COURSE UNIT TITLE

: LEADERSHIP

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
LGM 4019 LEADERSHIP ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Logistics Management

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Logistics 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   A framework for the application of personal, interpersonal, team and organizational leadership skills grounded in management science.
2   The knowledge and skills related to power and influence, ethics, values, diversity, multiculturalism.
3   Distinguish the difference between leadership and management and use that knowledge to make strategic business decisions
4   The development of skills and to enhance their ability to motivate, communicate,change and support healthy functioning in groups, teams, organizations and social area.
5   An assessment of their strength based leadership skills and the development of a plan to enhance their leadership skill.

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 Mid-term
8 Dyadic Relations and Followers
9 Leadership in Groups and Team
10 Charismatic and Transformational Leadership
11 Ethical, Servant, Spiritual, and Authentic Leadership
12 Cross-cultural Leadership and Diversity
13 Developing Leadership Skills.
14 Presentations
15 Presentations
16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook: 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

Literature review, case studies,data analysis

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FINS FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.10 + FINS * 0.60
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.10 + RST * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Oral and written competencies regarding the use of knowledge, abilities and skills in the field of Leadership in terms of research, investigation and evaluation will be evaluated.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

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 3 36
Preparation for quiz etc. 1 8 8
Preparing assignments 1 12 12
Preparing presentations 0 0 0
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparation for midterm exam 1 6 6
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
Quiz etc. 0 0 0
Final Assignment 0 0 0
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 122

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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