Mar 28, 2024  
Loyola Marymount University Bulletin 2014-2015 
    
Loyola Marymount University Bulletin 2014-2015 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

MGMT 3680 Mentoring and Management


3 semester hours

This course will help students increase professional skills by connecting them with a mentor. Students will be asked to formulate specific developmental goals that the mentor can provide with assistance in reaching. A broad overview to careers theory in general, and mentoring theories and practices in particular, will be provided. In addition to structured mentoring learning experiences, students will also have the opportunity to develop important work skills in planning, organizing, and managing a project. In some cases, mentors may involve protégés in projects related to their profession that will enable students to gain valuable hands-on experience. There may also be some projects available with non-profits and the First Year program on campus through collaboration with the Center for Service and Action for students and mentors to work on together. In this way, the class will embody the LMU mission of men and women in service for others. The first part of the class will be structured around addressing three basic questions: 1) Who am I? 2) What do I want (goals)? and 3) What is my plan for getting what I want and how will I give back? Students will answer each of these three questions by completing standardized assessments, undertaking a rigorous self-reflection, setting developmental goals, enhancing career-related skills, and by completing a professional development project.

Prerequisite: MGMT 3610 .