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