Course

Course Summary
Credit Type:
Course
ACE ID:
CDSE-0038
Organization's ID:
ED511
Organization:
Center for Development of Security Excellence
Location:
Online
Length:
16 weeks (35 hours)
Dates Offered:
Credit Recommendation & Competencies
Level Credits (SH) Subject
Graduate 3 homeland security, management, or leadership
Description

Objective:

The course objective is to provide an educational opportunity for mid-career security specialists to gain in-depth knowledge, skills, and understanding of leadership principles and skills needed to support Department of Defense security programs. It is designed to help prepare the senior security manager for increasing leadership responsibilities in support of DoD security programs. This course examines dimensions of leadership styles, concepts, and principles of leadership and how these apply to leadership in Defense Security. It addresses communication in problem-solving processes, leadership skills and management, and roles of leadership in complex wartime and peacetime environments while giving the students a solid theoretical foundation and providing students with the practical tools and strategies necessary for survival in today's dynamic environment.

Learning Outcomes:

  • analyze the nature of leadership
  • analyze the leader's role for motivating employees to accomplish the mission by examining techniques and methods of various subject matter experts
  • analyze cultural factors affecting organizational performance
  • analyze and evaluate a case study and make recommendations based on the principles of leadership with at least eighty percent accuracy of the learning objectives
  • discuss security leadership challenges and the role of security in the Defense Enterprise
  • develop a plan to solve leadership and organizational challenges in a defense services agency
  • evaluate effective leadership tools to assess emotional intelligence, communication style, and conflict resolution
  • analyze organizational behavior and strategies and tools to improve organizational performance
  • discuss employee engagement and leadership behaviors that build trust
  • evaluate and discuss the role of a leader as an advocate, the importance of relationships, political savvy, building and wielding influence
  • develop a personal leadership philosophy
  • build a high-performance team
  • create a predictable model for moving people from resistance to active participation in organizational change
  • evaluate and discuss organizational change theory and its application
  • create a plan to lead transformation of a hypothetical DoD directorate from a traditional office environment to one that embraces telework
  • create constructive strategies to leading in the changing environment

General Topics:

  • The nature of leadership, the leader's role in the organization, organizational culture, security's role in the defense enterprise, analyzing organizational behavior, tools of effective leadership, your leadership philosophy, influencing a high-performance team, prioritizing your leadership contributions, the leader as an advocate, our changing environment, change and the organization, creating change theory, and planning for change
Instruction & Assessment

Instructional Strategies:

  • Audio Visual Materials
  • Case Studies
  • Computer Based Training
  • Discussion
  • Learner Presentations
  • Lectures
  • Practical Exercises

Methods of Assessment:

  • Case Studies
  • Performance Rubrics (Checklists)
  • Presentations
  • Quizzes

Minimum Passing Score:

80%
Supplemental Materials