Syllabus

Title
4605 Responsible Global Leadership A
Instructors
Univ.Prof. Dr. Günter Stahl
Contact details
Type
PI
Weekly hours
4
Language of instruction
Englisch
Registration
02/07/23 to 02/28/23
Registration via LPIS
Notes to the course
Subject(s) Master Programs
Dates
Day Date Time Room
Tuesday 03/14/23 09:00 AM - 02:00 PM TC.3.01
Tuesday 03/21/23 09:00 AM - 02:00 PM TC.3.01
Tuesday 04/11/23 09:00 AM - 02:00 PM TC.3.01
Tuesday 04/18/23 09:00 AM - 02:00 PM TC.3.01
Tuesday 04/25/23 09:00 AM - 02:00 PM TC.3.01
Tuesday 05/02/23 09:00 AM - 02:00 PM TC.3.01
Tuesday 05/09/23 09:00 AM - 02:00 PM TC.3.01
Tuesday 05/16/23 09:00 AM - 02:00 PM TC.3.01
Contents

The goal of this course is to help participants gain a better understanding of the foundations of leadership, and to help them to be more effective in leadership roles. This entails developing know­ledge and skills to recognize and manage key issues in motivation, influence, decision-making, interpersonal relations, team dynamics, and organizational change. Analysis of real-life cases will demonstrate that effective leadership involves four critical processes: establishing direction, aligning people, setting and main­taining values, and growth of self and others. These leadership tasks require self-awareness and self-manage­ment, therefore this course will provide participants with an opportunity to reflect on their “leadership story”, assess their leadership style, evaluate their leadership development needs, and create a personal development plan.

In addition to the leadership fundamentals, the course will also address the global and cross-cultural dimensions of leadership. Despite rising anti-globalization sentiments and immigration barriers, at no time in history has the contact between individuals and organizations from different countries been greater. The increase in global competition has spurred an unprecedented surge in cross-border alliances, mergers, and acquisitions. Executives travel around broader regions while their jobs remain headquartered in one place. Global virtual teams are created to address key strategic challenges. As a result, the dem­ands on executives operating in a global environment have increased exponentially.

Another focus of this course is on contemporary leadership issues and emerging new trends in leadership, such as the need for responsible leadership and the question of how to lead with foresight and integrity in our uncertain, high-pressure, turbulent world. We will explore how leaders can help their organizations navigate through periods of radical change, turbulence and disruption, like the global COVID-19 pandemic, and survive and thrive in a VUCA world – an environment that is fraught with uncertainty, difficulties and ethical dilemmas.

Thus, this course is designed to help participants develop a deeper understanding of the challenges facing global leaders today and to equip them with strategies and skills to tackle these challenges. To achieve these goals, we will approach the subject of leadership from a variety of different angles and draw on insights from diverse disciplines, including global strategy, organizational behavior, social psychology, cross-cultural management, behavioral ethics, forensic psychology and social-cognitive neuroscience.

The course is organized around four major themes:

I Fundamentals of Leadership and Leadership Development (Sessions 1-2)

II Leading and Developing Self (Sessions 3)

III Contemporary Leadershio Issues and New Trends in Leadership (Session 4-6)

IV Global and Cross-Cultural Dimensions of Leadership (Sessions 7-8)

Important: Students who attended or are planning to attend the Becoming a Global Leader or Managing People, Teams and Organizations Across Cultures elective courses (in the winter semester) with Prof. Stahl are not eligible for this course.

Learning outcomes

By the end of the course participants will have learned:

Knowledge and Understanding

Cognitive and Subject Specific Skills

General Skills

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Attendance requirements

Participants are expected to attend all of the classes and to notify me by e-mail if an emergency or force majeure means they cannot attend. Missing classes will be noted as evidence of low course commitment and affect the grade for participation. Also, note that there are three mandatory classes that participants must attend (no exceptions!): Session 1 (course intro), session 3 personal development plan and instructions for the reflection paper), and session 6 (group presentations).

 
Teaching/learning method(s)

The course is organized around eight 4-5-hour classroom sessions. Each session addresses a particular leadership challenge (e.g., leading a diverse team) or illustrates a particular leadership concept or principle (e.g., influencing without using authority). Participants will be provided with a set of concepts, analytical frame­works, and practical tools that will help them to develop their capacity to lead people and groups effectively. Our modus operandi will be dialog, and the teaching approach varied, with a mix of lecture input, group discussion, case analysis, videos, and assessments. Effective leadership requires self-awareness, so self-diagnostic tools will also be made available.

Assessment

The course grade will be computed as a weighted average of three elements:

  1. Participation (30%)
  2. Group project: “21st Century Leadership” (30%)
  3. Reflection paper: Your personal development journey and “leadership story” (40%)

While evaluation is a necessary feature of this and any other course, it is not expected that participants will populate both tails of a normal distribution.

Prerequisites for participation and waiting lists

Important:

Students who attended or are planning to attend the Becoming a Global Leader or Managing People, Teams and Organizations Across Cultures elective courses with Prof. Stahl are not eligible for this course.

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Last edited: 2023-02-17



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