Emphasizes the individual as a manager in an Air Force environment. Individual motivation/behavioral process, leadership, communication, and group dynamics provide a foundation for the development of the junior officer's professional skills as an Air Force officer. Basic managerial processes involving decision making, utilization of analytic aids in planning, organizing, and controlling in a changing environment.

Leadership lab is a dynamic and integrated grouping of leadership developmental activities designed to meet the needs and expectations of prospective Air Force second lieutenants and complement the Air Force ROTC academic program. It is a student planned, organized, and executed practicum conducted under the supervision of the detachment commander and commandant of cadets.