3 credits
Fall 2025 Lecture Upper Division
This course is intended for future aviation and aerospace managers. Using foundational readings, case studies, and critical analysis techniques, the contribution of past and contemporary aviation leaders will be reviewed. Permission of department required.
Learning Outcomes1Perform a situational analysis of an aviation enterprise management or leadership challenge and recommend appropriate courses of action.
2Form, lead, and support a team in an aeronautical work setting.
3Distinguish management roles and actions from leadership roles and actions in both an air carrier organization as well as in a general aviation company.
4Apply appropriate theories of leadership to realistic organizational situations such as an aviation manufacturing company, a corporate flight department, or aerospace industry organization.
5Identify salient characteristics of individual and organizational behavior; plan courses of action for organizational change.
6Identify the competencies of past successful airline leaders; plan a leadership development program for an individual leader in a current aeronautical position.
7Determine the viability and sustainability of vision strategies as they relate to activities such as flight training schools, fixed-base operator, or airport administration.
8Recognize global cultural differences and assess the impact of those differences on appropriate leadership styles and organizational change initiatives in selected emerging aeronautical enterprises.
Restrictions
made by Purdue students.