LeadershipLaajuus (3 op)

Osaamistavoitteet

- Understand leadership as a process and reflect on how values and experiences affect how they choose to serve and lead.
- Be able to integrate leadership competencies with practical experiences.
- Be able to think ethically and critically.
- Be able to make individual decisions, and participate effectively in group decision-making.
- Develop a personal philosophy of leadership, social responsibility and civic duty through demonstrated involvement

Sisältö

Objectives
A dynamic introductory industrial management class covering leadership theories and styles: utilization of leadership skills in various organizational settings: and techniques for developing productive work groups: managing a diverse work force: motivating employees: handling difficult people and situations: running effective meetings: and handling the challenging role and responsibilities of being a leader, manager, and supervisor.

Upon completion of the course the student will be able to
- Describe and discuss leadership characteristics and styles.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of specific leadership styles in a given situation.
- Describe how leadership impacts motivation and the workplace
- Compare and contrast how leadership differs within various organizational settings: a) Profit and nonprofit organizations, b) Public and private sector, c) Product versus service based organization.
- Explain the use of effective communications in supervising a diverse workforce along with describing barriers to effective communications and strategies to avoid and/or overcome them.
- Discuss the nature of conflict and practice appropriate techniques for managing and resolving conflict in the work place.
- Describe and discuss the value of diversity within the workforce.
- Demonstrate the skills to plan, set-up and run an effective meeting.
- Leadership Theories
- Situational Theory of Leadership
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Describe and discuss the value of diversity within the workforce.
- Demonstrate the skills to plan, set-up and run an effective meeting.
- Leadership Theories
- Leading others
- Leading change
- Leading Teams

Lisätiedot

Lectures
Assignments
Student individual workload
Exam
Total 80 h