LDR501 Leading in Active Learning Environments
This course is a study of organizational leadership theory and practice as it relates to the development and facilitation of active learning environments. Emphasis will be on identifying and evaluating students' personalities and leadership styles, adapting and using leadership approaches, and exploring principles for moving individuals and organizations toward growth and development. The course content is designed to serve as a catalyst for applying leadership principles to the student's organizational environment.
Credits: 3
Student learning outcomes
- Comprehend organizational leadership principles, employing them for the articulation of a vision, evaluation of existing realities, development of strategy, and implementation of a plan of action.
- Understand principles of group development, using appropriate approaches to leadership at each stage of the developmental process.
- Employ a solid approach to organizational leadership, reflecting clarity of purpose and sound ethics.
- Effectively exercise their personality and leadership style, producing maximum benefit to individuals and the group they are leading.
- Develop and articulate clear vision and strategy, motivating people to the pursuit of the vision and organizing them for implementation of the strategy.
- Exercise effective organizational leadership, employing all available skills and capacities for the benefit of those they are leading.
- Use a variety of environments as platforms for leading an organization to productivity.