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Schedule

  • Course length: 12 weeks

All Assignments are due by 11:59 AM (ET) the Monday after each Lesson's time frame, unless otherwise noted.  

Lesson 1: Course Overview, APA Style, and Academic Writing
READINGS:
  • Read Lesson 1 Commentary
  • Read Course Syllabus
  • Read APA Citations section of the OLEAD Library Guide [Library Resources]
ASSIGNMENTS:
  • Academic Integrity Quiz
  • Class Introductions
  • APA Style Quiz
Lesson 2: Understanding Leadership and Leadership Development
READINGS:
  • Read Lesson 2 Commentary
  • Northouse, P. G. (2018). Understanding leadership. In Introduction to leadership (4th ed., pp. 3-4). Sage. [in Library Resources]
  • Northouse, P. G.  (2019), Introduction. In Leadership: Theory and practice (8th ed., pp. 8-14). Sage. [in Library Resources]
  • Hughes, R. L., Ginnett, R. C., & Curphy, G. J. (2019) What do you mean by leadership? In Leadership: Enhancing the lessons of experience (9th ed., pp. 7-8, 15-18, 20-23). McGraw Hill Education. [in Library Resources]
  • Hughes, R. L., Ginnett, R. C., & Curphy, G. J. (2019) Leadership development. In Leadership: Enhancing the lessons of experience (9th ed., pp. 40-44, 59-72). McGraw Hill Education. [in Library Resources]
ASSIGNMENTS:
  • Lesson 2 Assignment
  • Librarian Course Discussion
Leader Focus
Lesson 3: Leadership Traits & Strength-based Leadership
READINGS:

Leadership Traits:

  • Northouse. P. G. (2018). Leadership traits explained. In Introduction to leadership (4th ed., p. 22). Sage.  [in Library Resources]
  • Bligh, M. C. (2009).  Personality theories of leadership.  In J. M. Levine & M. A. Hogg (Eds.), Encyclopedia of group processes and intergroup relations. Sage.
  • Stengel, R. (2008, July 9). Mandela: His 8 lessons of leadership. Time, 172(3), 42-48.
  • Lesson 3 Commentary

 

Strengths-based Leadership:

  • Northouse, P. G. (2018). Strength-based leadership in practice. In Introduction to leadership (4th ed., pp. 58-66). Sage.  [in Library Resources]
  • Hughes, R. L., Ginnett, R. C., & Curphy, G. J. (2019) Positive Psychology and strengths-based leadership. In Leadership: Enhancing the lessons of experience (9th ed., p. 196). McGraw Hill Education.  [in Library Resources]
  • Lesson 3 Commentary
ASSIGNMENTS:
  • Lesson 3 Assignment
Lesson 4: Leadership Philosophy, Styles, and Behaviors
READINGS:

Leader focus: Leadership Philosophy and Styles

  • Lesson 4 Commentary

Leader focus: Leadership Behaviors

  • Northouse, P. G.  (2019), Behavioral approach: Description. In Leadership: Theory and practice (8th ed., pp. 73-76). Sage.  [in Library Resources]
  • Northouse. P. G. (2018). Attending to tasks and relationships: 5.1 Case study--From two to one. In Introduction to leadership (4th ed., p. 110). Sage.  [in Library Resources]
  • Lesson 04 Commentary
ASSIGNMENTS:
  • Lesson 4 Assignment
Lesson 5: Developing Leadership Skills
READINGS:

Leader focus: Developing Leadership Skills

  • Lesson 5 Commentary
  • Day, D. V., & Harrison, M. M. (2006). Leadership development. In Encyclopedia of career development (pp. 457-461). Sage.
  • Northouse. P. G. (2018). Leadership skills questionnaire. In Introduction to leadership (4th ed., pp. 134-135). Sage. [in Library Resources]
  • Northouse, P. G. (2012). Developing leadership skills (Case Study: Why Twitter's C.E.O. Demoted Himself). In Introduction to leadership: Concepts and practice (2nd ed., pp. 97-100). Sage.  [in Library Resources]
  • Miller, C. C. (2010, October 30). Why Twitter's C.E.O. demoted himself. New York Times.

Leader focus: Creating a Vision

  • Lesson 5 Commentary
  • Kirkpatrick, S. A. (2004). Visionary leadership theory. In Encyclopedia of leadership (pp.1615-1619). Sage.
ASSIGNMENTS:
  • Lesson 5 Assignment
Lesson 6: Power and Influence, Ethics, and Character-based Leadership
READINGS:

Leader focus: Power and Influence and Ethics

  • Lesson 6 Commentary

Leader focus: Character-based Approaches

  • Lesson 6 Commentary
  • George, B., Sims, P., McLean, A. M., & Mayer, D. (2007, February 1). Discovering your authentic leadership. Harvard Business Review, 132-133.  [you must search PSU Library database]
    • Go to libraries.psu.edu.
    • Select E-Journals in the Find Box and search for Harvard Business Review. This brings up one result for HBR. 
    • Select link for Business Resource Primer in the results.
    • You can search for issues by year on the right OR you can click 'Search Within This Publication' on the left to find the article.

       

ASSIGNMENTS:
  • Course Discussion #1 [Lessons 2-6]
  • Read Instructions for Registering, Setting-up Your Account, and Purchasing Case Study Materials for the Columbia’s Final Mission in the Syllabus.
Leader-Follower Dynamic
Lesson 7: Followership, Teams, and Their Leadership
READINGS:

The Leader-Follower Dynamic: Followership

  • Lesson 7 Commentary
  • Northouse, P. G.  (2019), Leadership instrument: Followership Questionnaire. In Leadership: Theory and practice (8th ed., pp. 326-329). Sage. [in Library Resources]

The Leader-Follower Dynamic: Teams and their Leadership

  • Lesson 7 Commentary
  • Northouse, P. G.  (2019), Team leadership model. In Leadership: Theory and practice (8th ed., pp. 373-387). Sage. [in Library Resources]
ASSIGNMENTS:
  • Lesson 7 Assignment
Lesson 8: Diversity, Inclusion, and Out-Groups
READINGS:

Diversity and Inclusion

  • Lesson 8 Commentary
  • Northouse. P. G. (2018). Embracing diversity and inclusion. In Introduction to leadership (4th ed., pp. 190-191,197-201). Sage. [in Library Resources]

Listening to Out-Groups

  • Lesson 8 Commentary
  • Northouse, P. G. (2012). Listening to out-group members: Case study NUMMI Commandos. Introduction to leadership: Concepts and practice (2nd ed.). (pp. 162-164). Sage Publications.  [in Library Resources]
  • Ensari, N. K. and Miller, N. (2006). The application of the personalization model in diversity management. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 9(4), 599-607.
ASSIGNMENTS:
  • Case Study: NUMMI Commandos Assignment
Lesson 9: Managing Conflict and Overcoming Obstacles 
READINGS:

Managing Conflict

  • Lesson 9 Commentary

Overcoming Obstacles

  • Lesson 9 Commentary
  • Northouse. P. G. (2018). 13.2 Path-goal styles questionnaire. In Introduction to leadership (4th ed., pp. 316-317). Sage. [in Library Resources]
ASSIGNMENTS:
  • Course Discussion #2 [Lesson 7-9]
  • Running References List #1 (20 points extra credit)
Lesson 10: The Situation - Culture and Leadership
READINGS:

National Culture

  • Lesson 10 Commentary

Organizational Culture

  •  Lesson 10 Commentary
  • Parks, C. D. (2004). Group norms. In Encyclopedia of leadership. (pp. 627-630). Sage.
ASSIGNMENTS:
  • Lesson 10 Assignment
Lesson 11: Multimedia Case
READINGS:

First Week of Case Study

Multimedia Case: Columbia’s Final Mission

  • Read Lesson 11 Commentary
  • Read Steps for Registering, Setting-up Your Account, and Purchasing Case Study Material in the Lesson 11 Canvas material
  • Read Instructions for Experiencing the Multimedia Case Simulation in the Lesson 11 Canvas material
  • Read How to Navigate the Case Study Website in the Lesson 11 Canvas material.
  • Read How to Prepare for the Mission Management Team (MMT) meeting—Flight Day 8 Course Discussion in the Lesson 11 Canvas material
  • Read additional instructor information posted in the course discussion at end of the first week of the case study

Second Week of Case Study

  • Read additional instructor information posted in the course discussion at end of the second week of the case study
ASSIGNMENTS:First Week of Case Study
  • Participate in the Mission Management Team (MMT) meeting - Flight Day 8 Course Discussion - Topic 1
Second Week of Case Study
  • Participate in the Mission Management Team (MMT) meeting - Flight Day 8 Course Discussion - Topic 2
Lesson 12: Columbia's Final Mission Paper
READINGS:
  • Review Lessons 1-11
ASSIGNMENTS:
  • Columbia's Final Mission Paper
Lesson 13: Situational Leadership & Leadership and Organizational Change
READINGS:

Lesson 13 Commentary

  • Northouse. P. G. (2019). Situational leadership. In Leadership: Theory and practice (8th ed., pp. 95-104, 107-108). Sage. [in Library Resources]

Leadership and Organizational Change

  • Lesson 13 Commentary
  • Yukl, G. A. (2012). Leading change and innovation. In Leadership in organizations (8th ed, pp. 76-89). Pearson. [in Library Resources]
ASSIGNMENTS:
  • Course Discussion # 3 [Lessons 10-13]
Lesson 14: The Interactional Framework Revisited
READINGS:
  • Lesson 14 Commentary
ASSIGNMENTS:
  • Course Summary Discussion - The Interactional Framework Revisited [Lessons 1-13]

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