PS **** Professional Leadership

Course Schedule

Spring 2018 – Fifteen-Week Course

Begins

7:00 a.m.

Bb Module

Learning Activities

Graded Assignments

Point Value

Due

11:59 p.m.

Week

1

Module 1

Introduction to the Trait Approach

Read Chapter 1 and 2 in Northouse

Complete the LTQ

Complete the Introductory Blog

Attendance Policy

One-Minute Blog: Powerful Person

Module 1 Discussion: Do You See What I See

Wiki Case Study

Group Module 1 – points awarded at the end of the course

10

3

10

10

100

1/21/18

Week

2

Module 2

Skills Approach

Read Chapter 3 in Northouse

Read Robert Katz’s article

View Stand and Deliver video clips

Historic Leadership Assignment

Module Two Discussion: Stand and Deliver

Wiki Case Study Group Module 2

50

30

1/28/18

Week

3

Module Three

Behavioral Approach

Read Chapter 4 in Northouse

View Drew Dawson’s Ted Talk

Introduction to your Personal Leadership Journal - points awarded at the end of the course

One-Minute Blog: Leading with Lollipops

Wiki Case Study Group Module 3

Personal Goals and Learning Assessment Part I

100

10

50

2/4/18

Week

4

Module Four

Situational Approach

Read Chapter 5 in Northouse

View the Endurance historical documentary

Read Blair Browning’s Leadership in Desperate Times

Situational Approach Analysis Paper

Wiki Case Study Group Module 4

Personal Journal Entry (personal reflection for modules 3 and 4)

100

2/11/18

Week

5

Module Five

Path-Goal Theory

Read Chapter 6 in Northouse

View The Path-Goal Theory of Leadership

Module 5 Discussion Board: Path-Goal Theory

Wiki Case Study Group Module 5

20

2/18/18

Week

6

Module Six

Leader-Member Exchange Theory

Read Chapter 7 in Northouse

View LMX Theory

LMX Theory Assignment

Wiki Case Study Group Module 6

Personal Journal Entry (personal reflection for modules 5 and 6)

50

2/25/18

Week

7

Module Seven

Transfor-mational Leadership

Read Chapter 8 in Northouse

View Chris Jordans’ Turning Powerful Stats Into Art

View John Maxwell’s The Five Levels of Leadership

The Artist as Transformational Leader

Module 7 Discussion Forum

Wiki Case Study Group Module 7

Personal Journal Entry (personal reflection for module 7)

20

30

3/4/18

Week

8

Module Eight

Mid-Term Exam

Mid-Term Exam

Locate and view one of the six film options

Submit the mid-term examination

100

3/11/18

Week

9

Module Nine

Authentic Leadership

Read Chapter 9 in Northouse

View Bono’s National Prayer Breakfast Speech

Let Me Tell You a Story Project Phase 1 – points awarded in module 13

Module 9 Discussion Board

Module 9 Blog

One-Minute Paper – Authentic Leadership

30

20

20

3/18/18

Week

10

Module Ten

Servant Leadership

Read Chapter 10 in Northouse

View Sean George’s The Essence of Authentic Leadership

Servant Leadership Assignment

Continue Let Me Tell You a Story Project

Wiki Case Study Group Module 10

Personal Journal Entry (personal reflection for modules 9 and 10)

50

4/1/18

Week

11

Module Eleven

Adaptive Leadership

Read Chapter 11 in Northouse

Module 11 Course Wiki Assignment

Module 11 Discussion Forum

Let Me Tell You a Story Project Part 2

Wiki Case Study Group Module 11

Personal Journal Entry (personal reflection for Module 11)

20

30

10

4/8/18

Week

12

Module Twelve

Leadership Ethics

Read Chapter 13 in Northouse

View Creating Ethical Cultures in Business

Mod 12 Discussion Forum 1

Mod 12 Discussion Forum 2

Wiki Case Study Group Module 12

Personal Leadership Journal Entry

30

30

4/15/18

Week

13

Module Thirteen

Team Leadership

Read Chapter 14 in Northouse

Module 13 Blog: The Interview

Let Me Tell You A Story

Wiki Case Study Group Module 13

30

40

4/22/18

Week

14

Module Fourteen

Gender and Leadership

Read Chapter 15 in Northouse

View Malala Yousafzai’s Nobel Peace Prize Speech

Malala Yousafzai Case Study

Wiki Case Study Group Module 14

50

4/29/18

Week

15

Module Fifteen

Culture and Leadership

Read Chapter 16 in Northouse

Module 15 Discussion Forum

Self-Assessment Exercise Part II

Personal Journal Entry (final personal reflection)

Let Me Tell You a Story (Final Submission)

30

5/6/18

Module Sixteen

Final Exam

Read Final Examination Information

Submit the Final Examination

100

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