Course

Course Summary
Credit Type:
Course
ACE ID:
OPM-0044
Organization:
U.S. Office of Personnel Management
Location:
Classroom-based
Length:
62 hours (in-class time over 2 weeks)
Dates Offered:
Credit Recommendation & Competencies
Level Credits (SH) Subject
Graduate 3 Public Administration or Public Policy
NOTE: For graduate credit to apply, the student must have completed a research paper. NOTE: Credit may not be received for both this course and the Leadership Assessment Program.
Description

Objective:

To help emerging government leaders explore their talents for leading people and organizations; to increase their understanding of themselves and others; to help them face leadership challenges in an ill-defined future; and to develop key leadership skills in influencing, negotiation, strategic thinking, goal setting, and conflict management.

Learning Outcomes:

  • Improve understanding of how and why others approach and interpret events differently
  • Understand the value of such diversity and apply it within work teams and other relationships
  • Understand leadership beyond mere authority
  • Enhance understanding of the dynamics of peer-led teams and improve ability to contribute to the effectiveness of such teams
  • View their actions and thinking from a broader 'systems' perspective-one based on information from multiple sources, including peer feedback
  • Understand the dynamic and complex culture of the federal government and assess the work culture of and driving forces behind their own organizations
  • Apply enhanced knowledge of self and federal culture by developing a strategic and focused plan for further career and personal growth
  • Specifically apply this understanding of diversity to 'difficult conversations, 'changing these into productive, 'learning' conversations which promote mature, successful relationships
  • Analyze own past experiences and case studies to develop a broad understanding of how credibility and legitimacy are built and maintained in changing circumstances
  • Develop and successfully apply skills in establishing such credibility, demonstrate leading without formal authority to facilitate work within a team of peer professionals
  • Define, apply be able to combine effectively all major negotiation strategies and tactics to a variety of influencing situations
Instruction & Assessment

Instructional Strategies:

  • Discussion
  • Lectures
  • Project-based Instruction
Supplemental Materials