Contributing Scholar - Joseph W. Harder, Univesity of Virginia

3 Semester Credit Hours

Course Description

With the advent of true globalization, the increasing prevalence of technology, the continued blurring of organizational boundaries, and the rapidly accelerating rate of change, leaders in the 21st century need to consider new frameworks and perspectives that will allow them to be effective in this emergent reality.

Both engineers and scientists are familiar with the transfer of momentum from one body to another. Similarly, significant factors in business success revolve around techniques used by leaders to take organizations that are: 1) “at rest” and move them into action, and 2) “in motion” and significantly change their direction and outcome. Proper understanding and utilization of power, influence, and collaboration by leaders, whether formally designated or not, can critically alter the success of an organization.

This course provides an overview of leadership and teamwork with an emphasis on how leaders and teams manage change in a dynamic technology and business environment.  The course is structured into four broad modules:

• Level Three Leadership
• Creating and Sustaining Collaboration
• Leading in the New Workplace
• Leading Change

In each module, we will consider various frameworks and perspectives, and apply them to case studies and other examples. In addition, by engaging with this class and its virtual learning community, you will gain critical expertise in navigating this “new leadership landscape.

Prerequisites

Admitted status, or Chair approval

Course Objectives

Students will:

• Explore the interconnectivity and interrelationships between leadership and teamwork
• Examine the dynamics of power, influence, and cooperation
• Learn effective leadership strategies and the leader’s role
• Learn how to create and manage teams
• Learn how to work on a team as an effective team member

Course Topics

The following topics will be covered in the order given.

• Leadership and teamwork: Introduction to the class
• Introduction to the leadership point of view
• Application of leadership point of view
• Level three leadership
• Six steps to effective leadership
• Personal and organizational charters
• Why people behave the way they do
• Leadership intelligences, part I
• Leadership intelligences, part II
• Leading others
• Leading through systems
• Power and politics
• Influence without authority
• Leading teams
• Process observation
• Task forces and temporary teams
• Team-based organizations
• Generating commitment
• Team building
• Team decision making
• Teams in crisis
• Technology, virtuality, and humanity
• Leading through organizational design
• Leading through human assets
• Leading through organizational combinations
• Cross-cultural leadership
• Leading for innovation
• Leading a living organization
• Leading organizational change from the middle
• Leading in difficult times
• Leading large scale organizational change
• Leading individual change and future directions

Technical Requirements

There are no additional software or application requirements for this course. You will be required to have Windows Media Player to view the lectures. For the standard technical requirements, please go to the link below: http://www.waldenu.edu/c/Files/DocsGeneral/Getting_Started_Guide.pdf

Textbooks

Required: Level Three Leadership: Getting Below the Surface, James G. Clawson, Prentice Hall, 3rd edition ISBN: 0-13-146902-9; 
The Soul of a New Machine, Tracy Kidder,  Little, Brown and Company (Back Bay Books), 2000, ISBN: 0-316-49197-7;
Play--CD Version 3.1 UVA-OB-0817M," Darden Business Publishing (contact Elliot Leflar for copies-leflare@darden.virginia.edu);
Course Packet.

Disclaimer: The course syllabus may differ slightly from this course. Descriptions will be provided in your online course. Textbook information is provided only to give more information about the course.  Do Not use this information to purchase a textbook.  Up-to-date information will be provided when you register.