Develop Your Knowledge and Skills
At Laurier, develop these competencies through both curricular and co-curricular opportunities to help you achieve your goals for the future.
Functional Knowledge
- Critically analyze complex, real-world problems and solutions from multiple perspectives.
- Recognize and practice the leadership skills, styles, and approaches needed for today's organizations.
- Understand and apply interpersonal communications theories and skills.
- Gain exposure to a broad range of organizational structures and the importance that leadership has on organizational effectiveness.
- Discover how information is sourced, valued and used in creating new knowledge.
Collaboration & Teamwork
- Work effectively as part of a team by identifying your role and contributing, leading, teaching, motivating and/or encouraging others for team success.
- Oversee, lead and/or contribute to a project including determining goals, planning details, making decisions and completing tasks.
- Demonstrate professional behaviour and an understanding of individual perspectives and diversity.
Communication
- Communicate ideas clearly and confidently, both orally and writing, adjusting messages to meet the needs of different audiences.
- Learn to engage in meaningful dialogue and interact collegially and professionally with others.
- Research, analyze, synthesize and clearly communicate findings, ideas and opinions.
- Probe for information by asking questions and listening, and engage in constructive conversations.
- Prepare interesting and informative reports and presentations for diverse audiences using current technology.
Critical Thinking & Problem Solving
- Demonstrate strong critical thinking skills and an understanding of contemporary challenges, issues and trends.
- Identify and access a wide range of relevant information and resources.
- Investigate real world challenges and solve problems individually and as part of a team.
- Set priorities, meet deadlines and manage time, data and resources.
- Make well-reasoned decisions, think creatively, identify and consider all sides of an issue.
- Analyze and evaluate data to discuss, support and/or question ideas, opinions, reports, theories and proposals.
- Employ decision-making skills to analyze ethical situations and use judgment to determine a course of action.