COURSE PROFILE
LEADERSHIP SKILLS
Semester September, 2014
Lecturer: Abas Recica
Email: abasrecica@raffles
Course Code & Name:
Duration:
Credit Value:
Student load:
Pre-requisite:
MBA13013 LEADERSHIP SKILLS
14 weeks
3
3 hours/week
None
COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES:
At the end of the module, the student is expected to be able to:
1.
Understand the management and organization of a business and the role of a leader within the
organization and different types of organizational structures and the importance of different approaches
to leadership and ways in which leaders can provide motivation within the organization.
2. Understand contingency leadership theories, and understand the differences between leadership and
management from theoretical
and skills based perspectives.
3.
Discuss and evaluate ways in which managers can manage change and reduce conflict within the
organization in addition to ways managers can gain and use effective communication skills
4. Appreciate the concept of design thinking
5. Understand and apply the design thinking process
6. Understand the creative process and critical thinking
7. Apply the core critical thinking skills and techniques to solve business problems and enhance decisionmaking process
SYNOPSIS
The module aims to equip students with knowledge and skills that are essential for leadership success. It will
include traditional and modern concepts of leadership, skill and knowledge development and
organizational operations. Apart from leadership skills, students will learn how to apply design thinking concept,
and process to solve business organization problems as well as develop skills in reasoning, analysis and the
use of logical arguments to problem solving.
LEARNING & TEACHING METHOD
Interactive lectures, tutorials and workshops, guest speakers, field visit.
ASSESSMENT
Assessment Method
Course Learning Outcomes
Weighting
Individual Assignment
1-3
20%
Group Assignment/Presentation
4-7
30%
Final Assignment
1-7
50%
MAIN REFERENCES
Yukl, G. (2013), Leadership in Organizations: Global Edition, 8/E, Pearson Higher Education
ADDITIONAL REFERENCE
Anderson, C. Ray, White, Robin (2011), Business Lessons from a Radical Industrialist, St. Martin’s Griffin, New
York.
Mackay, John and Sisodia, Raj (2013), Conscious Capitalism: Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business, Harvard
Review Business Press.
Roddick, Anita (2005) Business As Unusual: My Entrepreneurial Journey,
LESSON CALENDAR*
WK
1
TOPIC
Reviewing module outline &
lesson plan
Introduction: The Nature of
Leadership
T & L ACTIVITIES
Introduction to Course
Material; expectation
assessment and selfevaluation
2
The Nature of Managerial Work
Effective Leadership Behavior
Interactive lectures, tutorials
and workshops, visuals
3
Developing Leadership Skills
Interactive lectures, tutorials
and workshops, visuals
Dyadic Relations and Followers
Interactive lectures, tutorials
and workshops
5
Participative Leadership and
Empowerment
Interactive lectures, tutorials
and workshops
6
Leading Change and Innovation
Interactive lectures, tutorials
and workshops, visuals,
quizzes
7
Ethical, Servant, Spiritual, and
Authentic Leadership
4
8
Strategic Leadership in
Organizations
REMARKS
Interactive lectures, tutorials
and workshops, visuals
Assign Individual
Assignment
Individual Assignment Due
Assign Group Assignment
Interactive lectures, tutorials
and workshops,
9
Leadership in Teams and
Decision Groups
Interactive lectures, tutorials
and workshops, visuals
10
Cross-Cultural Leadership and
Diversity
Interactive lectures, tutorials
and workshops
Group Assignment Due
11
Group Presentation and
Evaluation
Interactive lectures, tutorials
and workshops
Group Presentation
12
Revision for the Final
Assignment
Questions and Answers,
Course Material Review,
Quizzes
13
Revision Week / FINAL ASSIGNMENT DUE
14
FINAL EXAMINATION
Notes: * Lesson Calendar may change.