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MLA 201 - Team and Leadership Fundamentals II

2 Credits, 2 Contact Hours
2 lecture periods 0 lab periods
Team and Leadership Fundamentals I is the first half of a survey course that focuses on laying the foundation for teams and leadership. The topics include skills that will allow cadets to improve their leadership on a personal level and within a team. The courses will prepare cadets for their field training experience where they will be able to put the concepts learned into practice. The purpose is to instill a leadership mindset and to motivate sophomore students to transition from AFROTC cadet to AFROTC officer candidate.

Information: United States Air Force Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (AFROTC) Cadets must attend a Leadership seminar on Monday from 5:30 A.M. to 7:30 A.M. Course offered in cooperation with the University of Arizona.
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Course Learning Outcomes
  1. Understand the relationship of standards and accountability.
  2. Understand how to build teams for mission accomplishment and how to improve team performance.
  3. Remember the basic rules for mutual respect in the profession of arms.
  4. Understand the principles and concepts of conflict management.
  5. Comprehend principles of Comprehensive Airman Fitness.
  6. Value the positive impact professional relationships have on an organization.
  7. Value the relationship of the Leadership Studies curriculum as it relates to various scenarios.

Outline:
  1. Introduction and Orientation
    1. Leadership review
    2. Classroom conduct, testing requirements, and other administrative procedures
  2. Building Teams
    1. Applying previous lesson-building scenarios to current situations
    2. Case studies in building teams
  3. Human Relations
    1. Foundations of mutual respect
    2. The mission and treating one another with mutual respect
  4. Conflict Management
    1. Conflict Management analysis
    2. Methods of conflict management and situational considerations
    3. Bomb Shelter exercise
  5. Comprehensive Airman Fitness
    1. Introduction to stress management
    2. What is stress?
    3. Benefits and differences of effective vs. efficient time management
  6. What Now Lieutenant? “The Promise”
    1. Professional and Unprofessional Relationships
    2. Facilitated discussion
  7. Leadership Capstone
    1. Ethical leadership in the military
    2. Moral leadership in the military


Effective Term:
Spring 2019