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Legal Issues for Supervisors Undergraduate | 3 Credits
CATALOG #10196134

Provides an overview of the general legal responsibilities of an organization. Analyzes the current employment laws in the U.S. and their impact on employer/employees. Examines the supervisor's role in dealing with harassment in the workplace. Compares how appeals can be addressed in both union and nonunion environment.

New Richmond, Online

Fall 2024
Safety in the Workplace Undergraduate | 3 Credits
CATALOG #10196136

An introduction to safety and loss prevention in the workplace with an emphasis on the supervisor's responsibility for maintaining a safe, productive environment. Students will study safety concepts, hazard controls, developing safety and health programs, and federal- and state-mandated regulations.

Offered Collegewide

Spring 2025
Conflict Resolution and Confrontation Skills Undergraduate | 1 Credit
CATALOG #10196138

In Conflict Resolution and Confrontation Skills the learner applies the skills and tools necessary to deal with conflict and confrontation in the workplace. The learner will identify the major causes of conflict, develop a working plan of action to confront difficult situations, and establish guidelines for gaining resolution to difficult situations. The learner will build greater personal skill and confidence in their ability to deal with conflict in their personal and professional life.

Offered Collegewide

Fall 2024, Spring 2025
Contemporary Business for Supervisors Undergraduate | 2 Credits
CATALOG #10196145

In this course, you will review how the basic management styles affect the people, processes, and profitability of a business. You will also learn how to balance the organization's needs for profits with employees' basic needs within a global context. You will review and study the basic concepts and the supervisor's role regarding return on investment, return on equity, profit centers, financial statements, and overall departmental operations.

Offered Collegewide

Fall 2024
Applied Supervision Undergraduate | 2 Credits
CATALOG #10196170

This course emphasizes application of advanced principles of supervision and project management. These principles include planning and organizing; implementation and control; and assessment. Learners are provided the opportunity to design and complete supervisory projects. Beginning with the fundamentals and extending to application, this course allows learners to undertake improvement projects within their workplace. PREREQUISITE: students must be enrolled in the Leadership Development program and have completed 40 credits.

Online

Spring 2025
Project Management Undergraduate | 3 Credits
CATALOG #10196188

In Project Management, the learner applies the skills and tools necessary to design, implement, and evaluate formal projects. Each learner will demonstrate the application of the role of project management, developing a project proposal, use of relevant software, working with project teams, sequencing tasks, charting progress, dealing with variations, budgets and resources, implementation, and assessment.

Offered Collegewide

Fall 2024, Spring 2025
Team Building and Problem Solving Undergraduate | 3 Credits
CATALOG #10196189

In Team Building and Problem Solving, the learner applies the skills and tools necessary to facilitate problem solving in a team environment. Each learner will demonstrate the application of the benefits and challenges of group work, necessary roles in a team, stages of team development, different approaches to problem solving, consensus, systematic process of problem definition, data acquisition, analysis, developing alternative solutions, solution implementation, evaluation, and documentation.

Offered Collegewide

Fall 2024, Spring 2025
Leadership Development Undergraduate | 3 Credits
CATALOG #10196190

In Leadership Development, the learner applies the skills and tools necessary to fulfill his/her role as a modern leader. Each learner will demonstrate the application of evaluating leadership effectiveness and organization requirements, individual and group motivation strategies, implementing mission and goals, ethical behavior, personal leadership style and adaptation, impacts of power, facilitating employee development, coaching, managing change, and effective conflict resolution.

Online, Rice Lake, Superior

Fall 2024
Supervision Undergraduate | 3 Credits
CATALOG #10196191

In Supervision, the learner applies the skills and tools necessary to perform the functions of a frontline leader. Each learner will demonstrate the application of strategies and transition to a contemporary supervisory role including day-to-day operations, analysis, delegation, controlling, staffing, leadership, problem solving, team skills, motivation, and training.

Offered Collegewide

Fall 2024, Spring 2025
Managing for Quality Undergraduate | 3 Credits
CATALOG #10196192

In Managing for Quality, the learner applies the skills and tools necessary to implement and maintain a continuous improvement environment. Each learner will demonstrate the application of a personal philosophy of quality, identifying all stakeholder relationships, meeting/exceeding customer expectations, a system-focused approach, using appropriate models and tools, managing a quality improvement project, and measuring effectiveness of continuous improvement activities.

Offered Collegewide

Spring 2025
Customer Service Undergraduate | 1 Credit
CATALOG #10196108

This course examines customer service as it relates to organizational quality. It addresses service models for internal and external customers, systems and strategies applied to customer service, and tools and techniques for gathering customer feedback and handling complaints.

Online

Fall 2024
Personal Skills for Supervisors Undergraduate | 3 Credits
CATALOG #10196164

In Personal Skills for Supervisors, the learner applies the skills and tools necessary to deal with the time management, stress, and related challenges to a supervisor. Each learner will demonstrate the application of time management techniques, personal planning, continuous learning, valuing rights and responsibilities of others, effective communication, assertiveness, and dealing effectively with stress.

Offered Collegewide

Fall 2024, Spring 2025
Organizational Development Undergraduate | 3 Credits
CATALOG #10196168

In Organizational Development, the learner applies the skills and tools necessary to effectively deal with organization behavior and change. Each learner will demonstrate the application of the impacts of globalization on an organization, dealing with organization culture, dealing with change and future challenges affecting the total organization, organization decision making, vision, goals, performance management and planning, and the role of organization structure.

Offered Collegewide

Spring 2025
Ethics in Business Undergraduate | 3 Credits
CATALOG #10196199

This course will focus on business practices from an ethical point of view. The student will examine such topics as morality/ethical theory, utilitarianism, Kantian ethics, justice and the market system, whistle blowing, trade secrets/conflict of interest, privacy, advertising, product safety, corporate social responsibility, international business.

Offered Collegewide

Fall 2024
Strategic Planning Undergraduate | 1 Credit
CATALOG #10196157

Analyze current business strategy, recognize trends, develop vision and mission statements, identify benchmarks, measure business against benchmarks, recommend future directions.

Online

Fall 2024, Spring 2025
Grant Writing and Management Undergraduate | 2 Credits
CATALOG #10196123

An introductory course designed to familiarize students to the language of grants. Specific topics include proposal development, funding sources and processes, writing grant proposals, creating budgets, developing effective evaluation tools, and managing grant funds.

Online

Fall 2024
Fundraising and Event Planning Undergraduate | 3 Credits
CATALOG #10196127

In this course students will deepen their understanding of raising funds in the nonprofit sector. Students learn about event planning and budgeting, income projections and ticketing, marketing outreach, food and beverage, and logistics management. Students will also categorize the various types of strategic tools currently used in conjunction with social media to increase fundraising campaigns.

Online

Spring 2025
Fundamentals of Nonprofit Management Undergraduate | 3 Credits
CATALOG #10196131

An introductory course aimed at providing an overview of the essential functions of a nonprofit organization. In this course students are introduced to the fundamentals of effective mission and vision statements, strategic planning, operations management, Board development, and budgeting.

Online

Fall 2024, Spring 2025
Dynamics of Board Relations Undergraduate | 1 Credit
CATALOG #10196149

A dynamic course that focuses on developing a cohesive and strategic board of directors. Topics include defining the role of the board, strengthening the working relationship between staff members and board members, and organizing and facilitating effective meetings.

Online

Fall 2024
Managing Volunteers Undergraduate | 2 Credits
CATALOG #10196158

Successful management of volunteers is critical to a nonprofit organization. This investigative course is intended to prepare students to assume roles as volunteer program leaders and managers, or to improve their skills in existing roles with volunteer organizations. The fundamental design of the course is based on learning through critical thought in and about leadership and management roles with volunteers.

Online

Fall 2024
Nonprofit Field Experience Undergraduate | 1 Credit
CATALOG #10196159

This course is designed to provide students with a hands-on experience to practice the tasks and duties typically performed in a nonprofit organization. PREREQUISITE/COREQUISITE: a minimum of 7 credits of the following courses: 10196123 Grant Writing and Management, 10196127 Fundraising and Event Planning, 10196131 Fundamentals of Nonprofit Management, 10196149 Dynamics of Board Relations, or 10196158 Managing Volunteers.

Online

Spring 2025