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Learning Outcomes:

• Explain the leaders impact on organizational culture, discuss the importance of communicating expectations to employees, contrast the Pygmalion and Galatea effect, and discuss cross cultural communication strategies
• Analyze the role of a leader in work teams, explain the relationship between the leader and group members, discuss the use of delegation in work teams, and compare the emergent and appointed leader
• Summarize the role of leadership communication in workforce diversity, and appraise the importance of diversity training
• And analyze the impact of interpersonal skills, personality and emotional intelligence on leadership communication
• Upon completion of the course, the student will be able to analyze leadership communication, evaluate the leader follower relationship, explain the importance of a positive leadership ethos, and discuss the intricacies of organizational communication
• Appraise the communication process, compare types and styles of communication, and appraise the role of leadership storytelling to motivation
• Compare major leadership theories and explain how they relate to leadership communication and critique various leadership styles and philosophies
• Evaluate the relationship between leadership and power, point out the benefits of employee empowerment, and discuss how to communicate power
• Defend the importance of ethical policies, analyze the role of ethics in interpersonal communication, break down the ethical decision-making process, and discuss how to manage ethics

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