Interpersonal Skills and Leadership Development

The Interpersonal Skills and Leadership Development module is managed by Dr. Jeff Austin. This course sequence is designed to develop mid-career professionals in the personal and leaderships skills needed for system engineering and other leadership positions in the space industry. The classes are designed to provide practical lessons in the areas of organizational behavior, organization theory, and leadership development.  The method includes lectures, personal assessment, experiential exercises, and coaching sessions tied to the Central Case Project.

General Introduction

• The people side of system engineering
• Individual skills
• Teams and leadership development
• The organizational context

The Individual

• Foundations of individual behavior
• Perception and individual decision making
• Values and attitudes
• Basic motivational concepts and applications
• Presentation skills

Teams

• Foundations of group behavior
• Team models
• Communication
• Leadership
• Conflict and intergroup behavior

The Organizational Context

• Organizational culture
• Organizational change
• Issues Related to the CCP

Central Case Project (CCP) support

• CCP Topic and Selected Scenarios
• Interpersonal, leadership and team aspects of the CCP
• Hands-on CCP Coaching throughout the entire Master Program