Improve your leadership skills through an understanding of your character as well as the behavior of  individuals and groups of people under different circumstances.

 You will be exposed  to the various instruments which may be used to improve your Leadership skills as well as the effectiveness of employees  who will be following you.

 The  purpose of this course is to allow you to:

1. To identify and understand your own capacity relative to the different aspects of Leadership.
2. Identify courses of action that will improve your leadership capacity.
3. Analyse the behavior of others.
4. formulate creative solutions to Business and Management problems taking into account variations in Leadership style, motivational and Briggs Meyer Profiles, Individual behavioral styles and Organisational Cultures.
5. Develop team skills
6. Develop effective public communication skills

 The orientation of this course is twofold:

I.                    It is descriptive in that it is designed to provide you with a basic grounding in and working knowledge of  organisational behavior, and Leadership in particular

 II.                  It is applications - oriented in that it provides you with the opportunity to gain practical experience. You will develop your people management  skill  applying,  analysing and solving "real" Business problems  as presented in case studies.

 The course examines the contemporary theories regarding behavior  within organisations  and how these have developed, etc.  The course covers the work of Hunt, Handy, Schein and many others so as to understand the behavior of individuals under different conditions.

You will be expected to apply the knowledge you acquire during the course to analyse and resolve situations described in case studies as well as participating in class discussion.

The emphasis in this course is both on understanding and applying one’s knowledge of Leadership and Organisational Behavior as an aid to improved management of human resources.

Today's manager needs to develop both individual as well as effective team skills. To the extent possible, you will be encouraged to engage in creative group problem solving, which is  intended to challenge you to develop your analytical and creative people management skills. Emphasis in this course is also given to the development of effective business communication skill formal, brief and concise report writing as well as oral presentations.

At the end of the course the students will be able to:

 1.       understand their own limitations and abilities regarding the Leadership of teams and how they might improve their Leadership skills.

2.       Understand  the workings of teams and the factors that affect their effectiveness understand motivations of individuals and how these may be affected understand organisational cultures, their affect on the way people work and how these are developed

 Key skills taught: 

Communication: effectively communicate own thoughts in class; clearly present analytical work; persuasively defend the deduced conclusions

Interpersonal skills: collaborate when working as a team to arrive at the desired end product (primarily case preparation and presentation)

Individual skills: monitor and review own progress, seek feedback and/or special coaching from instructor if needed, meet a challenging course with determination

Assessment Guidelines for assigning main letter grades: A, B, C,D, and F.

A:  Work of this quality directly addresses the question or problem raised and provides a coherent argument displaying an extensiveknowledge of relevant information or content. This type of work demonstrates the ability to critically evaluate concepts and theory and has an element of novelty and originality. There is clear evidence of a significant amount of reading beyond that required for the course.

B:  This is highly competent level of performance and directly addresses the question or problem raised.

There is a demonstration of some ability to critically evaluatetheory and concepts and relate them to practice. Discussions reflect the student’s own arguments and are not simply a repetition of standard lecture andreference material. The work does not suffer from any major errors or omissions and provides evidence of reading beyond the required assignments.

C:  This is an acceptable level of performance and provides answers that are clear but limited, reflecting the information offered in the lectures and reference readings.

D:  This level of performances demonstrates that the student lacks a coherent grasp of the material.

Important information is omitted and irrelevant points included.In effect, the student has barely done enough to persuade the instructor that s/he should not fail.

F: This work fails to show any knowledge or understanding of the issues raised in the question. Most of the material in the answer is irrelevant.

Please refer to the university catalog for the attendance and absence policy.