Objective:
The course objective is to describe the fundamentals of leadership, analyze the components of effective leadership communication and explain topics pertaining to leadership styles, theories, communication, and ethics.
Learning Outcomes:
- Explain the leaders impact on organizational culture, discuss the importance of communicating expectations to employees, contrast the Pygmalion and Galatea effect, and discuss cross cultural communication strategies
- Analyze the role of a leader in work teams, explain the relationship between the leader and group members, discuss the use of delegation in work teams, and compare the emergent and appointed leader
- Summarize the role of leadership communication in workforce diversity, and appraise the importance of diversity training
- And analyze the impact of interpersonal skills, personality and emotional intelligence on leadership communication
- Upon completion of the course, the student will be able to analyze leadership communication, evaluate the leader follower relationship, explain the importance of a positive leadership ethos, and discuss the intricacies of organizational communication
- Appraise the communication process, compare types and styles of communication, and appraise the role of leadership storytelling to motivation
- Compare major leadership theories and explain how they relate to leadership communication and critique various leadership styles and philosophies
- Evaluate the relationship between leadership and power, point out the benefits of employee empowerment, and discuss how to communicate power
- Defend the importance of ethical policies, analyze the role of ethics in interpersonal communication, break down the ethical decision-making process, and discuss how to manage ethics
General Course Topics:
- Basics of leadership communication
- Individual communication types and styles
- Oral and written communication skills
- Leadership theories
- Leadership types and styles
- Leadership and power
- Team leadership and communication
- Communication in organizations
- The significance of organizational culture
- Ethics in leadership
- Leadership and diversity
- Interpersonal skills and emotional intelligence