Week |
Subject |
Related Preparation |
1) |
Leadership Values
a.Definiton of leadership and application of values based leadership.
b.Goal setting
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Reading |
2) |
Management versus leadership
a. Leadership and management functions
b. Traits and behaviors associated with effective and ineffective
leadership
c. Needs, attitudes, and self-concept in effective leaders
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Reading |
3) |
Ethical leadership behavior
a. Typical ethical dilemmas for supervisors
b. The impact of ethical and unethical behavior
c. Methods to determine appropriate steps in ethical dilemmas
d. Ethical solutions |
Reading |
4) |
Leadership styles and skills
a. Models of effective leadership traits, behaviors, styles, flexibility, use of power, and skills
b. Personal leadership characteristics in relationship to each aspect of effective leadership
c. Strengths and weaknesses of personal leadership characteristics in relationship to each of effective leadership
d. Implementing plans to improve personal leadership effectiveness
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Reading |
5) |
Motivation strategies
a. The relationship between motivation and effective leadership
b. Content and process motivational theories in relation to employee
performance
c. Motivational needs of individual employees and teams
d. Strategies to meet motivational needs of individual employees and teams
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6) |
Adapting leadership style to various situations
a. Situational leadership model
b. Directive and supportive leadership behaviors for each style in chosen model
c. The needs of followers in various situations
d. Applying the correct leadership style to influence follower behavior in varying situations
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Reading |
7) |
Negotiations and conflict resolution
a. Strategies for negotiations/conflict resolution
b. Steps of the win-win negotiating/problem solving model
c. Win-win negotiations/conflict resolution
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Reading |
8) |
mid-term |
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9) |
Impact of power on leadership attempts
Types of power and appropriate use
Assessing personal power bases
Analyzing the types of power that would be more effective in a specific situation
Implementing and reporting on progress
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Reading |
10) |
Examining leadership at your organization
Identifying roles leaders perform at various levels in an organization
Organizational leadership theories
Importance of vision, mission, and goals in organizational leadership
Apply trust-building strategies
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Reading |
11) |
Leader’s role in managing change
The change cycle
Typical causes of resistance to change
Manager’s role in communicating and implementing change
Developing a change management plan
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12) |
presentation |
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13) |
Presentation |
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14) |
Presentation |
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