Leaders can make the difference between success and failure. This coursetakes the students beyond the tools and techniques of business and makes themthink about the broader challenges ahead of them as leaders in an ever-changingglobalized world, and about the competencies leading a global context requires.The course combines cutting-edge research in international business,organizational behavior and psychology in order to provide students withup-to-date examples, cases and tools that link current research and theory topractical issues in the workplace. The course puts a strong emphasis on givingstudents a chance for assessing and to developing their global leadershipcompetencies.

- Introduction to globalleadership

- Developing self-managementof global leaders

- Developing empathy towardsfollowers in the global context

- The global leader-followerrelationship under investigation

- Cutting-edgeknowledge about the latest research findings on global leadership and followership

- Awarenessof one’s own behavior in a global context

- Interpersonalcompetencies for leading individuals, teams and organizations in a globalcontext. 

This is a highly interactive course that requires personal reflectionand involvement in discussion of leadership challenges and dilemmas.Participants will be exposed to cases and articles that deal with various globalleadership behaviors. We will also engage in a number of personal developmentexercises. Mini group-tasks & -reflections will be part of the repertoireof the teaching methods in this class as well. 

25% classparticipation

45% groupreflection assignment

30%individual assignment

Completed course 1 (Foundations) and course 2 (Applications).