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COMM_ST 350-0 : Organizational Leadership

Description

This course enables students to think critically about organizational leadership. We'll explore five perspectives on leadership and apply them to case studies of leaders who've made important contributions to their organizations and to society. Our leadership framework covers five facets or types of leadership theories, each of which applies a different lens to answer the question: what makes leadership effective?

Beginning with features we explore the role of personal characteristics. Features enable us to understand the effects of leader behaviors and actions. Next we explore form-based theories to understand shared and inclusive leadership. Fit perspectives enable us to understand leadership situations. Lastly, with foci we examine the sphere of leadership impact. This course enables students to critically examine organizational leadership and to do so using a set of illustrative case studies of interesting people who have led interesting lives of impact.

**Please note that this course is also offered as part of the Leading a Renaissance, study abroad program in Florence, Italy. Students who take this course in Evanston are unable to enroll in the Florence program later as they will have already completed one of the required courses.**