MSCI 411 - Leadership Challenges and Organizational Goal-Setting

Credits: (4)

Instructional Method: Three hours lecture, two hours laboratory; three hours physical training.
Prerequisites: MSCI 311 and MSCI 312 .
Includes studies in advanced leadership and management: how to assess organizational cohesion and what to do if it is lacking. Students conduct an after-action review and write an after-action report based upon lessons learned from the past summer’s Advanced Leadership Practicum at Ft. Knox. They also examine the components of the Army’s training cycle. Students study 384 methods of instruction and conduct classes for underclassmen. They also learn how to counsel subordinates to improve individual and group performance. Students continue to improve oral and written communication skills through the presentation of a briefing and submission of a written assessment of leadership failures or successes based upon a “first battle” chosen from any American military conflict.