Course Description
Leadership skills necessary for managerial work. Class activities are varied, including experiential exercises, discussions, case analyses, and collaborative learning. Activities focus on leadership skills, such as self-awareness, stress management, decision-making, feedback, listening, power and influence, motivation, empowerment, building effective teams, and self-leadership.
Athena Title
Lessons in Leadership
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in MGMT 7010E
Semester Course Offered
Offered every year.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
Course Objectives: To provide students with the understanding that the development of leadership capabilities requires processing feedback about oneself to improve personal effectiveness. To expose students to the theories and research findings that identify important follower and situational variables that influence leadership effectiveness. To present students with information on the behaviors and skills that affect one's ability to influence individuals at various levels in the organization. Students will have a better understanding of how to successfully manage their relationships with supervisors, subordinates, coworkers, and team members to accomplish goals. Students will acquire knowledge about practices that improve an individual's ability to enhance the performance of others
Topical Outline
Topics: Role of personality Theory of attitude formation and link to behaviors Summary of leadership research findings on personality, attitudes, values and cognitive factors Task-orientation and Relationship-orientation Contingency model of leadership Path-Goal theory Situational leadership model Transformational/Transactional leadership Theories about followers Normative Decision Model Bases of power Influence tactics Theories of motivation Leading traditional, self-managed, and virtual teams Functional and dysfunctional conflict Conflict-management styles Performance feedback Mentoring Empowerment and delegation practices Managing diversity