Leadership
The course will explore theories, techniques, and psychological behaviors that will make a person a successful leader, in the current age of high technological complexity, that demand to face challenges and continuous skills development, and to be able to inspire, motivate, and lead others. Ethical and strategic leadership will also be explored beside core leadership required practices.
This course is designed to study the role of leadership in organizations, in particular, the effectiveness characteristics of a leader. Leadership tactics will be explored in the form of behavioral, adaptive, and position power. Explore the attributes of building self-confidence, managing control, directing, and producing results using various leadership theories. External influences to leadership such as industry evolution and strategic change will also be studied. An important area of natural advantages, leader traits and skills, will be examined as a pre-requisite to be a leader. Also, to explore other types of leadership, ethical, servant, spiritual, authentic, and cross-cultural.
- The Nature of Leadership
- Leadership Behavior
- The Leadership Situation and Adaptive Leadership
- Decision Making and Empowerment by Leaders
- Leading Change and Innovation
- Power and Influence Tactics
- Leader Traits and Skills
- Industry Evolution and Strategic Change
- Charismatic and Transformational Leadership
- Values-Based and Ethical Leadership
- Dyadic Relations and Followers
- Leadership in Teams and Decision Groups
- Strategic Leadership in Organizations
- Cross-cultural Leadership and Diversity
- Developing Leadership Skills
On successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- demonstrate a critical awareness and understanding of Leadership at the master's level that provides a basis for developing and/or applying new ideas, often within a research context.
- apply knowledge, critical understanding, and problem-solving abilities in new or unfamiliar environments within broader (or multidisciplinary) contexts related to their field of study (Leadership)
- assimilate knowledge and formulate opinions with incomplete or limited information, but that include a reflection on social and ethical responsibilities.
- communicate their assumptions, and knowledge regarding Leadership and the rationale underpinning these, to specialist and non-specialist audiences clearly and unambiguously.
- use the acquired skills to allow them to continue to study in a manner that may be largely self-directed and autonomous.
- integrate knowledge from other courses of the master program and practical business and formulate critical judgments with incomplete data.
The course is offered as self-study in e-learning. The learning material is provided in the form of lectures, literature, and lecture notes. Independent learning is required. In the case of paper submissions, further research is expected in compliance with the given scientific standard. LIVE course sessions are offered to support the students with questions regarding the content. Students are supported in their scientific work by corresponding online seminars.
All lectures and learning materials are made available in the online campus GHU Campus. All lectures are recorded and are available for download 24/7. The lecture notes, as well as additional material provided by the lecturer, can also be accessed in the GHU Campus.
Documents for exam preparation consisting of lectures and lecture notes. Additional material provided by the lecturer serves as independent files and can be used to work on the exams. The examination comprises theory questions, reflection, and case study and is intended to confirm all learning objectives.
The assessment consists of a 5000-word Leadership essay and assesses all learning outcomes. As a master-level assignment, the essay requires a command of a complex and specialized area of knowledge and skills. This implies that, in addition to demonstrating a sound grasp of the ideas and concepts relevant to the topic of theessay, students will show that they can evaluate aspects such as conventions of approaches, their internal consistency, relevance, and applicability, as well as strengths and weaknesses.
To reach an assessment, students will consider competing approaches and draw on critiques put forward in scholarly literature. The position adopted in the assignment and any claims made must be based on a careful, coherent, and logical arguments, need to be appropriately supported with evidence from relevant scholarly sources, and should be presented in a coherent piece of writing. Sources must be referenced appropriately in-text and in a quote/reference list as set out in the GHU Referencing Guidelines.