Leadership class research paper
| Class | Date | R:Reading T:Additional topic without reading | Assignments |
| 3/28 | T: Introductions & Syllabus; What is Leadership? | ||
| 3/30 | R: Nahavandi, Ch. 1: Def & Significance of Leadership R: Collins & Porras, Ch. 5: Big Hairy Audacious Goals T: Contracting | Team Formation – select team leader | |
| 4/4 | R: Nahavandi, Ch. 2: Global & Cultural Contexts T: Instrument completion | Team Decision: Sign up for Dean Smith team presentations | |
| 4/6 | T: Professional Presentations R: Phillips, Lincoln on leadership, Intro & Chapters 13-15 R: Humes, Speak like Churchill, Chapters 1-8 | Individual Decision: Traditional or BHAG Approach | |
| 4/11 | Team Introduction Presentations R: Humes, Speak like Churchill, Chapters 9-21 | Team Introduction Presentations Due: BHAG Contract | |
| 4/13 | R: Nahavandi, Ch. 3: Foundations of Modern Leadership R: Collins, Ch. 1: Good is the Enemy of Great R: Collins, Ch. 2: Level 5 Leadership | | |
| 4/18 | R: Nahavandi, Ch. 4: Individual Differences and Traits R: Lewin: Group Decision and Social Change | Due: Presentation 1 Self-evaluation | |
| 4/20 | No Class | No Class | |
| 4/25 | R: Phillips, Lincoln on leadership, Ch. 1-3 R: Collins, Ch. 3: First Who…Then What R: Collins, Ch. 5: The Hedgehog Concept | Due: Positive Attributes Paper Team Decision: Great Leader for Great Leader Presentation | |
| 10 | 4/27 | Team Presentation – Dean Smith, Principle 1 Team Presentation – Dean Smith, Principle 2 T: LIFO & Personnel Relations Survey (no readings) | Take-home Mid-term Exam |
| 11 | 5/2 | Team Presentation – Dean Smith, Principle 3 Team Presentation – Dean Smith, Principle 4 Team Presentation – Dean Smith, Principle 5 T: Mid-term reports & Force-field analysis (no readings) | |
| 12 | 5/4 | Team Presentation – Dean Smith, Principle 8 R: Nahavandi, Ch. 6: New Models for Leadership R: Sims, Faraj, Yun: When Should a Leader…? | |
| 13 | 5/9 | Team Presentation – Dean Smith, Principle 9 Team Presentation – Dean Smith, Principle 10 T: Integrity in Decision Making R: Ludwig & Longnecker: The Bathsheba Syndrome R: Phillips, Lincoln on leadership, Ch. 4-6 | Due: Honesty Paper |
| 14 | 5/11 | R: Nahavandi, Ch. 7: Other Leadership Perspectives R: Phillips, Lincoln on leadership, Ch. 9-10 | |
| 15 | 5/16 | T: Power & Leadership (no readings) | |
| 16 | 5/18 | Great Leader Presentations | Great Leader Presentations |
| 17 | 5/23 | R: Nahavandi, Ch. 8: Participative Mgt & Leading Teams R: Schein Ch. 5: Problem Solving & Decision Making R: Phillips, Lincoln on leadership, Ch. 7-8 | Due: Presentation 3 Self-evaluation |
| 18 | 5/25 | R: Nahavandi, Ch. 9: Leading Change R: Austin: Branch Rickey & the Brooklyn Dodgers | |
| 19 | 5/30 | R: Nahavandi, Ch. 10: Developing Leaders R: Phillips, Lincoln on leadership, Ch. 11-12 | |
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