Applied Methods for Organizational Leadership

Examines research tools students need to be evidence-informed leaders within their own organizations and to conduct their Engaged Leadership Project (ELP) or Thesis. The course introduces methodology and methods for action-oriented leaders and includes experiential activities in which students gather and analyze data, including interviews, focus groups, surveys and other methods common to action-oriented inquiry. Prerequisites: LEAD 526, LEAD 527 and LEAD 528 or VBLD 510, VBLD 512 and VBLD 514. Corequisites: LEAD 626 and LEAD 625 or LEAD 628.