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Leading from Within
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There is an important difference between leading from without and leading from within: the way decisions are made. Those who lead from without make moral decisions based on external pressure or the opinions of others rather than on the basis of deeply held personal values and beliefs. When they speak about moral issues they do so without authenticity and inspire doubt rather than confidence in their followers. Those who lead from within have deeply held personal values and beliefs and courageously make decisions based on those convictions. They have a clear sense of purpose in their own lives and inspire a clear sense of purpose and direction in others. This course will provide tools and insights that will help you successfully lead from within at the personal, organizational, and societal levels.
Ethics of Communication
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Welcome to Ethics of Communication. Geared toward working professionals in both the corporate and nonprofit sectors, Ethics of Communication covers key topics in the modern world of business. Areas of focus include an in-depth examination of the ethical dimensions of professional communication, self-examination of individual conflict styles and preferences, and crisis management scenario analysis and strategy. You will develop and enhance skills related to these concepts through lectures conducted by Notre Dame Professor, Dr. Amanda G. McKendree, written communication exercises, self-reflection, peer-graded assignments, and a variety of readings.
Point-to-Point Wireless Telecommunication Links
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Point-to-point wireless telecommunication links are the backbone of many systems we rely on every day—from deep-space probes transmitting scientific discoveries across billions of miles, to the microwave backhaul networks that quietly carry data between cell towers, to fixed wireless access systems delivering broadband to homes and businesses. Even the most advanced multi-user wireless networks ultimately rely on the same fundamental building block: a reliable link between a transmitter and a receiver. In this course, you’ll explore some aspects of how that link works and why understanding it is essential in today’s interconnected world. Starting with the simplest one-way wireless system, you’ll learn how information is encoded, modulated, transmitted, and recovered over radio waves. Along the way, you’ll uncover the core techniques—analog and digital modulation, filtering, error control, and frequency-division strategies—that underpin modern technologies such as satellite communications, 5G infrastructure, scientific telemetry, and emerging wireless broadband solutions. By the end of the course, you’ll not only understand how a point-to-point link operates but also why these principles continue to drive innovation across the wireless ecosystem. This foundation will build upon and prepare you for other courses in the series and give you insight into the engineering decisions shaping today’s most critical communication systems. This course was developed with the support of SpectrumX, the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Spectrum Innovation Center. NSF SpectrumX is funded via Award 2132700 and operated under cooperative agreement by the University of Notre Dame. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NSF.
Why Business? What is the Role of Business in a Just and Humane Society
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The course examines the common perceptions of business (both positive and negative) and the role of business in a market economy by first introducing the main elements of a market economy, and then presenting opposing points of view of this economic model.The course encourages reflection upon the possibility that business can be honorable and play a role in a just and humane society.
Sacred Texts in Dialogue: Exploring the Bible and the Qur'an
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From the University of Notre Dame’s Department of Theology–ranked as the world’s best theology, divinity, and religious studies program–Professor Gabriel Said Reynolds invites learners into an exploration of two of the world’s most influential sacred texts. The Bible and the Qur’an have much in common: both books speak of Adam, Abraham, Moses, Jesus and Mary. Both books describe God’s mercy and God’s justice. In other ways, however, they differ sharply. The Qur’an insists that God has sent a new prophet: Muhammad. It also criticizes the teaching, and the behavior, of Jews and Christians. In Sacred Texts in Dialogue, we will explore the common points, and stark differences, between the Bible and the Qur’an. Sacred Texts in Dialogue assumes no previous knowledge of the Bible or the Qur’an. Its approach is academic: students will learn about the world in which the Bible developed (both the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament and the New Testament), and the world in which the Qur’an developed centuries later. At the same time, learners will discover the place that each scripture has in the religious life of believers. We will explore the intense devotion that believers have to the Bible and the Qur’an, and see how that devotion shapes society, religion, and politics in our world today. Upon the successful completion of this program, the participant will receive a document certifying that the participant completed the program. The document will not qualify as an academic credential, and the recipient will not earn any academic credits [or receive a transcript] from the University of Notre Dame in connection with the program. Participants in the program are not students at the University of Notre Dame, and completion of the program does not qualify any participant for status as an alumnus of the University of Notre Dame.
Leadership for an Increasingly Diverse World
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Geared toward working professionals in both the corporate and nonprofit sectors, Leadership for an Increasingly Diverse World, takes leaders from being passively engaged to being actively engaged in the fight for diversity, inclusion, equity, and justice. To lead effectively in the 21st century workplace and beyond requires cultivating a more connected, more diverse, more inclusive, and more globally reflective organizational culture. This course will help leaders embody a diversity, inclusion, equity, and justice mindset so that they can adapt and respond to a rapidly changing, increasingly diverse, and globally connected world.
The Discipline of Leadership
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Because it is likely you either want to improve your leader effectiveness or you may want to increase the number of leadership opportunities you have, this course will focus on outlining the factors that predict leader emergence (whether someone will emerge as a leader) and leader effectiveness. Because those predictors are numerous, this course will be broken down into three distinct parts: 1) who one is as a leader (evaluating leaders/leadership and applying to your own personality/traits/character); 2) what one's knowledge, skills, and abilities should be (KSAOs); and 3) how leaders should approach and resolve problems when in a position of leadership. Leadership develops over time and can be aided by repetition (experience), feedback, and self-reflection. Unfortunately, no one can teach you how to lead. My goal as your professor is to give you the tools that will enable you to teach yourselves how to be better leaders.
Ethics of Technology
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This course explores the ethical implications of data analytics. It connects old ideas – privacy, surveillance, power, justice, accountability, corporate responsibility, stakeholder theory – with new technologies and cases, such as the use of machine learning to predict crime. The course will prepare you to evaluate strategic arguments about the ethics of data analytics and to relate data analytics to ethical concepts so that you approach newer, ambiguous capabilities of technology and artificial intelligence with a critical eye.