Leadership

Catalog description

This course will examine the multi-faceted nature, concept, context and distinction between leadership and management as it is practiced and applied in the workforce. The approaches to several dimensions of leadership (transformational, charismatic, and transactional) as proposed and promulgated by theorists, researchers, scholars, and practitioners will be examined for applicability to twenty-first century organizations. Social, hierarchical, political and power relationships among leaders, followers and constituents are conceptualized and exposed to arrive at an articulated framework for understanding their dynamic interaction in the development of a strong corporate culture that builds "high-performance human systems". Prerequisite: MBA 722 or permission of the director or chair