Courses

A survey of the major theoretical approaches to personality — psychodynamic, neo-analytic, humanistic, trait, biological, behaviorist, and social-cognitive — together with the methods used to measure personality and evaluate the theories themselves. Emphasis is on comparing what each tradition claims about the origin, structure, and stability of personality, and on judging those claims against evidence.

An examination of how culture shapes leadership, communication, negotiation, and team performance across national and organizational boundaries. Covers the major frameworks for comparing cultures — Hofstede, Trompenaars, Hall, and the GLOBE study — along with cultural intelligence, expatriate adjustment, global virtual teams, and the ethical dilemmas that arise when home-country and host-country norms conflict. Emphasis is on applying frameworks to concrete managerial decisions while recognizing their empirical limits.

A survey of U.S. federal employment law governing the relationship between employers and workers. Covers the at-will doctrine and its exceptions, employee versus independent contractor classification, the federal anti-discrimination statutes (Title VII, ADA, ADEA, PDA, GINA, Equal Pay Act), harassment and retaliation, wage and hour regulation under the FLSA, family and medical leave, workplace safety under OSHA, labor relations under the NLRA, employee privacy, and the practical mechanics of enforcement from EEOC charge through litigation. Educational content only — not legal advice.