Kursübersicht "Ethics of Leadership (B 07a)"

Lehrende(r) der Kurseinheit: Prof. Dr. Nils Rauhut, Coastal Carolina University

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Learning Outcomes / Competencies

The main goal of the course is to give students the chance to explore some important aspects of the ethics of leadership. In addition, students will have the chance to practice their analytical skills and their English language competence.

Contents

This course will give students the opportunity to explore various questions and theories about leadership. The course will follow the structure of Peter Northouse’s book “Leadership: Theory and Practice.” The main objectives of the course are to give students a critical understanding of classic and contemporary theories and models of leadership from the psychological and managerial perspectives as well as to help students to understand the practical issues of leadership and learn to apply the theories and models of leadership to practice As part of the course work students are expected to present and analyze a specific case study as well as write a substantial term paper about leadership.

Teaching Methods

Interactive Lecture with various active learning exercises. The language of instruction is English.

Prerequisites

Formal: Full-time student of Business Administration (MA Program) in the Faculty of Business and Social Sciences (WISO).

Academic: This course does not build up on any other courses offered on campus. It is therefore suitable for first-semester students. As the language of instruction and assessment will be English, students need to be fluent in English - both in terms of oral and written communication.

Prüfungsleistung

Prüfungsleistung für diese Kurseinheit besteht aus verschiedenen semesterbegleitenden Tests, einem mündlichen Referat und einer Hausarbeit.

Bewertung

Die Tests zusammen bestimmen die engültige Note zu 40%. Die Hausarbeit hat ein Wertungsgewicht von 30% und das mündliche Referat ebenfalls von 30%.

Prüfungsanmeldung:
bis Ende 1. Halbsemester:
bis Ende 2. Halbsemester:	X
individuelle Anmeldung bis:	_________ (Datum)

Bewertung

Die Prüfungsleistung ist erbracht und ECTS-Punkte werden zuerkannt, wenn Prüfungsleistungen zu zwei verschiedenen Kurseinheiten des Gesamtmoduls bestanden worden sind.

Die Prüfungsleistung für diese Kurseinheit geht zur Hälfte in die Prüfungsleistung für das Gesamtmodul ein.

Literaturhinweise

• Northouse, P.G.: Leadership: Theory and practice (6th ed.). SAGE Publications, 2012.
• Michael Sandel: What Money can’t buy: The Moral Limits of Markets. Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2012.
• Ciulla, Joanne: The Ethics of Leadership Wadsworth Publishing; 2002.