Course Syllabus Dr. David M. Piper
ILR
618 Organizational Leadership in Human Resource Management
Senge,
P. M. (1990). The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning
Organization. New York:
Currency-Doubleday.
Hesselbein,
F., Goldsmith, M., & Beckhard, R. (1996).
The Leader of the Future.
San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Other readings as assigned.
The
objective of this course is to provide students with a seminar course on
leadership studies. It will expose
students to many writings and ideas of leadership theorists and practiconeers. Students will analyze the thoughts and
practices of various leadership studies, theories, and styles and will discuss
the potential application of these theories and styles in Human Resource
Management.
Each
class session, students will engage in meaningful dialogue analyzing the
assigned readings and will discuss the practicality of using the theories in
the everyday organization. To do this
the students will analyze the strengths and weaknesses of each leadership style
and will try to determine the appropriate audience in which the leadership
style will be successful.
The course will be taught in
a seminar format and will consist of lectures, class discussion, assigned
projects and group activities dealing with leadership applications. Thorough preparation for and participation in
each class session is expected. During
each class session, students will be required to apply what they have learned
in an exercise that will be given during class. These exercises will provide the student with a hands-on
experience that will reinforce the subject material. As a result, attendance to
each class is crucial. Because the
class will be led in a seminar format, your role each evening will be to
participate intelligently. My
perception of your ability to do so will determine a substantial portion of
your grade in this course.
Evaluation
will be defined as follows:
30% Class participation, which include class
exercises
30% Leadership Paper on Selected Reading
10% Presentation of Paper
30% Final Position Paper
Grading
will be done by percentiles (A = 90-100%, B = 80-90%, etc).
Each
student will pick another book leadership studies and will be required to write
a paper summarizing the important aspects of leadership each author
stresses. The students will analyze the
book for its applicability in HRM and will evaluate in if the material read
would impact their approach to life and how.
The student will submit the paper in a word document format and each
student will get a copy of the paper.
The student will then lead a discussion in class on the merits of the
book and its applicability to organizational leadership. The final paper will require the student to
take two leadership styles or theories discussed in the course and write a scholarly
position paper complete with references.
Class participation will be based on the preparedness of each student –
not only with regards to the assigned material, but also to the observation of
organizational leadership in the outside world.
The
deadline for submitting course requirements is the due date specified on the
syllabus. Assignments submitted after
the deadline will be accepted but will be penalized one letter grade (10%)
except in cases of serious personal illness or injury or other unusual
circumstances discussed with the instructor in advance. Except for bona fide emergencies or unusual
circumstances requiring arrangements mutually agreed upon between the student
and instructor in advance of the due date, no assignment will be accepted for
evaluation once evaluated assignments have been returned to the class.
David.Piper@iup.edu
IUP
office phone: 724.357.4470 and
department Fax: 724.357.1292
DATE TOPIC ASSIGNMENTS
Week
1 Introduction
Week
2 The Fifth Discipline
Part 1 & 2
Week
3 The Fifth Discipline
Part 2 & 3
Week
4 The Fifth Discipline
Part 3 & 4
Week
5 The Fifth Discipline
Part 4 & 5
Week
6 The Leader of the Future
Handy, Bridges, Helgesen, Pinchot,
Week
7 The Leader of the Future Leadership
Paper
Senge, Schein, Work, Blanchard Schedule Presentation
Week
8 The Leader of the Future
Kanter, Kouzes & Posner, Heskett, Schlesinger
Week
9 The Leader of the Future
Hesselbein, Beckhard,
Bardwick, Noer
Week
10 Research on Organizational Leadership
Week
11 The Leader of the Future
Covey, Bolt, Farren & Kaye, Leider
Week
12 The Leader of the
Future
Smith, Ulrich, Wilhelm, Goldsmith
Week
13 The Leader of the
Future
Pollard, DeCrane Jr., Mandl & Sethi, Steere
Week
14 The Leader of the
Future
Plamondon, Bornstein & Smith, Melendez, Weber
Week
15 [last] Final Final
Research Project Due