Strategic Leadership in Practice

Catalog description

This three-credit hour course serves as a practical introduction to concepts of strategic, purposeful leadership and the discipline of management. The practices of leadership and management govern the daily interactions of individuals, as they move through the world working for people, working with people, and supervising people. This course is a practical approach to leadership, incorporating management strategies and organizational behavior as integral parts of the leadership journey. This course also integrates accepted theories with real world applications to provide students with the basic knowledge and skills needed for leading and managing others. The course begins with individual reflection and analysis based on a modern strengths-based approach, moves to an understanding of leadership theories, discusses the principles and current issues in management and then foregrounds how these concepts can help leaders attract investment in their businesses and organizations — all through a lens focused on engendering diverse, equitable and inclusive environments.