BC611: Leading with Integrity
Credit Hours:
3
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Estimated Hours Per Week:
15
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Overview
This course takes a fresh look at leadership with the approach that leading others requires choosing an appropriate leadership method and becoming a servant-leader. Leadership also requires ethical principles, systems thinking, time management, strategic problem solving, accurate decision making, creativity, and effective risk-taking. Students will investigate a wide range of topics including:
- Attributes, traits, and behavior of leaders
- Situations and contexts for leadership
- Issues of diversity including gender and cultural differences
- Contemporary requirements for leaders
The course project is a Professional Leadership Plan: Assessing Potential for Leadership. In addition to completing a self-evaluation of their leadership potential, students will write a vision statement, mission statements, and statements of strategic intent for an organization, with special attention to diversity and ethics.
Course Learning Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
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Differentiate between management and leadership behaviors.
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Describe current and successful theories and models of leadership and their respective value to business.
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Identify personal leadership strengths and weaknesses with regard to problem analysis, judgment, decisiveness, organizational ability, sensitivity, and oral and written communication based on self-assessments.
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Develop a personal and professional leadership plan based upon a personal working definition of leadership.
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Create a company vision statement, mission statement, and statement of strategic intent, including goals and objectives.
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Design diversity and ethics mission statements with goals and objectives to guide implementation.
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Assess needs for leadership in a specific business environment and develop strategies to meet those needs.
Required Texts
BC611 texts are available from the JIU/Follett Bookstore
