OLS 350: Team Leadership and Group Dynamics

Team Leadership and Group Dynamics is an academically based service-learning course in which students examine how group behavior affects organizational effectiveness, conflict management, decision making, and strategies for efficient group outcomes. Through activities in this course, students will explore thier leadership skills specifically related to groups and group social process. Empasis will be placed on such topics as group decision-making, participation in groups, power and authority, and a variety of communication styles. Service-Learning and group community observation activities will provide an opportunity to evaluate current group processes and apply learning to actual structures. Fulfills writing-intensive requirement.