GRA 2239 Leadership in Organisations
GRA 2239 Leadership in Organisations
It is indisputable that leaders can have substantial impact on individuals and organizations. Among other things, they are the prime target of praise and blame for organizational outcomes. Defining what a successful leader is controversial, especially in today’s world Leadership is conceptually a complex construct and in practice very challenging. Developments in societies, including increased digitalization and demographic diversity, the changing nature of work (e.g., precarious work) and workers (e.g., the rise of the creative class), and the emergence of new forms of organizing work, such as networks and contingent teams have all contributed to challenges facing today’s organizational leaders. The aim of this course is to make students acquainted with the following: a) the various scientific perspectives used for studying leadership, b) how leaders influence individual and organizational performance, and c) current trends in leadership as a practice and a field of scientific research.
- Distinguish the various leadership theoretical perspectives.
- Explain how leaders influence individual and organizational performance.
- Identify recent leadership trends in an evolving global environment.
- Be able to read and understand scientific articles in this subject area.
- Demonstrate the consequences of leadership on individual, group and organizational performance in today’s society.
- Apply leadership theories in case situations.
- Critically discuss the various theoretical perspectives and trends of leadership.
- Consider ethical implications of leadership and leadership styles for organizations.
Leadership theories and empirical studies will be the basis of the course.
Group discussions and presentations will make up an integral part of the class participation grade. Physical attendance and active participation is required throughout the course and is necessary to achieve high academic performance.
Please note that while attendance is not compulsory in all courses, it is the student’s own responsibility to obtain any information provided in class that is not included on itsllearning or text book.
This is a course with continuous assessment (several exam components) and one final exam code. Each exam component is graded by using points on a scale from 0-100. The components will be weighted together according to the information in the course description in order to calculate the final letter grade for the examination code (course). Students who fail to participate in one/some/all exam elements will get a lower grade or may fail the course. You will find detailed information about the point system and the cut off points with reference to the letter grades when the course starts.
At resit, all exam components must, as a main rule, be retaken during next scheduled course.
All courses in the Masters programme will assume that students have fulfilled the admission requirements for the programme. In addition, courses in second, third and/or fourth semester can have spesific prerequisites and will assume that students have followed normal study progression. For double degree and exchange students, please note that equivalent courses are accepted.
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Exam category: Activity Form of assessment: Class participation Weight: 30 Grouping: Individual Duration: 1 Semester(s) Exam code: GRA 22391 Grading scale: Point scale leading to ECTS letter grade Resit: All components must, as a main rule, be retaken during next scheduled course |
Exam category: Submission Form of assessment: Written submission Weight: 70 Grouping: Group/Individual (1 - 3) Duration: 1 Semester(s) Exam code: GRA 22391 Grading scale: Point scale leading to ECTS letter grade Resit: All components must, as a main rule, be retaken during next scheduled course |
A course of 1 ECTS credit corresponds to a workload of 26-30 hours. Therefore a course of 6 ECTS credits corresponds to a workload of at least 160 hours.