COURSE UNIT TITLE

: LEADERSHIP

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MBA 4035 LEADERSHIP ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Maritime Business Administration (English)

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

DOCTOR IPEK AKMAN DURGUT

Offered to

Maritime Business Administration (Evening)
Maritime Business Administration (English)

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

0   This course seeks to provide students with:
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 The Nature of Leadership and Leadership Behavior
2 The Leadership Situation and Adaptive Leadership
3 Decision Making and Empowerment by Leaders
4 Leading Change and Innovation
5 Power and Influence Tactics
6 Leader Traits and Skills
7 Charismatic and Transformational Leadership
8 Values-Based and Ethical Leadership
9 Dyadic Relations and Followers
10 Leadership in Teams and Decision Groups
11 Strategic Leadership in Organizations
12 Cross-Cultural Leadership and Diversity
13 Developing Leadership Skills
14 Presentation of Term Papers

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

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 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FINS FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT)


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Res.Asst.Dr. Ipek AKMAN DURGUT

Phone: + 90 232 301 88 24
E-mail: ipek.akman@deu.edu.tr
akmanipek@yahoo.com

Office Hours

Wednesday
13:30-14:30

Friday
11:00-12:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Case study 2 2 4
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 1 14
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing report 1 5 5
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Preparing presentations 1 10 10
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 124

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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