Leadership

This course explores a range of historical and contemporary theories of leadership. It engages the students in acquiring knowledge of leadership principles in the definition and meaning of leadership, expectations for and functions of a leader, and qualifications and skills essential for effective leadership.

Effective communication is one of the most important aspects of successful leadership in any organizational context or venue in society. In this course, emphasis is placed on a knowledge and understanding of communication models, practices, strategies and techniques illustrating and referencing historical and contemporary leaders in the context of leadership.

This course focuses on the expectations and implementations of the leader’s role and responsibility in facilitating and managing organizational change and the organizational climate with application in business, community, government, or religious or social organizations. Topics explored include diversity, ethics, organizational behavior, power and influence, motivation, politics, and stakeholder relationships.

This course will expose students to the research process and how it can be used for developing a research or proposal project. Students will learn how to develop a research problem, research questions, explain the research purpose, the significance of the research to be undertaken, present limitations, delimitations, literature review and appropriate methodology for stated research questions, use statistical methods for data analysis and be able to write the research report for the anticipated audience.