This is a dedicated web page for the standard course on Leadership & Teams. The course is designed for BBA/MBA students with a focus on managerial models, implications and issues. A 3 credit hours course designed for 45 lectures in 15 weeks, it takes the audience through a systematic journey in the field of leadership
Leadership & Teams Management
Introduction
Objectives
This unit aims to ensure that students acquire a perspective on how leadership has evolved over time and is critical to success of any modern organization. Managers and organizations are typically facing the leadership challenge/crises on regular basis and should develop leadership abilities among its employees to cope these. This course provides the participants with an understanding of concepts, frameworks, and models on leadership and teams. Learning will be accomplished through lectures, case studies, group presentation, and research.
Upon completion of the course the students will be able to:
Have a general understanding of the basic concepts of Leadership and Teams
Beware of the desired approaches and systematic methods of leadership and its application
Be familiar with the state-of-the-art models and techniques in the area
Curriculum
Introduction to Course Requirements and Resources
Introduction to Leadership – Nature of Leadership, Management Vs Leadership, Need and Scope of Leadership
Introduction to Teams – Nature of Teams, Groups Vs Teams, Team Formation, Need for Teams, Skills and Effectiveness of Teams
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Course Features
Systematic progression through the concepts of Leadership and teams
Case study approach using scenarios and examples from top international firms
Local case studies and examples to contextualize the themes based on local situations
Practical assignments and activities to invoke learning
In class and online discussions to bring on surface key issues, controversies and hot debates
Assignments & Projects
This section is dedicated to the major assignments and projects in this course. The assignments and projects build up the important percentage of the assessment as the students are required to translate the learning from the course contents to practical scenarios and develop understanding on the managerial implications.
Major Projects
Case Study Presentations
A Group task using the standard case study approach, students need to demonstrate understanding on the evolutionary developments in a selected organization
Requirements
Students need to develop a proper case study using the case study development guidelines
Case Study Presentation Guidelines
Eventually will present their findings in the shape of a Presentation in front of the class or classes on Multimedia
Assignment Details
Students in groups of 8-10 will be assigned an organization (Preferably local organization)
Case should be developed on one of the topics of Leadership in the Selected Organization
Students need to submit both Hard (Printed) and Soft copies (Computer files) of the Case itself and that of the PowerPoint Presentation
This is day 1 so you can start working now!
I will myself present at least one Case Study well before the presentation schedule so that you people have an idea