Sessional Lecturer - MGHC02H3 Management Skills

University of Toronto•Toronto, ON

6d•Onsite

About The Position

This course will help students develop the critical skills required by today's managers. Topics covered include self-awareness, managing stress and conflict, using power and influence, negotiation, goal setting, and problem-solving. These skills are important for leadership and will enable students to behave more effectively in their working and personal lives. This course includes work-integrated-learning components, and satisfies the WIL requirement of the BBA degree.

Requirements

A master's degree in industrial relations and human resources or organizational behaviour/industrial-organizational psychology and at least 1 course at the graduate level relevant to leadership OR a master's degree in social/personality psychology with at least 2 courses at the graduate level in organizational psychology and relevant to leadership.
A strong academic record.
Previous experience teaching this course or a similar course at the undergraduate level OR experience with activities related to teaching this course (e.g., experience being a teaching assistant, teaching some sessions of the course, experience in course development, etc.).
Proof of excellent oral and written communications skills.
Must be available throughout the exam period as exams are scheduled centrally and individual preferences for exam times/dates cannot always be accommodated.

Nice To Haves

A Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior or Industrial-Organizational Psychology OR a /Social/Personality Psychology with at least 2 courses at the graduate level in leadership or organizational behaviour/organizational psychology.
A strong academic record along with previous experience teaching this course or a similar course at the undergraduate level with good teaching evaluations.

Responsibilities

All normal duties related to the design and teaching of a university credit course, including preparation and delivery of course content; development, administration, and marking of assignments, tests, and exams; calculation and submission of grades, holding regular office hours and maintaining reasonable availability for student and administrative contact, supervision of T.A. assigned to course.
Teach experientially with role plays, games, and simulations, and cases and to conduct debriefing on these role plays by integrating theory and research in the field while doing so.
Conduct a work-integrated learning project as a group or individual project for students (with staff support).