Leading with Integrity

Course Description:

Designed to be the first course taken in the Leading and Managing People theme of the M.B.A. core, MGMT605 focuses on leadership, integrity, and core management principles.

Leadership requires developing a vision for the organization in a complex business environment, setting objectives, planning, motivating others, and managing for results.

Effective leadership requires a grounding in ethics at the individual and organizational level. The course provides an overview of vitally important concepts and practices that are essential to managerial effectiveness.

Required Course Materials:

KP: Kouzes, J. M., & Posner, B. Z. (2010). The truth about leadership: The no-fads, heart-of-the-matter facts you need to know. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass. (ISBN-13: 978-0-47-063354-0)

P:Phillips, D. T. (1992). Lincoln on leadership: Executive strategies for tough times. New York: Warner Books. (ISBN-13: 978-0-44-639459-8)

All work must be typed and double-spaced with one inch margins and in a 12 point readable font (e.g. Times New Roman or Calibri).

All sources should be properly cited and referenced in APA format.

Personal Development Plan (PDP):

Your final paper is a Personal Development Plan in which you explain how you will apply what you have learned in this course to improve on your own personal leadership and communication competencies. The PDP should be in the 12 to 15 page range(body only) and is due on October 12.

You must use the course materials as resources and also use other resources.

Please use the following questions as a guide:

1. In brief, what are your most important ideas about leadership that you will take away from the course?

2. What are the most important things that you have learned about yourself (competencies and behaviors)?

3. How would you apply your learning to your personal case?

Grades for the PDP will be based on:

1. How clearly and persuasively the paper develops important learning from the course to outline your personal development plan.

2. How much insight is reflected in the learning about yourself?

3. How well the paper develops linkages between learning and your personal development plan.

4. To what degree you have used course material to support your arguments.

5. To what degree you have used your own research to support your arguments.