Leadership 504
2023-05-17
Welcome to LDRS 504
This course is organized into 10 units. Each page of the course will provide you with the following information:
- A general overview of the topic that will be addressed during the unit.
- Specific learning outcomes and topics for the unit.
- Resources that you will need to address learning activities and assessments in the unit.
- Learning activities that you will need to complete each week.
- Assessments pages will provide you with information about assignments that you will need to complete each week.
Over the next several weeks, you will have the opportunity to attend Facilitated Learning Labs. During lab times, a course facilitator will be guiding group discussions, answering any questions you may have, helping you understand your assignments, and evaluating your participation in class.
If you have any questions, do not hesitate to ask. We are here to help and be your guide on this journey.
!! The syllabus includes key information about the course schedule, assignments, and policies. Please read the full course syllabus at the bottom of this page.
For information on how to navigate through this course on Moodle, see HERE.
Course Description
This course focuses on enhancing ethical awareness and promotes the practice of ethical leadership as it integrates both Transformational Servant Leadership and Value Based Leadership perspectives. The learner will gain skills on how to effectively make decisions in personal and group settings within the organizational context. This will cultivate an understanding of the role of transformative leadership as embedded in a high ethical standard and that merits the respect of employees and society alike. The student will come to understand key concepts such as ethical intelligence and the role that ethical organizational infrastructure might play in establishing and maintaining effective ethical decision-making processes and behaviors. The learner will assess personal values, purpose, and vision in relation to leadership; they will construct a personal decision-making framework that becomes part of the learner’s overall foundation in the wider society
Course Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this course, students should be able to:
- Increase ethical awareness with respect to effective leadership, including issues related to: character, culture, power, societal assumptions and groupthink.
- Assess principles that can provide wise guidance for making ethical decisions.
- Analyze work-related ethical issues and apply relevant ethical frameworks to address the dilemmas.
- Assess your life purpose, core values, and personal vision in relation to leadership.
- Construct a personal decision-making framework/toolbox that can accommodate the complexities of life and work.
- Compare and contrast competing systems of ethical analysis.
- Design a group decision-making approach for making wise, ethical decisions.
- Assess how issues of power can influence group decision-making.
- Distinguish the key role of personal values in making group decisions.
Resources
- Johnson, C. (2021). Meeting the ethical challenges of leadership: Casting light or shadow (7th ed.). Los Angeles, CA: Sage.
- Cramer, K.D., & Wasiak, H. (2006). Change the way you see everything through asset-based thinking. Philadelphia, PA: Running Press.
- Kraemer, H. (2011). From values to actions: The four principles of values-based leadership. San Francisco, CA: John Wiley & Sons.
- This course will include supplemental electronic reading resources accessed from the internet or through your TWU library ID.
Course Evaluation
The final grade will be determined by the satisfactory completion of all requirements.
|
Assignment |
% of Grade |
Connection to SLOs |
|
Seminar Lab Discussion Engagement & Personal Journal Reflections |
25% |
Units 1-9 |
|
2 Individual Assignment Papers |
20% |
Units # 2 and Unit # 6 |
|
2 GIBBS Analysis |
30% |
Unit # 4 and Unit # 9 |
|
Final Assignment |
25% |
Unit # 10 |
|
TOTAL |
100% |
Academic Integrity and TWU Policy
As scholars pursuing higher education, academic integrity is a core value of the entire TWU community. Students are invited into this scholarly culture and required to abide by the principles of sound academic scholarship at TWU. This includes, but is not limited to, avoiding all forms of plagiarism and cheating in scholarly work. TWU has a strict policy on plagiarism (see academic calendar). Learning what constitutes plagiarism and avoiding it is the student’s responsibility.
It will be assumed that you have read, understand, and agree to the information provided at the ‘Academic Misconduct Policy’ link here. If you have any questions at all please contact your instructor.
Course Navigation
Course Units
This course is organized into 10 units. Each unit of the course will provide you with the following information:
- A general overview of the key concepts that will be addressed during the unit.
- Specific learning outcomes and topics for the unit.
- Learning activities to help you engage with the concepts. These often include key readings, videos, and reflective prompts.
- The Assessment section provides details on assignments you will need to complete throughout the course to demonstrate your understanding of the course learning outcomes.
Note that assessments, including assignments and discussion posts will be submitted in Moodle. See the Assessment tab in Moodle for the assignment dropboxes.
Course Activities
Below is some key information on features you will see throughout the course.
Learning Activity
This box will prompt you to engage in course concepts, often by viewing
resources and reflecting on your experience and/or learning. Most
learning activities are ungraded and are designed to help prepare you
for the assessment in this course.
Assessment
This box will signify an assignment or discussion post you will submit
in Moodle. Note that these demonstrate your understanding of the course
learning outcomes. Be sure to review the grading rubrics for each
assignment.
Checking Your Learning
This box is for checking your understanding, to make sure you are ready
for what follows.
Note
This box signifies key notes, such as where to submit assignments. It
may also warn you of possible problems or pitfalls you may
encounter!
How To Navigate This Book
To move quickly to different portions of the book, click on the appropriate chapter or section in the table of contents on the left. The buttons at the top of the page allow you to show/hide the table of contents, search the book, change font settings, download a pdf or ebook copy of this book, or get hints on various sections of the book.
Figure 0.1: Top menu bar
Figure 0.2: Left and right navigation arrows
Writing Standards
For this course, you are expected to follow the writing standards according to APA 7. Please consult the OWL Purdue website for guidance and seek assistance from the TWU Writing Center and writing coaches as needed. Assignments have rubrics that attribute some marks to APA formatting and cannot be graded as fully meeting expectations if there are APA errors. That said, your conceptual understanding remains of primary importance. It is your responsibility to ensure polished work to the highest standard of which you are capable. This demands meticulous attention to detail, which will become more ‘natural’ with practice. Please seek any necessary clarification from your instructor.
It will be assumed that you have read, understand, and agree to the information provided at the Academic Dishonesty Policy website. If you have any questions at all please contact your instructor.