AL AIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
College of Business Administration
COURSE SYLLABUS
1. COURSE INFORMATION
Course Title
Course Code
Credit Hours
Pre-requisite
Co-requisite
Academic Year
Leadership and Teamwork
0501396
3
None
None
2015/2016
2. INSTRUCTOR’S INFORMATION
(a) Name:
(b) Contact Details
Amjad Owais
Office Extension: 548
Phone:
Email: amjad.owais@aau.ac.ae
Office Hours:
3. BRIEF COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course investigates the issues of becoming an effective leader and developing the
teamwork within organizations critical for their success: the leader-member relationship,
the nature of productive teamwork, conditions and abilities that improve accurate and
effective communication in groups, developing successful ways of managing conflict to
resolve issues, and the nature of practical learning.
4. COURSE GOALS
The course is designed specifically not only to introduce the concepts of leadership and
teamwork, but also aims to help students to apply and incorporate their prior learning to
various situations which require their teamwork. As a result, students can appreciate the
importance of teamwork and learn the skills of building effective teams, and develop skills
in effective communication. The students are required to monitor their leadership and team
skills during the process of various team activities in the course.
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5. COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES
On completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. Understand theories and concepts of leadership and teamwork in organizations,
2. Acquire the techniques to apply theories and concepts to improve leadership skills,
3. Appreciate the importance of teamwork and learn the skills of building effective
teams.
4. Develop skills in effective communication.
6. COURSE CONTENTS
Topics in this course include:

The nature of leadership

Leadership across cultures

Leadership Models

Leadership and gender

Leadership, organizational change, and work teams

Teams and Innovation

Managing Groups and Teams for High Performance
7. COURSE CONTENTS AND TOPICS ( Week by Week )
Week
Textbook
Topics
(Readings)
1
Introduction and The Nature of Leadership
Chapter 1
2
The Nature of Managerial Work
Chapter 2
3
Leadership behavior
Chapter 3
4
Quiz 1 in chapters 1, 2, and 3 during first
lecture of week 4
Leading Change and Innovation
Chapter 4
5
Empowering Leadership
Chapter 5
6
Traits and skills of leaders
Chapter 6
7
Case analysis: examples of the concepts and principles discussed in the
previous Chapters
Midterm Exam (all of the previous chapters) during the second lecture of
week 7
8
Contingency theories of effective leadership
9
Power and Influence Tactics
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
2
Quiz 2 in chapters 7, 8, and 9 during first
lecture of week 10
10
Chapter 9
Dyadic Relations and Followers
11
Team Leadership
Chapter 10
12
Strategic Leadership in Organizations
Chapter 11
13
Charismatic and Transformational Leadership
Chapter 12
14
Ethical, Servant, Spiritual, and Authentic
Leadership
Chapter 13
Cross-Cultural Leadership and Diversity
Chapter 14
15
Course Wrap-up (Presentations for the groups)in the second lecture of week
15
16
Final Exam
8. COURSE TEXTBOOK, RECOMMENDED READINGS AND RESOURSES :
Textbook
Title
Author
Edition
Publisher
ISBN
Leadership in Organization
Gary A. Yukl
8th ed.,
Prentice Hall, Inc. , 2013
ISBN-10: 0132771861
ISBN-13: 9780132771863
References
Gareth Jones & Jennifer George, Contemporary Management (4th Ed.), McGrawHill, 2006.
9. LEARNING STRATEGIES
Active learning strategies are employed in this course to encourage students'
participation in class discussion. Active learning methods include regular attendance
of classes, collaborative team assignments, presentations, and discussion of important
issues to reinforce course material. Exams, case studies, and team presentations will
be used to assess the expected level of learning in this course.
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11. STUDENT EVALUATION
Following is a distribution of 100 score across assessment tools:
First Quiz: 10%
Midterm Exam(s): 20%
Second Quiz: 10%
Final Exam: 40%
Subjective assessment (attendance, participation, & presentation): 10%
PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE WILL BE NO MAKEUP EXAMS
Grading Key
Grade
A
B+
B
C+
C
D+
D
F
I
Percentage
90-100
85-89
80-84
75-79
Description
Excellent
Very good
Good
Very
Satisfactory
Satisfactory
Pass +
Pass
F
Incomplete
70-74
65-69
60-64
Less than 60
Grade Point
4
3.5
3
2.5
2
1.5
1
0.0
0.0
12. ATTENDANCE POLICY
Students are expected to attend their classes. Absence never exempts a student from the
work required for satisfactory completion of the courses. Excessive absences during the
course will result in:
1.
2.
3.
4.
First warning for absence of 10% of the class hours
Second warning for absence of 20% of the class hours
A failing grade in the course for an absence of 25% of the class hours
Exception to (3) may be made in the case of serious illness or death to an immediate
family member if approved by the dean of the college. In such case, the student will
receive a W grade in the course.
13. PLAGIARISM
It is use of someone else’s idea, words, projects, artwork, phrasing, sentence structure, or
other work without properly acknowledging the ownership (source) of the property.
Plagiarism is dishonest because it misrepresents the work of someone else as ones own.
Students who are suspected of plagiarism will answer to an investigation. Those found
guilty will face a disciplinary action as per the university rules.
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