Organizational Leadership
Subtopics
1. Explain why leadership is important. |
2. Define leadership. |
3. Explain how self-assessment is used to determine leadership potential. |
4. Describe characteristics of leaders (initiative, ability to function independently, follow-through, ethics, ability to respond to ambiguity and change, resiliency, positive attitude, confidence, record of excellence). |
1. Describe interpersonal roles for managerial leadership. |
2. Explain informational roles for managerial leadership. |
3. Describe decisional roles of managerial leaders. |
4. Understand the importance of effective research for leadership decisions. |
5. Appreciate the perspectives of other individuals within an organization. |
6. Explain how successful leaders use reflection and application for future challenges. |
7. Explain the importance of analyzing situations to gain a more comprehensive understanding. |
8. Explain how leaders connect individual thinking with systems thinking. |
9. Explain the importance of evaluating different alternatives to make the best decisions. |
10. Describe how leaders generate new ideas by expanding their thinking beyond convention. |
11. Explain how problem solving and decision making are key duties for leaders. |
12. Explain how self-understanding (personal values, personal contributions, scope of competence) determines leadership capabilities. |
1. Compare leadership styles. |
2. Explain the difference between job-centered and employee-centered behavior. |
3. Explain the motivation process for leadership. |
4. Compare and contrast motivation theories. |
5. Define Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Theory. |
6. Explain the need for individuals to balance professional and personal needs. |
7. Define the Equity Theory, Expectancy Theory, Reinforcement Theory, and Goal-Setting Theory for motivation. |
1. Define professional networking. |
2. Explain the relationship between professional networking and leadership. |
3. Explain the leadership advantages of forming professional networks. |
4. Describe the power of productive interpersonal interaction. |
5. Describe characteristics of productive leaders (appropriate interaction with others, empathy, mentoring, helping others, motivation, empowerment, feedback, supervision, collaboration, other’s contributions). |
1. Explain how successful leadership is based upon solid communication. |
2. Define the elements of the communication process (sender, receiver, message, feedback). |
3. Explain common approaches to getting feedback on messages. |
4. Explain the power of nonverbal communication. |
5. Explain the role of conflict negotiation for groups. |
6. Explain the importance of listening skills. |
1. Define the Leader-Member Exchange (LMX) Theory. |
2. Describe how group dynamics impact team building for leadership. |
3. Explain strategies for developing positive leader-member relations. |
4. Explain the importance of effective leader feedback. |
5. List characteristics of an effective follower. |
6. Explain the dual role of being a leader and a follower. |
1. Explain the use of teams in organizations. |
2. Explain the difference between a group and a team. |
3. Explain advantages and disadvantages of teamwork. |
4. Describe characteristics of effective teams and the role of leadership. |
5. Differentiate characteristics of different teams (functional, cross-functional, self-managed). |
1. Explain the need to analyze the environment to form a strategic vision. |
2. Explain the importance mission statement, objectives, and strategic planning/implementation for leadership. |
3. Explain the importance of evaluating leadership strategies. |
4. Explain the need for leadership in crisis situations. |
5. Define crisis management. |
6. List the five-step process for crisis management (risk identification, risk assessment and ranking, risk reduction strategies, crisis prevention simulations, crisis management). |
7. Recognize the need for change. |
8. Understand why people resist change. |
9. Define the change process. |
10. Explain the mission, vision, goals, plan, and organization for making leadership decisions. |
1. Explain individual leadership. |
2. Describe leadership within a group. |
3. Define organizational leadership. |
4. Describe interrelationships among individual, group, and organizational leadership. |
1. Describe leadership theory. |
2. Explain application of leadership theory. |
3. Explain leadership skill development and the need for flexibility. |
1. Define traits of effective leaders. |
2. Explain how leadership traits can be acquired. |
1. Explain the Achievement Motivation Theory. |
2. Define the Leader Motive Profile. |
3. Explain how self-assessment is used to determine leadership qualities. |
1. Differentiate Theory X and Theory Y styles of leadership. |
2. Explain how attitudes influence leadership styles. |
3. Explain the Pygmalion Effect on Leadership. |
1. Explain ethical leadership behavior. |
2. Explain how personality traits and attitudes, moral development, and the situation affect ethical behavior. |
3. Describe how people justify unethical behavior. |
4. Describe simple guides to ethical behavior. |
5. List characteristics of ethical leaders. |
1. Describe sources of power for leaders. |
2. Explain types of power, influencing tactics, and ways to increase personal power. |
1. Explain the relationship between coaching and leadership. |
2. Describe why criticism does not work. |
3. Explain how mentoring is used to prepare future leaders. |
1. Describe conflict management styles. |
2. Define conflict resolution and mediation. |
1. Describe the difference between leader-centered and group-centered decision making. |
2. Explain the difference between individual and team decision making. |
1. Explain the nature of organizational politics. |
2. Explain the relationship between political behavior and leadership. |
1. Describe factors that determine personal meaning. |
2. Describe characteristics of charismatic leaders. |
3. Explain the effects of charismatic leadership. |
4. Define attributes and behaviors for transformational leadership |
1. Explain the nature of stewardship and servant leadership. |
2. Describe the framework for stewardship and servant leadership. |
1. Understand the power of culture. |
2. Differentiate characteristics of low-performance and high-performance culture. |
3. Describe how leaders are culture creators. |
4. Explain how culture, values, diversity, and the learning organization influence the role of leaders. |
5. Define diversity and explain the importance of inclusion for decision making. |
6. Explain the importance of social responsibility. |