Trinity Western University
Leadership Graduate Certificate
Total Program Hours: 120 hours
6 weeks (20 hours/week)
Course 1: Organziational Behaviour (LDRS 611)
Course Description
Content focuses on individual behavior within organizations, on social behavior of groups, and on the evolution of organizations and leadership processes during organizational change: seeking to understand human organizations and dynamics; gaining sensitivity to individual human needs that influence organizational life; developing an understanding of organizational dynamics and leadership responses to change; acquiring an ability to analyze organizations from differing theoretical and practical perspectives; and maintaining employee loyalty through change strategies. The underlying conceptual base of the course includes transformational/servant leadership perspective, values based leadership, and a commitment to best practices.
Course Objectives
This course is designed to aid the learner’s efforts as a leader and a scholar-practitioner to:
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Gain sensitivity to the human needs that influence organizational life, especially those that hinder or promote individual and team performance while applying Transformational Servant Leadership concepts to the reading and case studies.
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Understand the nature of human organizations and their broad individual and social dynamics.
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Develop understanding of the social dynamics of organizations and how leaders must adapt their strategies as their organizations change in character or size.
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Build facility in analyzing organizational events and situations from different theoretical and practical perspectives while building a transformational servant leadership culture within an organization.
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Develop positive strategies for sustaining high motivation and satisfaction among followers within the organization.
Co‐requisites or Pre‐requisites
LDRS 500, LDRS 591, LDRS 504
Course 2: Mission, Marketing, & Quality (LDRS 614 RE.RF.RG)
Course Description
An examination of marketing models and frameworks that include an initial exploration of Christian worldview perspectives. The course explore marketing as it is practiced by North American organizations (tools, techniques, and frameworks that are used in market analysis and planning); and engages in the marketing discipline through the eyes of faith.
Course Objectives
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Demonstrate in‐depth knowledge of a particular field of study and/or profession.
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Demonstrate ability to apply knowledge and discipline specific methodology to solve unique problems.
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Demonstrate superior ability to identify and interpret new ideas and research in a specific discipline.
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Demonstrate superior skills in academic research, writing, and communication act as skilled practitioners to move beyond knowledge into practice
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Demonstrate a holistic awareness of their personhood, purpose, and calling within the context of the communities in which they live and study
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Demonstrate an appreciation of the role of community in wellness.
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Demonstrate increased professional capacity and autonomy
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Demonstrate superior organizational and time management skills
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Demonstrate academic and personal integrity
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Demonstrate the ability to analyze, appraise and evaluate their discipline in a social context
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Develop the ability to become socially responsive agents with a commitment to understanding global issues
Co‐requisites or Pre‐requisites
Admission into the TWU MA Lead program
Course 3: Team Leadership and Conflict Resolution (LDRS 502)
Course Description
This course prepares those currently in leadership positions to assess and develop their abilities to coach and develop teams, manage conflict by building relation-ships, and turn confrontation into cooperation, as well as explore and experience teamwork. Participants will discuss conflict theory teamwork development, motiva-tion, and management strategies. As leaders and agents of change, candidates an-alyze and formulate key knowledge and skill areas that enable them to construct the competencies of self-renewal, communication, and understand how they interact in a team. Development of these competencies increase participants' abilities to value people, and thereby, increase the effectiveness of their negotiation, intervention, and impact in a team environment. The course is facilitative, participatory, and ex-periential. Candidates complete this course having experienced personal change, and having the confidence and competence to influence others through building re-lationship, cooperative negotiation, and a greater trust in a team environment
Course Objectives
After successfully completing the course, you will be able to:
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Apply Transformational Servant Leadership through practical application and group work.
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Demonstrate and evaluate their knowledge of conflict and negotiation theory and create new ways of working through conflict.
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Evaluate individual as well as other’s response to various conflict situations.
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Compare and critique various team structures and evaluate tools to create teams and teamwork.
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Create and evaluate team structures designed to function within the class experience.
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Analyze individual work experiences to evaluate their team performance.
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Create new team structures and training tools to implement future teams.
Co‐requisites or Pre‐requisites
LDRS 500