Universidad Pública de Navarra - Nafarroako Univertsitate Publikoa

Module/Subject matter

General Management / Organization and Human Resources.

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Contents

Three Parts:

P1. Perspectives on Leadership

P2. Understanding and Developing Personal Happiness and Leadership Capabilities

P3. Teamwork and Negotiation

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General proficiencies

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.

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Specific proficiencies

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.

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Learning outcomes

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.

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Methodology

A temporary planning around 15 weeks is established to develop the 10 chapters of the course, which is organized around 3 parts. This facilitates the continuous work carried out by the students, as well as the permanent feed-back on their performance offered either by the professor or by other students enrolled in the course.

The course provides students with a set of tools that facilitate the achievement of the established learning outcomes in an online environment.

Each of the 10 chapters consists of several content modules, each of which includes a 5-10 minutes explanatory video or an easy-to handle teaching note prepared by the faculty, in which the fundamental learning elements are detailed.

Linked to each chapter the following tools and materials are presented:

• A set of external references of interest related to the subject matter: mainly scientific or informative articles and/or videos.
• A short training test to facilitate the understanding of the acquired knowledge.
• A discussion forum, allowing the permanent interaction of the students, with each other, and with the faculty, in order to resolve and discuss issues of interest related to the topic at hand.
• One or several practice-oriented individual assignments.

Finally, once all three parts of the course have been completed, students will be required to perform on:

• A face-to-face final exam (not online).
• A final project designed to assess on the students¿ acquisition of leadership abilities.

Based on the methodology described above, the training activities to be carried out, and their weight in hours, are detailed below. All of them (except the final exam, as required by University norms) take place in a virtual environment.

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Evaluation

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Agenda

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

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Experimental practice program

N/A

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Bibliography

Access the bibliography that your professor has requested from the Library.

• Clawson, J. (2014). Level Three Leadership: Getting Below the Surface. Pearson Eds.
• Goleman, D., Boyatzis, R., & McKee, A. (2013). Primal leadership: Unleashing the Power of Emotional Intelligence. Harvard Business Press.
• Hunt, J. G. J., Dodge, G. E., Wong, L., Yammarino, F. J., Gardner, W. J., Avolio, B. J., & Walumbwa, F. O. (2015). Monographs in Leadership and Management. Emeraldinsight.
• Pink, D. (2011). The Surprising Truth about What Motivates Us. Riverheadbooks.
• Raghunathan, R. (2016). If You Are so Smart Why Aren't You Happy: The Surprising Path from Career Success to Life Success. Random House.
• Rao, S. (2007). Are You Ready to Succeed?: Unconventional Strategies for Achieving Personal Mastery in Business and in Life. Random House.
• Thompson, L. (2014). Making the team: A Guide for Managers (5th ed). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
• Thompson, L. (2015). The Mind and Heart of the Negotiator (6th ed). Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Pearson/Prentice Hall.
• Waldman, D. A. and Balthazard, P. A. eds (2015). Organizational Neuroscience in Book Series: Monographs in Leadership and Management. Series editor: Yair Berson
• Wren, J. T., Price, T. L., & HIcks, D. A. (2004). The International Library of Leadership. Editor: Elgar Publishing.

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Languages

English.

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Location

Online Course.

Professor Location: Madroños building, 1st floor. Email: cavero@unavarra.es

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