COURSE UNIT TITLE

: LEADERSHIP APPROACHES

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TUR 4029 LEADERSHIP APPROACHES ELECTIVE 3 0 0 3

Offered By

Tourism and Hotel Management

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR ÖZGE ADAN GÖK

Offered to

Tourism Management
Tourism and Hotel Management

Course Objective

Leadership is defined as "a process of influencing others to achieve a goal." The purpose of this course is for students to acquire knowledge about leadership so they can lead and follow more effectively and ethically. It will also help students continue the journey of self-discovery, a journey that lasts a lifetime if they choose to lead. Students may not be a leader after concluding this course, but they certainly will have a better understanding of the qualities of leadership.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to commetnt on individual and interindividual organization leadership
2   To be able to explain concepts such as multiculturalism, diversity, values, ethics, influence and power
3   To be able to explain the difference between leadership and management and ability to use this knowledge to use this knowledge to make strategic business decisions
4   To be able to support the healthy functioning, change, communication and motivation of the group, team and organization
5   To be able to evaluate the strenghts of leadership skills and to be able to develop a plan that can strenghten leadership skills

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Leadership and Management/ Effective Leadership Behavior
2 Leading Change and Innovation
3 Participative Leadership and Empowerment
4 Leadership Traits and Skills
5 Contingency Theories and Adaptive Leadership
6 Power and Influence Tactics
7 Midterm Exam
8 Midterm Exam
9 Dyadic Relations and Followers
10 Leadership in Groups and Teams
11 Charismatic and Transformational Leadership
12 Ethical, Servant, Spiritual, and Authentic Leadership
13 Cross-cultural Leadership and Diversity
14 Developing Leadership Skills.
15 Final Exam
16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbooks:
Leadership in Organization/ Gary A. Yukl/ 2013/Prentice Hall, 8thE
References:
Management : principles and practices for tomorrow's leaders / Gary Dessler. /2004/Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson/Prentice Hall.3rd ed.
Leaders & the leadership process : readings, self-assessments & applications / Jon L. Pierce, John W. Newstrom /2003/Boston : McGraw-Hill/Irwin.3rd ed
Global leadership : the next generation / Marshall Goldsmith, [et al.]/2003/Upper Saddle River, NJ : FT/Prentice Hall.
Journals:
* The Leadership Quarterly, http://www.journals.elsevier.com/the-leadership-quarterly/
* Journal of Leadership Studies, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)1935-262X
* Leadership & Organization Development Journal, http://www.emeraldinsight.com/journals.htm issn=0143-7739

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Oral Presentation, Independent Reading, Issue-based Analysis, Case Study, Book Talks, Guest Speakers.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

yilmaz.akgunduz@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 1 12
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 75

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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