MGMT*6200 - Leadership Assessment and Development

Course Description

This course provides a conceptual overview of the leadership competencies that lead to leadership performance. Students will explore and learn a method for assessing their own leadership competencies. They will learn a process for developing themselves, the knowledge and skills relevant for effective leadership. Topics include managerial competencies models, assessment models, learning styles, intentional change process, and personal development plan. This course emphasizes those techniques most frequently used in personal development and coaching individuals and teams.

What You'll Learn

Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to:

• Demonstrate familiarity with some of the major concepts, principles, and research findings related to leadership and critically apply this knowledge
• Understand better the nature of leadership and the role of leadership in fostering individual, group and organizational success
• Be better able to analyze and evaluate information about leadership and leadership development
• Read, understand, and evaluate empirical research and essays on leadership
• Craft oral message in such a way as to have persuasive impact and generate willing followers
• Communicate ideas effectively in writing
• Appreciate how to lead a team, including managing conflict well, fostering effective decisions, and creating a desirable culture
• Implement tactics that effectively foster your own leadership development
• Tailor your own leadership behaviours to the demands of the situation
• Understand the nature of politics and effectively implement political tactics
• Understand the nature of ethical leadership and some ethical controversies in organizations
• Demonstrate intellectual independence