Business Administration: Management
COURSE SYLLABUS
COURSE NUMBER: LEAD 1370
CRN:59541
COURSE TITLE: Workforce Development with Critical Thinking
CREDITS: 3 (3 lecture)
PREREQUISITE / COREQUISITE: None
Erin Steamer, Professor
Email: erin.steamer@hccs.edu; esteamer@houstonisd.org
Purpose: This course is designed to increase student knowledge and
understanding while improving students accountability and preparedness in the
workplace.
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
Development of leadership skills and critical thinking strategies that promote employment readiness,
retention, advancement, and promotion.
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Text: From Master Student to Master Employee by Dave Ellis
PREREQUISITES: This class requires certain basic academic skills. These skills and the remedial classes
needed to attain those skills are:
Reading:
Math:
English:
9th to 11th grade minimum – GUST 0342
Basic Math – remedial – MATH 0308
Sentences and paragraphs remedial –ENGL 0300 or 0349
END-OF-COURSE-OUTCOMES:
Identify characteristics of employees who are qualified for employment and worthy of
promotion and retention in the workforce; explain critical thinking strategies within the
context of strong leadership; apply effective business communication skills; utilize data
and information to make effective decisions; and identify roles and strategies used in
group processes and team building.
ASSESSMENT OF LEARNING
Course Requirements
I. Grade Assignments: The following format will be used to assign your final letter grades.
A:
B:
C:
90 - 100
80 - 89
70 - 79
II. Grading Standards
D:
F:
60 - 69
below 60
Home work and class assignments: All will be of equal value in the overall assessment of your final
grade
Homework and in class assignments There will be various assignments given to you each week. The
total number of assignments has not been determined. Each assignment will be valued up to 100 points
and will be of equal value in the overall assessment of your final grade. You must be present in class and
you must participate in order to get credit. NO LATE ASSIGNEMENTS WILL BE ACCEPTED.
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
Upon completion of this course, the student will:
 Identify school policies and procedures
 Recognize sound practices to perform well in college
 Identify effective communications techniques
 Recognize time management and prioritization techniques
 Demonstrate effective reading, listening and note-taking strategies
 Illustrate effective study and test taking techniques
 Demonstrate critical thinking strategies
 Describe roles, tasks, employment opportunities, and outlook for various workforce careers
 Identify careers in various business fields
 Distinguish various degrees and certificate plans offered
 Match personal interests and abilities with careers and majors
 Describe long term growth and opportunities for various careers
 Write a résumé
 Describe effective job search and interviewing techniques
Attendance
Be Here
This course is a microcosm of the world of work, so I expect you to behave as an employee. Come to class
consistently on time and be prepared to participate. You will earn new knowledge and skill that put you on the fast
track toward success in your career.
“Being late showed disrespect for me, disrespect for the members of our team, and perhaps worst of all,
disrespect for time itself. I wouldn’t allow a casual attitude about this most valuable commodity. One of
the ways I could signal my reverence for it was to insist on punctuality and give no quarter when
someone violated this simple directive. It was a rule I would not allow anyone under my leadership to
trifle with.” (John Wooden, Wooden on Leadership 2005)
Students will be dropped from a class due to excessive absences. Excessive tardiness will be considered
absences. Students are responsible for subjects, assignments, and projects covered during their absences.
Consult the Student Handbook for more details or visit http://www.hccs.edu/hccs/currentstudents/student-handbook
Academic Honesty
Scholastic dishonesty is treated with the utmost seriousness by the instructor and the College. Academic
dishonesty includes, but it is not limited to the willful attempt to misrepresent one’s work, cheat,
plagiarize, or impede other students’ scholastic progress. Consult the Student Handbook for more
details.
Students with Disabilities
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Any student with a documented disability (e.g. physical, learning, psychiatric, vision, hearing, etc.) who
needs to arrange reasonable accommodations must contact the Disability Support Services Office at his
/ her respective college at the beginning of each semester. Faculty are authorized to provide only the
Course Withdrawal
It is the responsibility of the student to officially withdraw from a course before the official withdrawal
deadline. A student who does not withdraw from a course by the deadline will receive an “F” as the final
grade. Also note that under Section 51.907 of the Texas Education Code, an institution of higher
education may not allow a student to drop more than six courses.
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Overall Course Expectations: Things you can expect to do EVERY week!
 Present/Respond to a “Discussion”(Power Process)
 Journal
 Weekly Assignment
 Quiz
Grading Rubric:
Presentations: 10%
Journals:
10%
Quizzes:
20%
Portfolio:
25%
Final Exam:
35% (25% Interview/ 10% Final)
Important Dates to Remember:
 Portfolios Due- July 3, 2015
 SCHEDULE your Final Exam for July 31, 2015