| COURSE | TITLE | EFF YEAR | EFF TERM | DEPARTMENT | CREDIT HOURS | ||||
| PL379 | GROUP DYNAMICS | 2010 | 1 | Behavioral Sciences and Leadership | 3.0 (BS=0.0, ET=0.0, MA=0.0) | ||||
| SCOPE | |||||||||
| This course is designed to improve cadets' understanding of human behavior in small group/team settings. Course content includes structural characteristics of teams such as size, status, roles and norms in addition to the effects of task and environment. Cadets then use their understanding of these constructs to analyze team phenomena such as cohesion, performance, decision making, problem solving and conflict resolution. We also devote a number of lessons to current issues such as electronic and virtual groups, high performance work teams and shared leadership in a team environment. The course is particularly relevant to professional development in that cadets gain a comprehensive understanding of the dynamics of small group and team interaction. This allows them to develop and implement creative leader actions that will maximize unit/team effectiveness. | |||||||||
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| SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: | |||||||||
| None | |||||||||
| TYPE | COURSE | EFF YEAR | EFF TERM | TRACK | RED BOOK FLG |
| PRE REQUISITE | |||||
| PL100 | 1979 | 1 | 1 | Y | |
| PL150 | 2005 | 1 | 2 | Y | |
| PL100B | 2020 | 1 | 3 | Y | |
| COURSE | TITLE | EFF YEAR | EFF TERM | DEPARTMENT | CREDIT HOURS | ||||
| PL379 | GROUP DYNAMICS | 2004 | 1 | Behavioral Sciences and Leadership | 3.0 (BS=0.0, ET=0.0, MA=0.0) | ||||
| SCOPE | |||||||||
| This course is designed to improve cadetsı understanding of human behavior in small group settings. Course content includes structural characteristics of groups such as size, status, roles and norms in addition to the effects of task and environment. Cadets then use their understanding of these constructs to analyze group phenomena such as cohesion, performance, decision making, problem solving and conflict resolution. We also devote a number of lessons to current issues in group dynamics such as electronic and virtual groups, high performance work teams and shared leadership in a team environment. The course is particularly relevant to professional development in that cadets gain a comprehensive understanding of the dynamics of small group and team interaction. This allows them to develop and implement creative leader actions that will maximize group effectiveness. | |||||||||
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| SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: | |||||||||
| Field research projects and written reports using group dynamics to account for observed characteristics and processes in the study of a student-selected group. Analysis of film clips applying PL379 theories and concepts to representative scenes. | |||||||||
| TYPE | COURSE | EFF YEAR | EFF TERM | TRACK | RED BOOK FLG |
| PRE REQUISITE | |||||
| PL100 | 1979 | 1 | 1 | Y | |
| PL150 | 2005 | 1 | 2 | Y | |
| COURSE | TITLE | EFF YEAR | EFF TERM | DEPARTMENT | CREDIT HOURS | ||||
| PL379 | GROUP DYNAMICS | 1981 | 2 | Behavioral Sciences and Leadership | 3.0 (BS=0.0, ET=0.0, MA=0.0) | ||||
| SCOPE | |||||||||
| This course is designed to improve cadets' understanding of human behavior in small group settings. Course content includes group structural characteristics such as roles, norms, size, and power, in addition to the effects of task. Cadets then use their understanding of these constructs to account for group phenomena such as group performance, intragroup and intergroup conflict, conformity, cohesiveness, problem solving, decision making, and communication. We will also devote a number of lessons to current issues in group dynamics such as electronic groups, developing high performance work teams and leadership in a team environment. The course is particularly relevant to professional development in that cadets gain a comprehensive understanding of the dynamics of small group interaction and learn techniques that they, as leaders, can use to positively shape group effectiveness. | |||||||||
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| SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: | |||||||||
| Field research projects and written reports using group dynamics to account for observed characteristics and processes in the study of a student-selected group. Analysis of film clips applying PL379 theories and concepts to representative scenes. | |||||||||
| TYPE | COURSE | EFF YEAR | EFF TERM | TRACK | RED BOOK FLG |
| PRE REQUISITE | |||||
| PL100 | 1979 | 1 | 1 | Y | |