LDRS 650
Principles of Organizational
Leadership
SYLLABUS
Instructor of Record: Seth Kastle
Fort Hays State University
Office Phone: 785.628.4693
sdkastle@fhsu.edu
Cooperating Teacher: Jarad Nielson
SIAS University
jared.sias@yahoo.com
COURSE OBJECTIVES
Today, organizations dominate our social landscapes. Our lives revolve around all
types of organizations. Whether we realize it or not, we participate in organizations
every day. When we go to church, to our jobs, even sitting down to dinner with our
family, we are playing an active role in organizations. This course is designed to
provide students with the knowledge and skills necessary to be effective in a variety of
organizational settings. Students will develop a deep understanding of how
organizations function and what role leaders at all levels can play to improve
organizational performance. Course materials and activities will focus on the human
behavior in organizations, the role leadership plays in organizational life, and the
processes of organizational change and improvement.
TEXTBOOKS AND MATERIALS
Bolman, L.G. and Deal, T.E. (2013). Reframing Organizations: Artistry, Choice, and
Leadership. Fifth Edition. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers.
Northouse, P.G. (2009). Leadership: Theory and Practice. Sixth Edition. Thousand
Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS
Method of Evaluation:
Exam 1
Exam 2
Blackboard Posting (2 @ 50 pts.)
Organizational Assessment Group Paper
Organizational Assessment Group Presentation
Participation Points
TOTAL
Grading:
92% -- 100%
83% -- 91%
A
B
70%--82%
60%--69%
C
D
100 pts.
100 pts.
100 pts.
100 pts.
60pts.
40pts.
500 pts.
Exams:
Students will be tested over the material in the readings and lectures. Test questions
will be a combination of multiple choice and essay format. Exams will be posted on
Blackboard in the Exams section on the dates indicated below.
Blackboard Posting:
Students will be required to post personal comments about the assigned readings two
times during the semester on an Internet/Blackboard site. See course outline and
schedule for due dates. Each posting should be one-two pages in length and reflect
your response to the reading assignment.
Organizational Assessment Group Paper:
This assignment will be done in small groups. Using Bolman and Deal’s framework
from their book, Reframing Organizations, you are asked to assess an organization in
which you are familiar. Your paper should be at least 10 pages of full text in length
and include organizational strengths, weaknesses, and your recommendation for
improvement in all four frames (structure, human resource, potential, and
symbolic). Place your paper in the Assignments section.
COURSE OUTLINE AND SCHEDULE
1. Module 01. Introduction.
SECTION ONE: ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR
2. Module 02. Overview of Reframing Organizations
3. Module 03. The Structural Frame
4. Module 04. The Human Resource Frame
5. Module 05. The Political Frame
6. Module 06. The Symbolic Frame
7. Module 07. Reframing Leadership
8. Blackboard Posting One /Midterm Review
9. Midterm Exam.
SECTION TWO: ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE
10. Module 08. Overview of Leadership: Theory and Practice
11. Module 09. Leadership Theory Review
12. Module 10. Path-Goal Theory
13. Module 11. Leader-Member Exchange Theory
14. Module 12. Transformational Leadership
15. Module 13. Psychodynamic Approach
16. Blackboard Posting Two. Post comments about Leadership
17. Organizational Assessment Group Paper/Presentations
18. Final Exam/ Review
LATE TESTS AND HOMEWORK
Unless we have agreed upon some type of arrangement prior to you turning in late
work, no late work will be excepted. Exams will not be allowed to be made up unless
arrangements are made prior to missing class.
 SAVE YOUR OWN HARD COPIES OF ALL ASSIGNEMENTS.
 PUT YOUR ENGLISH AND CHINESE NAME ON EVERYTHING.
INCOMPLETE POLICY
An incomplete is assigned at the discretion of the instructor when work is of otherwise
passing quality but incomplete, usually for reasons beyond the student’s control. The
incomplete(s) for undergraduate courses will revert to an “NC” after one calendar year
if a grade is not submitted by the instructor.
PREFERRED SOFTWARE PROGRAMS
The Leadership Studies Department utilizes the Microsoft Office Suite as their
preferred software programs. This includes Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.
Use of Microsoft Office (particularly Microsoft Word) is recommended for the
submission of assignments to aid in the grading process and the timeliness of feedback.
ACADEMIC HONESTY
Membership in the FHSU learning community imposes upon the student a variety of
commitments, obligations and responsibilities. It is the policy of FHSU to impose
sanctions on students who misrepresent their academic work.
Examples of academic dishonesty include but are not limited to:
1. Plagiarism: taking someone else’s intellectual work and presenting it as one’s
own (which covers published and unpublished sources). Using another’s term
paper as one’s own, handing in a paper purchased from an individual or agency,
submitting papers from living group, club or organization files, or using
another’s computer program or document are all examples of plagiarism.
Standards of attribution and appropriate acknowledgement of sources are
important. Students should consult with their instructor or with recognized
handbooks in their field when in doubt.
2. Cheating: consultation of books, library materials or notes during tests without
the instructor’s permission; use of crib sheets or hidden notes; intentional
observation of another student’s test; receipt of a copy of an exam or questions
or answers from another graded activity; deliberate falsification of lab results;
submission of falsified data, alteration of exams or other academic exercises;
and collaboration on projects where collaboration is forbidden.
3. Falsification, forgery or alteration of any documents pertaining to assignments
and examinations.
4. Students who (cooperate or in other ways promote) participate in
promoting cheating or plagiarism by others (or who take credit for the
work of others) will also be in violation of this policy.
Violation of Academic Honesty
Academic honesty is very important in this class. The following are the consequences
of engaging in any form of academic dishonesty:
1. On the first violation, the instructor has discretion to counsel or reprimand the
student as he or she deems fit. Sanctions for this first violation may include up
to failing the requisite assignment.
2. The second violation WILL result in sanctions, at the discretion of the
instructor, up to failing the course. Notification of the academic dishonesty and
accompanying failure may be sent to both FHSU and the partner school
administration.
3. Students who violate the academic honesty policy may also face program level
consequences, up to and including expulsion from FHSU and the partner
institution.
Rewrites
Students are not allowed to rewrite assignments and submit for consideration or change
of grade without prior approval from their instructor.
GIFT POLICY
Neither the Instructor of Record, or Cooperating Teacher are allowed to accept any gift
of any size from students currently enrolled in this class.