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Graduate School USA

Building Effective Organizational Relationships: An Employee's Rx Course

via Graduate School USA

Overview

Improve workplace relationships through greater self-awareness, communication skills, and social intelligence. Learn to build trust, manage diversity, and engage in more effective interactions with peers and supervisors.

Syllabus

Module 1: Understanding the Changing Workplace

  • Define organizational culture and identify its key elements and dynamics
  • Explore demographic shifts, diversity, and generational influences on the workplace
  • Identify personal strategies to navigate evolving workplace cultures
  • Understand the forces shaping modern workplace environments

Module 2: Self-Awareness and Personal Effectiveness

  • Understand internal and external self-awareness and how they affect workplace relationships
  • Learn about Social Styles and the dimensions of assertiveness, responsiveness, and versatility
  • Explore the relationship between emotional intelligence and social awareness
  • Identify personal behaviors to enhance workplace effectiveness and communication

Module 3: Building Effective Subordinate–Supervisory Relationships

  • Define and develop high-quality relationships with supervisors
  • Understand the psychological contract between supervisors and employees
  • Learn how to build trust, communicate openly, and provide feedback effectively
  • Explore strategies for repairing and maintaining supervisor–employee collaboration

Module 4: The Employee’s Vantage Point: Communication 3.0

  • Improve communication skills through active listening and feedback techniques
  • Identify and overcome common communication barriers in the workplace
  • Learn to deliver and receive feedback using a structured approach
  • Apply models like Shannon’s Communication Model and Emotional Intelligence to interpersonal communication

Taught by

Alan Zucker, Amy Sareeram, Cindy Morgan-Jaffe, Dr. Le'Angela Ingram, Michele Proctor, Natalya H. Bah, Heather Murphy Capps, Doris McMillon, Bascom Destrehan “Dit” Talley, and Marshall Scantlin

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