MGT. 454: LEADERSHIP, POWER, & POLITICS - Fall 2006 Rex C. Mitchell, Ph.D.

• New and Misc. Notes * Pls. check these every week for possible new or updated information.
• Syllabus and Schedule
  
  
• Modules, in the order they appear in the schedule:
  
  • Fundamental Concepts About Power
  • Notes on Pfeffer book
  • Framing
  • Ethical Considerations in Decision Making
  • Insufficiency of Honesty
  • Organizational Politics
  • Paradigms
  • Strategic Thinking
  
  
• Cases:
  • Case 1: Informal Leader Firing
  • Case 2: Opportunity Lost
  • Case 3: A Tragic Choice
  • Case 4: Changes at City Hall
  
  
• Exercises:
  • Exercise 1: Stakeholder Analysis
  • Exercise 2: Circles, Squares, & Triangles
  
  
• Self-assessment Instruments:
  • Instrument 1: Attitudes re power & politics
  • Instrument 2: Gaining power & influence
  • Instrument 3: Sources of power
  • Instrument 4: Use of influence tactics
  • Instrument 5: Identifying influence tactics
  • Instrument 6: Organizational politics
  • Instrument 7: Readiness for leadership
  • Instrument 8: Flexibility
  • Instrument 9: Clarifying your work values
  • Instrument 10: Risk-taking propensity
  • Instrument 11: What style of leader would you be?
  • Instrument 12: Self-actualized
  • Instrument 13: Needs for developing interpersonal skills
  
  
• Optional Stuff, But Worth a Look:
  • Quotations
  • Humor

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