LEADERSHIP THEORY

Executive MBA in Leadership

LDR 500

Breyer State University
Instructor: Kenneth "Micheal" Townsend, Ph.D.

SYLLABUS

COURSE OVERVIEW: This course is an overview of leadership and leadership theory as it pertains to businesses and organizations. It also touches on the following: the nature of managerial work, perspectives on effective leadership behavior, empowerment, management traits and skills, types of leadership, and trends in leadership for the future.

TIME FRAME: This is a five-semester hour course. This course is allotted 10 weeks of time. You must complete all of the requirements for the course successfully by the end of the 10-week period. The first day of week one will begin the day that you register for the course, or the day which you notify me that your textbook has arrived and you are ready to begin your studies. Please be cognizant of the time frame. It is rare that extensions of time are permitted, unless you have good justification. Upon successful completion of this course, you will be awarded five semester hours of credit.

TEXTBOOKS: There is one (1) required textbook for this course.

Book 1: Leadership in Organizations. By Yukl, Gary. Prentice-Hall Publishing, Inc., Upper Saddle River, NJ: 6th Edition: 2002. ISBN # 131494848.

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EXAMINATIONS: There will be two exams (one mid-term and one final). The format of the tests will be primarily multiple-choice but this is up to me and may be changed and will cover the material that has been presented up to that point. Specifics of exam length and coverage will be dealt with prior to the exam dates. The exams will be completed no later than the last day of the week on week five and ten respectively.

WRITTEN EXAMINATIONS: There will several written assignments for this class. The material that shall be covered will come directly from the readings in the text. The readings will be of specified length and should be properly documented. This class will take ten weeks to complete. Each of the written assignments with the exception of the last one should be approximately four to five pages in length (double spaced) and cover the material as presented in the book.

GRADES AND DISTRIBUTION: There are 700 total points available for this course.

1). First seven assignments 60 points each.
2). Mid-term exam             100 total points.
3). Final exam                   100 total points.
4). Last assignment           80 total points.

GRADING: The grading scale for this course is as follows:

90-100%    = A
80-89%      = B
70-79%      = C
Below 70%  = Fail

INSTRUCTOR AVAILABILITY: Upon registration, you will be given my email address. Please e-mail me any questions. That is why I am here. I will do everything to help you as much as possible. Please do not wait until the end of the class to try to get help. It will be too late. Anytime your grade falls below C, I will try to contact you about it. If I do not, please do not hesitate to contact me through e-mail.

PREREQUISITE: This is a masters level course. You must have been accepted into the masters degree program at Breyer State University, in order to register for this course.

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