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FOD 110 - Fire Service Leadership


3.0 Credits
Enhancing the fire officer’s effectiveness. Content includes role conflict, creativity, personal power, ethics, problem solving, decision-making, situational leadership, delegating, coaching and discipline. Prerequisite: FOD 101  and Fire Department affiliation. Permit code required.

Course Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

  1. Describe the challenges faced by the company officer when managing multiple roles. [ACT]
  2. Define the importance of fostering workplace creativity. [COMMUNICATE]
  3. Demonstrate the various forms / methods for enhancing personal power. [ACT]
  4. Describe the company officer’s relationship with maintaining workplace ethics and discipline. [ACT]
  5. Identify and describe the importance of utilizing various decision-making styles. [REASON]
  6. Identify and describe the application of various problem-solving techniques. [REASON]
  7. Identify the characteristics and techniques for running an effective meeting. [COMMUNICATE]
  8. Demonstrate the principles and techniques of applying situational leadership as well as delegating responsibilities to others and coaching subordinate personnel. [ACT]
  9. Develop their own personal leadership philosophy including the importance of relationship building and the skills and abilities needed to lead others and organizations. [ACT]



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