TROY UNIVERSITY
MASTER SYLLABUS
SORRELL COLLEGE OF BUSINESS
MGT 4471
Leadership and Change
Prerequisite: MGT 3300/entry level prerequisites.
Course Description:
A study of leadership and change concepts as applied to an organizational setting. The course
covers the foundational concepts of leadership, motivational theories, and organizational change
theories and practices, aimed at the application of these theories, practices, and concepts in an
organizational setting, designed to enable an achievement of organizational goals and objectives.
Applications develop critical thinking skills about the concepts.
Student Learning Objectives:
On completion of the course, the student should be able to:
1. Illustrate the common characteristics of open or complex systems as they apply to an
organization.
2. Differentiate leadership ideas, contingency leadership theories, and emerging leadership
theories, including trait theories of leadership, transactional leadership, and
transformational leadership.
3. Compare and contrast different motivational theories that are applied in the workplace
(content theories, process theories and goal setting).
4. Summarize social influence and power, and explain their relationship to leadership.
5. Interpret values, attitudes and how they are influenced by a leader and expressed in
employee behavior.
6. Discriminate between multiple theories and practices of the implementation of
organizational change, beginning with Lewin’s three-phase process of change.
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.
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Master Syllabus: MGT 4471
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7. Analyze the leader’s role in creating and developing a vision for the organization, providing
a framework of readiness for change by the organizational members.
Purpose:
To provide basic knowledge of leadership and organizational change theories, practices and
concepts enabling the student to have a deeper understanding of the purpose and function of
leadership in an organizational setting.
Approved Textbooks:
Dubrin, A. J. (2012). Leadership: Research Findings, Practice and Skills, 7th Ed. Cengage.
Hughes, R. L., Ginnett, R. C., & Curphy, C. J. (2012). Leadership: Enhancing the lessons of
experience, 7th Ed. McGraw-Hill.
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
14. Grading methods, 16. General supports
criterion weights,
(computer works,
make-up policy,
writing center)
mid-term grade
17. Daily assignments,
reports
holidays, add/drop
15. Procedure, course
& open dates, dead
requirements
day, final exam
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)