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Adaptive Leadership


Course Description

The theory and practice of adaptive leadership require learners to reflect on and enact leading at multiple levels of a system. Exploration of adaptive leadership as sense, ways of knowing, and designing interventions.


Athena Title

Adaptive Leadership


Equivalent Courses

Not open to students with credit in LLOD 8060E


Semester Course Offered

Offered every year.


Grading System

A - F (Traditional)


Course Objectives

Upon completion of the course, students should be able to: *Enhance their ability to identify themes of leadership which have shaped the practice and study change and improvement.   *Enhance their ability to critically recognize the effect of multiple perspectives and realities on the content of leadership.   *Enhance their ability to apply adaptive leadership model and practices to the development of a plan for initiation and implementation of change.


Topical Outline

The course follows Western, S. (2019). Leadership: a critical text. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.  A critical approach to leadership is essentially a comprehensive description and illustration of how and why a desired leadership is expected to happen in a particular context.  Topics explored: Therapist Leadership Discourse Messiah Leadership Discourse Complexity Leadership  Eco-Leadership Discourse Adaptive Leadership  Diagnosing Leadership Challenges  Designing Leadership Development to Meet Adaptive Challenges


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