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Discussion and Speaking Intensive Course
10
Critical Thinking Essays
Taking
Exams
Bibliography
Course Description:
The
course investigates the diverse nature of leadership and the place of leadership
in contemporary society. While the main emphasis is on political
leadership, a strong interdisciplinary approach will be employed. Students
will be required to think about the various needs, origins, moral dilemmas,
requirements, and techniques of leadership in a wide variety of differing
circumstances.
Texts:
James MacGregor Burns. Transforming Leadership Publishers West Group,
2003. ISBN 0-8021-4118-8.
Fred I. Greenstein. Presidential
Difference: Leadership Style from FDR to George W. Bush.
2nd Edition. California-Princeton Fulfillment
Services, 2004. ISBN 0-691-11909-0.
Afsaneh Nahavandi.
The Art and Science of Leadership. 4rd Edition.
Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 2005. ISBN
0-13-148541-5.
Students are also required to purchase a subscription to the New York Times
from the bookstore.
Supplemental Readings that can be borrowed from the Instructor:
J. Kevin
Barge, Leadership
Warren Bennis, On Becoming a Leader
Warren Bennis & Burt Nanus, Leaders: The Strategies for Taking
Charge
James MacGregor Burns, Leadership
John W. Gardner,
On Leadership
Barbara Kellerman, Editor, Leadership:
Multidisciplinary Perspectives
Paul Hersey, The Situational
Leader
Paul Hersey & Ken Blanchard, Management of Organizational
Behavior: Utilizing Human Resources
Richard L. Hughes, Robert C. Ginnett,
Gordon J. Curphy. Leadership: Enhancing the Lessons of
Experience.
Niccolo Machiavelli, The Prince
George Manning & Kent Curtis. The Art of Leadership.
Lynne Joy
McFarland, Lary E. Senn, John R. Childress, 21 Century Leadership: Dialogues
with 100 Top Leaders
Walter Lippmann, The Public Philosophy
Tom Peters & Nancy Austin, A Passion for Excellence
Thomas
Peters & Robert H. Waterman, Jr., In Search of Excellence
Gary
Yukl. Leadership in Organizations
Upon completion of the course, students will be able to:
1. Demonstrate a capacity for critical and analytical thought about issues central to political leadership.
2. Demonstrate an ability to communicate their knowledge and beliefs about leadership both orally and in writing.
3. Discuss the types of issues which most leaders must address.
4. Identify information about political leadership which is necessary for useful and responsible citizenship.
5. Discuss important philosophical and ethical issues associated with the exercise of political leadership.
6. Discuss the significance of leadership in contemporary society.
7. Describe the major ways in which political scientists and other social scientists have tried to understand leadership.
8. Discuss how various forms of leadership have shaped and been shaped by the
dynamic social forces found in modern
society.
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Week 1 Introduction to the Study of Leadership
Thursday, Introduction to the study of Leadership
Week 2 (Jan. 22-26) Defining Leadership, Evolution of Leadership Theory
Tuesday, Jan.
23 Defining Leadership
Read: Nahavandi,
Preface and Chpt. 1
Thursday, Jan. 25 Leadership
Theory
Read: Nahavandi, Chpt.
2
All students are required to attend as many as possible of the public events
and panels associated with the Global Democracy Conference to be held at
Longwood and Hampden-Sydney between Jan. 25-27. Such attendance will be
vital to the essay due next week. Go to the Longwood home page for links
to information about the Conference. http://www.longwood.edu/democracy/index.htm
Essay # 1
Write a three page essay in which you explain
what leadership is all about. Try to define leadership and discuss its
most important elements, challenges, and limitations.
Week 3 (Jan. 29-Feb. 2) Personality, Character, Traits
Tuesday,
Jan. 30 Leadership Traits
Read: Nahavandi, Chpt.
3
Thursday, Feb. 1 Different Styles and
Followers
Read: Nahavandi, Chpt.
3
Essay # 2 Write a three page essay on the
importance of certain forms of leadership to the development and maintenance of
democracy. Writing this essay will require that you not only think about
what you have been reading, but you must also reflect upon what you learned at
last week's conference that relates to this essay topic.
Week 4 (Feb. 5-9)
Exercising Power
Tuesday, Feb.6
Leadership and the Exercise of Power
Read: Nahavandi, Chpt.
4
Thursday, Feb. 8 First Test
NOTE: You will have your first test on Thursday, Feb. 8. This test will count for 1/6 of your semester grade.
Week 5 (Feb. 12-16) Contingency Models
Tuesday, Feb. 13
Competing Models
Read: Nahavandi, Chpt. 5
Thursday, Feb. 15 Exchange and Relationship Theories
Read: Nahavandi, Chpt. 6
Essay # 3 Write a three page
essay in which you discuss the importance of the context in which leadership is
to be exercised to the likely success or failure of different styles of
leadership. Draw upon some of the contingency models in developing your
observations.
Week 6 (Feb. 19-23) Charisma and Transformational Leadership
Tuesday, Feb. 20 Charisma
Read: Burns, Transforming
Leadership, Chpts. 1, 2
Nahavandi,
Chpt. 8
Thursday, Feb. 22 Transformational Leadership
Read: Burns, Transforming
Leadership Chpts. 1, 2
Nahavandi, Chpt. 8
Essay # 4 Write a three page essay in which you
discuss what transformational leadership is all about. Why is this type of
leadership so difficult? What makes it possible? What are the
advantages as well as dangers of charismatic leadership?
Week 7 (Feb. 26-March 2) Working with People
Tuesday, February
27 The Challenge of Human Relations and Building Teams
Read: Nahavandi, Chpt.
7
Thursday, March 1 Judging Political Leadership
Read: Greenstein,
Chpts. 1, 4
Essay # 5 Write a
three page essay on the best ways to go about leading and building effective
teams. What are the key challenges here and how can they be
met?
Week 8 (March 5-9) The Power of Values; Followers;
Case Study of Ethical Failure: Nixon
Tuesday, March
6
Read: Burns, Chpts. 12, 13
Greenstein, Chpt. 7
Thursday: Second Test
Note: You will have your
second test on Thursday, March 8. This test will count for 1/6 of
your semester grade
SPRING BREAK MARCH 10-18
Week 9 (March 19-23) Enhancing Organizational Success
Tuesday, March 20 Delegation (Part II): What to do and what not to
do.
Read: Greenstein, Chpt.
10 (Ronald Reagan)
Thursday, March 22 Developing Leaders
Read: Greenstein, Chpt. 2 (Franklin Roosevelt); Chpt. 5 (John Kennedy)
Essay #
6 What leadership characteristics did Roosevelt, Kennedy, and Reagan share in
common? How did their leadership styles differ?
Week 10 (March 26-30) Strategic Leadership
Tuesday, March 27
Read: Nahavandi, Chpt. 9
Thursday, March 29 Getting Yourself Ready
Read: Nahavandi, Chpt. 10
Essay #
7 Write a three page essay in which you
honestly evaluate your own potential for leadership and discuss your strengths
as well as your shortcomings. Explain how you intend to become a good leader in
the future. What is your plan for your own leadership development?
Week 11 (April 2-6) Case Studies Presented by Students
Tuesday,
April 3
Read: Burns, Transforming
Leadership
Greenstein,
Selections on Roosevelt and Reagan
Thursday, April 5
Read: Burns, Transforming
Leadership
Greenstein, Selections on Richard Nixon and Bill
Clinton
Essay # 8 You are to write a three page essay in which
you discuss the strengths and shortcomings of the leader you have researched for
your case study. How can one best understand this person's
leadership? Not only should you make use of appropriate biographical
material for this essay, you should also draw upon the readings on leadership
you have been reflecting upon all semester.
Week 12 (April 9-13) Case Studies Presented by Students
Tuesday, April 10
Read: Burns, Transforming
Leadership
Greenstein,
Presidential Difference: Leadership Style from FDR to George W.
Bush
Thursday, April 12 Third test
NOTE: You
will have your third test on Thursday, April 12. This test will
count for 1/6 of your semester grade.
Week 13 (April 16-20) Case Studies Presented by Students
Tuesday, April 17
Read: Burns, Transforming
Leadership
Greenstein,
Presidential Difference: Leadership Style from FDR to George W.
Bush
Thursday, April 19
Read: Burns, Transforming
Leadership
Greenstein,
Presidential Difference: Leadership Style from FDR to George W.
Bush
Essay # 9 Write a three page essay in which you explain the importance of ethics
to leadership and discuss some of the moral dilemmas leaders sometimes
face.
Week 14 (April 23-27) Case Studies Presented by Students
Tuesday, April 24
Read: Burns, Transforming
Leadership
Greenstein,
Presidential Difference: Leadership Style from FDR to George W.
Bush
Thursday, April 26
Read: Burns, Transforming
Leadership
Greenstein,
Presidential Difference: Leadership Style from FDR to George W.
Bush
Essay # 10 You will write a three page
essay in which you discuss the most important things you have learned about
leadership in this course.
Classes end April 27
Reading
Day: April 28
Exam Period: April 30-May 4
Final
Exam: The final exam will be on Wednesday, May 2 at 8:00
A.M. - 10:30 A.M. The final exam will be worth 1/6 of your semester
grade.
Commencement: May 12
Course Requirements:
Class Discussion
Ten three page essays
Three tests
Final
comprehensive examination
Grading:
Your grade will be based upon
three tests given during the course of the semester, class discussion (which
includes a major oral presentation given to the class), your total score from 10
three page essays, and a comprehensive final examination. Each of these
will count for 1/6 of your semester grade. All tests and the final exam
will involve an essay format.
Attendance Policy:
The
attendance policy for this course is the University policy found in the
University Catalog and Student Handbook:
Students are expected to
attend all classes. Failure to attend class regularly impairs academic
performance. Absences are disruptive to the educational process for others. This
is especially true when absences cause interruptions for clarification of
material previously covered, failure to assume assigned responsibilities for
class presentations, or failure to adjust to changes in assigned material or due
dates. It is the responsibility of each instructor to give students a copy
of his or her attendance policy in the course syllabus. Instructors may assign a
grade of “0” or “F” on work missed because of unexcused absences. Instructors
have the right to lower a student's course grade, but no more than one letter
grade, if the student misses 10 percent of the scheduled class meeting times for
unexcused absences. Instructors have the right to assign a course grade of
“F” when the student has missed a total (excused and unexcused) of 25 percent of
the scheduled class meeting times. Students must assume full responsibility for
any loss incurred because of absence, whether excused or unexcused. Instructors
should permit students to make up work when the absence is excused. Excused
absences are those resulting from the student's participation in a University
sponsored activity, from recognizable emergencies, or from serious illness.
Faculty may require documentation for excused absences in their attendance
policy. Student Health Services can provide documentation only for students
hospitalized locally or absent at the direction of Student Health Services
personnel.
Honor Code:
Students are expected
to live by the Longwood University Honor Code. All work done for the class must
be pledged. Your instructor will not tolerate any form of cheating.
Class Discussion:
Your
instructor values class participation. Remember that 1/6 of your semester grade
is based on your contribution to class discussion. The class discussion
grade is based upon daily participation in class and the major case study you
will present to the class during the last part of the semester. This is a
speaking intensive course and that major presentation is very important.
Students are encouraged to ask questions and to express their knowledge and
beliefs about the material and issues being dealt with in class.
Ten Critical Thinking Essays:
There will be 10 critical thinking writing exercises.
These papers will usually be 3 pages in length and be handed in at the beginning
of class on the day they are due. They are not to be sent as an email
attachment. Late papers will lose points. They will be done in Microsoft
Word with a Font size 12 and double spaced. Any documentation for these
exercises will be done according to the Turabian format for a research paper.
Failure to cite sources properly will cost points and may result in a 0 for the
paper.
A shorter version of that style manual can be found on
the History style manual at the following web address: <http://www.longwood.edu/history/HDPTSTS2.htm>
Taking Exams:
All tests and
exams must be taken on time. You are expected to provide proof for any
legitimate reason (illness, participation in a University-sponsored activity, or
recognizable emergency) you have for missing a test or exam.
Bibliography:
Required
Reading:
James MacGregor Burns.
Transforming Leadership Publishers West Group, 2003.
Fred
I. Greenstein. Presidential
Difference: Leadership Style from FDR to George W. Bush. 2nd
Edition.
California-Princeton Fulfillment Services, 2004.
George Manning & Kent
Curtis. The Art of
Leadership. McGraw-Hill Irwin:
New York, 2003.
Afsaneh Nahavandi.
The Art and Science of Leadership. 3rd Edition. Upper Saddle River, New
Jersey: Prentice Hall, 2003.
Supplemental Readings That May Be Borrowed From The Instructor:
J.
Kevin Barge, Leadership
Warren Bennis, On Becoming a Leader
Warren Bennis & Burt Nanus, Leaders: The Strategies for Taking
Charge
James MacGregor Burns, Leadership
John W. Gardner,
On Leadership
Barbara Kellerman, Editor, Leadership:
Multidisciplinary Perspectives
Paul Hersey, The Situational
Leader
Paul Hersey & Ken Blanchard, Management of Organizational
Behavior: Utilizing Human Resources
Richard L. Hughes, Robert C. Ginnett,
Gordon J. Curphy. Leadership: Enhancing the Lessons of
Experience.
Niccolo Machiavelli, The Prince
Lynne Joy
McFarland, Lary E. Senn, John R. Childress, 21 Century Leadership: Dialogues
with 100 Top Leaders
Walter Lippmann, The Public
Philosophy
Tom Peters & Nancy Austin, A Passion for
Excellence
Thomas Peters & Robert H. Waterman, Jr., In Search of
Excellence
Gary Yukl. Leadership in Organizations
Academic Journals:
American Political Science Review
Presidential Studies Quarterly
Journal of Politics