TROY UNIVERSITY
MASTER SYLLABUS
SORRELL COLLEGE OF BUSINESS
MGT 6640
Foundations of Leadership and Motivation
Prerequisites
Graduate standing. Admission into the MSM degree program.
Description
The course examines the foundational concepts of leadership, reviews traditional theories of
leadership, and investigates critical issues in leadership and motivation as they apply in the
contemporary workplace. Applications develop critical thinking skills about the concepts.
Objectives
On completion of the course, the student should be able to:
1. Define work motivation, and describe early psychological approaches, content theories,
process theories, and management approaches.
2. Define leadership, and describe early leadership ideas, contingency leadership theories, and
emerging leadership theories, including trait theories of leadership, transactional leadership,
and transformational leadership.
3. Define social influence and power, and describe their relationship to leadership and
motivation.
4. Define both values and attitudes, and explain how they are expressed in employee behavior.
5. Link leadership, motivation, task structure, and rewards both theoretically and practically.
6. Apply leadership and motivation strategies to business objectives in an apt scenario.
Purpose
To present concepts of leadership and motivation in relatively great detail for the enrichment of
theoretical background to support effective participation in positions of senior management in
public and private workplaces. MSM Leadership concentration course requirement.
Master Syllabi are developed by the senior faculty in each business discipline. This Master Syllabus must be used as the basis for developing the
instructor syllabus for this course, which must also comply with the content specifications outlined in the Troy University Faculty Handbook.
The objectives included on this Master Syllabus must be included among the objectives on the instructor’s syllabus, which may expand upon the
same as the instructor sees fit. The statement of purpose seeks to position the course properly within the curriculum and should be consulted by
faculty as a source of advisement guidance. Specific choice of text and other details are further subject to Program Coordinator guidance.
1 August 2005
Master Syllabus: MSM 6640
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Approved Texts
Daft, R. L. (2008). The Leadership Experience, 4th edition. Cincinnati: South-Western College
Publishing.
Latham, Gary (current edition) History, Theory, Research, and Practice. Sage Publications.
Lussier, R. N., Christopher F. A. (2007). Leadership: Theory, Application, & Skill
Development. 3rd edition. Thomson/Southwestern.
Porter, L., Bigley, G., & Steers, R. M. (2003 or current). Motivation and work behavior (7th
ed.). Boston, MA: McGraw-Hill. [Use with Northouse and optionally SimuLearn
supplements.]
Supplements
Northouse, P. G. (2003 or current). Leadership: Theory and practice (3rd ed.). Thousand Oaks,
CA: Sage.
SimuLearn, Inc. (2004 or current). Virtual leader [CD-ROM]. Norwalk, CT: SimuLearn, Inc.
Troy University Faculty Handbook (2010): Section 3.9.2.8 [extract] — essential elements of the syllabus (somewhat modified for space):
1. Course title
2. Course number +
section
3. Term
4. Instructor
5. Prerequisites
6. Office hours
7. Class days, times
8. Classroom
location
9. Office location +
e-mail address
10. Office telephone
11. Course
description,
objectives
12. Text(s)
13. Other materials
16. General supports
14. Grading methods,
(computer works,
criterion weights,
writing center)
make-up policy,
17. Daily assignments,
mid-term grade
holidays, add/drop
reports
& open dates, dead
15. Procedure, course
day, final exam
requirements
18. ADA statement
19. Electronic device
statement
20. Additional
services,
statements
21. Absence policy
22. Incomplete work
policy
23. Cheating policy
24. Specialization
requirements
(certification,
licensure, teacher
competencies)