Lesson series

MANAGEMENT & ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR

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Course Overview

This course introduces learners to the principles of management and the study of human behavior within organizations. Through real-world examples, applied activities, and structured lessons, students explore how individuals, teams, and leaders influence organizational performance. The course emphasizes practical management skills, leadership development, motivation, communication, and ethical decision-making to support effective and inclusive workplaces. 

What You’ll Learn

By completing this course, learners will be able to:
  • Understand core management functions including planning, organizing, leading, and controlling
  • Analyze individual and group behavior within organizational settings
  • Apply motivation theories and leadership styles to real-world situations
  • Understand the role of communication, culture, and teamwork in organizations
  • Recognize the impact of ethics, diversity, and organizational change on performance
  • Apply management concepts to workplace and entrepreneurial scenarios

Learning Experience

This course includes a mix of:
  • Structured, lesson-based instruction
  • Real-world management and organizational case studies
  • Interactive activities and group-based discussions
  • Applied leadership and decision-making exercises
  • Assessments designed to reinforce practical management understanding 

Outcomes

Upon completion of this course, learners will have a strong foundation in management principles and organizational behavior. Students will be prepared to apply leadership, collaboration, and decision-making skills in professional, entrepreneurial, or academic environments and to navigate organizational challenges effectively.

Course contents

Course instructor

Dr. Dawn Lindsey

Dr. Dawn Lindsey’s entrepreneurial journey began at age seven, when she first earned money guiding blind community members through town. Raised by a mother who successfully ran multiple home-based businesses with only a second-grade education, she learned early that ingenuity, determination, and work ethic create opportunity. Despite not completing high school, she founded Malotane Building Services, becoming one of the first Black woman-owned construction companies in South Africa and earning international recognition for her leadership in housing development. After immigrating to the United States with just $2,000 and her youngest child, she built Next Generation Fuel into one of the few Black woman-owned oil and gas companies supplying Fortune 500 organizations and later founded Vari-Tek LLC, serving infrastructure and construction markets.

Alongside building multiple successful companies, Dr. Lindsey earned a Bachelor’s degree in Business, a Master’s degree in Organizational Leadership, a PhD in Public Policy, and a Doctoral Certificate in Educational Leadership, and she is a licensed Business Educator with the Indiana Department of Education. Drawing on decades of business leadership and lived experience, she created the accredited Youth Entrepreneurial System (YES), the foundation of IndyEXCEL’s business education model, designed to equip youth and aspiring entrepreneurs with practical skills, economic knowledge, and pathways to ownership, independence, and generational wealth.