Effective Supervision

Course Overview

Imperative for anyone with supervisory responsibilities, this course teaches how to organize and lead others competently and confidently within the broadband industry. By covering human resource challenges such as hiring needs and practices, appraisal, motivation, conflict resolution and stress management, students will learn the critical people skills necessary to function effectively in a supervisory role.
Additionally, the course outlines how to develop leadership skills such as effective communication, problem solving, team building and decision making. Case studies apply these lessons to realistic situations within the broadband industry.
The estimated completion time for this course is 32 hours. The maximum allotted time is four months from enrollment.
identify the functions of the management process

identify significant changes in the composition of the workforce and how they affect the job of the supervisor

describe the four ingredients of an MBO program

explain how a supervisor can reduce business costs

compare and contrast group vs. individual decision-making

explain why an organization is centralized or decentralized

identify key laws and regulations affecting human resources practices

identify the three most popular sets of criteria supervisors appraise for employee performance

identify and define five personality characteristics relevant to understanding employee performance at work

describe the difference between a leader and a supervisor

list the barriers to effective communication

list the five basic techniques for resolving conflict

list the steps a supervisor can use to change negative employee attitudes

describe OSHA and its impact on supervisors

explain job safety problems
effectively organize, motivate and lead a department

efficiently communicate and delegate to establish and achieve business goals

understand human resource methods and resolve personnel issues

earn three hours of college credit

receive an industry-recognized NCTI certificate of graduation

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