AFR 3010 - Air Force Leadership Studies 1

3(3 + 0)

Two 1-1/2-hour seminars plus one 1-1/2 hour lab per week, this is an integrated management course emphasizing concepts and skills required by the successful manager and leader. The curriculum includes individual motivational and behavioral processes, leadership, communication, and the group dynamics, providing the foundation for the development of the junior officer’s professional skills (officership). Course material on the fundamentals of management emphasizes decision-making and the use of analytic aids in planning, organizing, and controlling in a changing environment. Organizational and personal values (ethics), management of change, organizational power, politics, managerial strategy, and tactics are discussed within the context of military organization. Actual Air Force case studies are used throughout the course to enhance the learning and communication process.