emphasis of the course. Classroom discussion and student participation is encouraged.

  Terms: Fall 2018, Winter 2019, Summer 2019

  Instructors: Sharma, Maya; Sylvain, Nathalie-Michele; Firsova, Nadege (Fall) Firsova, Nadege; Sharma, Maya; Westgate, Chantal (Winter) Firsova, Nadege (Summer)

• CPL2 511 Business Analytics for Decision-Making (1.5 credits)

  Offered by: Career & Professional Develop (School of Continuing Studies)

  Overview

  Policy : The focus is on the practical application of data analytics concepts, models, tools and techniques to solve business problems and improve organizational decision-making. Students will apply insights gathered from inside and outside an organization to improve operations, productivity and business results.

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2018-2019 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2018-2019 academic year.

• CPL2 512 People Analytics for Decision-Making (1.5 credits)

  Offered by: Career & Professional Develop (School of Continuing Studies)

  Overview

  Policy : People analytics is a data-driven approach to recruit, retain and manage people. The focus of the course is on the systematic collection of data from inside or outside an organization and, the analysis and interpretation of the data to improve human resources decisions that are aligned with an organization’s strategic goals.

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2018-2019 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2018-2019 academic year.

• CPL2 532 Leading Change (3 credits)

  Offered by: Career & Professional Develop (School of Continuing Studies)

  Overview

  Policy : Leading and managing change issues, including the leader as a change agent and the change process itself. Various models of change and change leadership will be reviewed, as well as follower reluctance or resistance to change and strategies that leaders can use to gain follower commitment.

  Terms: Fall 2018, Winter 2019

  Instructors: Saggers, Robert E (Fall) Hunter, James Beatty; Saggers, Robert E (Winter)

• CPL2 533 Developing Leadership Skills (3 credits)

  Offered by: Career & Professional Develop (School of Continuing Studies)

  Overview

  Policy : This course presents an overview of leadership theories and applications. It provides students with an understanding of why and how leadership skills are critical to organizational success. Students will learn to apply and develop their own leadership skills to work effectively with others in an organizational setting.

  Terms: Winter 2019

  Instructors: Saggers, Robert E (Winter)

  • Prerequisite: CORG 551

• CPL2 534 Leading in Diverse and Global Workplaces (3 credits)

  Offered by: Career & Professional Develop (School of Continuing Studies)

  Overview

  Policy : Exploring leadership within a global and diverse context. A variety of trends that have made managing workforce diversity an essential competency for future leaders are reviewed, as are the emerging skills that managers need to develop to succeed in a global environment.

  Terms: Fall 2018

  Instructors: Diaz, Karen K (Fall)

• CPL2 552 Strategic Management (3 credits)

  Offered by: Career & Professional Develop (School of Continuing Studies)

  Overview

  Policy : Includes analysis of major forces driving organizations, explores mission development, goal selection, corporate strategy, policy formulation for the benefit of all stakeholders. Discusses situations confronting senior managers in the competitive environment, includes topics such as the identification and evaluation of strategic alternatives, the management of control processes for increased productivity, etc.

  Terms: Fall 2018, Winter 2019

  Instructors: Keen Henon, Christian (Fall) Keen Henon, Christian (Winter)

  • Prerequisite: Advanced student

• CPL2 591 Essentials Coaching Skills (1 credit)

  Offered by: Career & Professional Develop (School of Continuing Studies)

  Overview

  Policy : This course introduces principles and practices of coaching. It includes the CLEAR Coaching Model and fundamental coaching skills. The practical component offers participants the opportunity to learn, apply, and hone coaching skills for effective leadership in an organizational setting. The participants will be provided with specific templates, structures, and guidelines.

  Terms: Fall 2018

  Instructors: Cullen, Michael (Fall)

  • Restriction: Restricted to students in the Graduate Certificate in Leadership. Must be taken in the first term.

• CPL2 592 Performance and Developmental Coaching Skills (1 credit)

  Offered by: Career & Professional Develop (School of Continuing Studies)

  Overview

  Policy : This course deals with roles and responsibilities of coaching, change and transition issues, performance coaching and developmental coaching skills. As a key practical component of this course, participants will be given the opportunity to learn, apply, and hone coaching skills for effective leadership in an organizational setting.

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2018-2019 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2018-2019 academic year.

  • Prerequiste: CPL2 591

  • Restriction: Restricted to students in the Graduate Certificate in Leadership. The course must be taken in the first term.

• CPL2 593 Transformative Coaching Skills (1 credit)

  Offered by: Career & Professional Develop (School of Continuing Studies)

  Overview

  Policy : This course complements the previous coaching courses. It incorporates coaching as a key component of leadership acumen. Students apply new tools and techniques to coach agile teams to high performance. Topics such as ethical issues, integral coaching and transformative coaching skills, using real-life examples, will also be discussed.

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2018-2019 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2018-2019 academic year.

  • Prerequisite: CPL2 592

  • Restriction: Restricted to students in the Graduate Certificate in Leadership.