Emphasizes application of basic psychological principles to the understanding and influencing of human behavior, particularly in personal and business relationships.
Prerequisites
None
Student Learning Outcomes
- Analyze the importance of studying human relations skills.
- Evaluate ways to improve personal and organizational communications.
- Explore communication styles, self-esteem, personal values, attitude formation, and motivation in relation to effectively dealing with others.
- Develop personal strategies for building good relationships.
- Characterize a professional image in a work setting.
- Identify team building strategies.
- Describe effective conflict resolution strategies.
- Describe modern-day challenges in human relations.
- Develop a life plan for effective human relations.
- Identify and improve a personal relationship.
- Evaluate the usefulness of outside reading in developing effective human relations skills.
- Report on intercultural differences in business relations.