MGT. 667: LEADERSHIP - Spring 2006 Rex C. Mitchell, Ph.D.

• New and Misc. Notes * Pls. check these every week for possible new or updated information.
• Syllabus and Schedule
  
  
• Self-assessment Instruments:
  • Purchase the LPI online at Amazon, Barnes&Noble, or Wiley. You need one copy of each except for the first item of which you need three copies:
    • Kouzes & Posner (2003). The Leadership Practices Inventory (LPI): Observer (3rd ed.) ISBN 0-7879-6727-0
    • Kouzes & Posner (2003). The Leadership Practices Inventory (LPI): Self Instrument (3rd ed.) ISBN 0-7879-6727-5
    • Kouzes & Posner (2003). The Leadership Practices Inventory (LPI): Participant's Workbook (3rd ed.) ISBN 0-7879-6726-2
  • Please see New & Misc Notes re a change about the Myers-Briggs Instrument
    
  • Instrument 1: Clarifying your work values
  • Instrument 2: Risk-taking propensity
  • Instrument 3: Interpersonal/emotional competencies
  • Instrument 4: Attitudes re power & politics
  • Instrument 5: Sources of power
  • Instrument 6: Use of influence tactics
  
  
• Modules, in the order they appear in the schedule:
  
  • Visualization
  • Personal Best Presentation
  • Ethical Considerations in Decision Making
  • Insufficiency of Honesty
  • Fundamental Concepts About Power
  • Notes on Pfeffer book
  • Framing
  
  
• Cases:
  • Case 1: Clif Bar
  • Case 2: Shattered Glass
  • Case 3: USS Florida
  • Case 4: A Tragic Choice
  • Case 5: Measure of a Man
  • Case 6: Informal Leader Firing
  • Case 7: Opportunity Lost
  • Case 8: Comparison of Two Leaders
  
  
• Exercises:
  • Exercise 1: Stakeholder Analysis
  • Various other exercises to be introduced in class, including Ex. 2: Indicators of Power
  
  
• PowerPoint Slides:
  • Session 1
  • Session 2
  • Session 3
  • Sessions 4-5
  • Sessions 6-7 (weekend)
  • Session 8
  • Session 9
  • Session 10
  
  
• Optional Stuff, But Worth a Look:
  • Quotations
  • Humor

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