Course code: 176001 | Subject title: LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT | ||||
Credits: 6 | Type of subject: Optative | Year: 5 | Period: 1º S | ||
Department: | |||||
Lecturers: | |||||
CAVERO BRUJULA, M. SANDRA (Resp) [Mentoring ] |
Three Parts:
P1. Perspectives on Leadership
P2. Understanding and Developing Personal Happiness and Leadership Capabilities
P3. Teamwork and Negotiation
Keywords: Leadership Development, Happiness, Emotional Intelligence, Teamwork management, Negotiation.
Field: Organization and Human Resources, General Management.
CG01 - Capacity for analysis and synthesis.
CG02 - Organizational and planning skills.
CG03, CG04 - Oral and written skills in English.
CG06 - Ability to search data and information from different sources.
CG07 - Ability to solve problems.
CG08 - Ability to make decisions.
CG09 - Teamwork ability.
CG14 - Critical thinking.
CG17 - Self-reliant learning.
CG19 - Creativity.
CG20 - Leadership.
CE11 - Understanding the nature of the firm as an organization and a place of interaction of agents with different interests.
CE14 - Implementing policies and practices aimed at improving the efficiency and effectiveness of business management.
CE19 - Applying techniques that increase the training, development and motivation of the human resources of the company.
General learning outcomes:
R_DG_04.- Acquiring knowledge on the foundations of Management Development.
R_DG_05.- Applying knowledge on Organizational Behavior to foster development at the individual level.
R_DG_07.- Knowing the foundations for conflict resolution and effective collaboration.
Specific learning outcomes:
SLO_1.- Knowing the key cornerstones of effective leadership.
SLO_2.- Being provided with an effective series of techniques to critically examine one's personal leadership style.
SLO_3.- Being endowed with research based academic background to outline a plan for personal growth as a leader.
SLO_4.- Knowing and applying the foundations of effective motivation, understanding the interactions between the rational and the emotional parts of the human brain structure.
SLO_5.- Understanding the keys of happiness and fulfillment both in personal and professional life.
SLO_6.- Proposing effective strategies to foster working environments that facilitate leadership development and personal growth of employees and colleagues.
SLO_7.- Being equipped with an effective set of tools to improve emotional, organizational and cultural intelligence.
SLO_8.- Designing high performance teams, knowing how to select, engage and optimize roles and responsibilities of its members in order to promote innovation and success.
SLO_9.- Being equipped with an action plan for effective negotiations which facilitates the convergence on mutually beneficial outcomes and strengthens long term relationships.
A temporary planning is established around 15 weeks to work the ten chapters of the subject, organized around three parts or thematic blocks. This facilitates the continuous work carried out by the students, as well as the permanent evaluation of their performance by the faculty.
The course provides students with a set of tools that facilitate the achievement of learning outcomes in an online environment.
Each of the 10 topics is organized around several content modules. Each module includes:
At the end of each topic it is presented:
At the end of each of the 3 parts or thematic blocks it is proposed:
After the completion of the three thematic blocks, it is presented:
Based on the methodology described above, the training activities to be carried out, and their weight in hours, are detailed below. All of them take place in a virtual environment.
Formative Activity | Number of hours |
A01. Viewing videos | 7 |
A02. Material readings | 30 |
A03. Comprehension tests | 2 |
A04. Participation in discussion forums | 5 |
A05. Individual office hours | 1 |
A06. Individual study | 25 |
A07. Evaluation activities | 5 |
A08. Individual practical assignments | 38 |
A09. Peer evaluation activities | 10 |
A10. Synthesis activities | 12 |
A11. Final group project | 15 |
TOTAL NUMBER OF HOURS | 150 |
Learning Outcome | Evaluation Activity | Weight (%) | Recoverable |
R_DG_04 | Professor registrations: Participation in forums and rigor in peer evaluations | 10% | No |
Synthesis of information activities: concept maps elaboration. | 10% Minimum record required to be considered in the final mark = 5/10 | No | |
R_DG_05 | Individual peer-graded practice oriented assignments. | 20% Minimum record required to be considered in the final mark = 5/10 | No |
R_DG_07 | Sub-evaluation tests | 10% Minimum record required to be considered in the final mark = 5/10 | No |
Final evaluation assessment | 20% | Recoverable by means of a written exam. | |
Group project | 30% | Recoverable by Delivering the corrected work according to indications and dates established by the professor |
P1. Perspectives on Leadership
C1. The Nature of Leadership
C2. Motivation, Emotion, and Cognition
C3. The Many Intelligences
P2. Understanding and Developing Personal Happiness and Leadership Capabilities
C4. Misconceptions about Happiness
C5. Superiority vs. Flow
C6. Dependence and Avoidance
C7. Controlling the Need to Control
C8. Trust, Distrust and the Course Within
P3. Teamwork and Negotiation
C9. Building an Efficient and Creative Team
C10. Effective Negotiation
Access the bibliography that your professor has requested from the Library.