Learn supervisory leadership skills through Goshen College afternoon course

GOSHEN, Ind. – As a new manager or supervisor, you may feel as if you need all the help you can get. Through the Goshen College Business Department’s Management Development Program “Developing Supervisory Leadership – Part II” course, you can learn to cultivate productive relationships with employees while maintaining control of the company’s operations.

The course will be held seven Tuesdays at 4-5:45 p.m., from Feb. 5 to March 18, in Newcomer Center, Room 17 on the Goshen College campus. The course is worth 1.2 continuing education credits. Having completed part one is very helpful, but not required.

The second unit of the two-part course will explore topics important to improving the productivity and efficiency of your organization: motivation; team building; training; appraising the work of others; discipline; counseling troubled employees; and meeting employment laws and your own personal development. The course looks at the major changes that have taken place in the past several decades in business organizations, the social environment in which they operate and the expectations, motivations and behavior of the people they employ. More than 400 Elkhart County organizations have benefited from Goshen College Management Development programs.

The course instructor, David A. Bontrager, is a human resources executive and consultant with 30 years of human resources management experience with NIBCO, The Marmon Group, Brown Corp., Goshen Rubber Co. and Western Rubber. Beginning as an hourly employee at NIBCO in 1958, he climbed the corporate ladder and held top human resources positions from 1979 to 1986. He has taught management courses for Purdue University, Goshen College, Ivy Tech and Vincennes University and holds a master’s degree from Ball State University.

The course fee is $289 per person or $269 per person if three or more from the same company register together. The fee includes textbook, study materials and coffee breaks. To register, call the Goshen College Management Development Office at (574) 535-7150.

Editors: For more information about this release or to arrange an interview, contact Goshen College News Bureau Director Jodi H. Beyeler at (574) 535-7572 or jodihb@goshen.edu.

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Goshen College, established in 1894, is a residential Christian liberal arts college rooted in the Anabaptist-Mennonite tradition. The college’s Christ-centered core values – passionate learning, global citizenship, compassionate peacemaking and servant-leadership – prepare students as leaders for the church and world. Recognized for its unique Study-Service Term program, Goshen has earned citations of excellence in Barron’s Best Buys in Education, “Colleges of Distinction,” “Making a Difference College Guide” and U.S. News & World Report’s “America’s Best Colleges” edition, which named Goshen a “least debt college.” Visit www.goshen.edu.