Maricopa Community Colleges  CPD103BL   19952-99999 

Official Course Description: MCCCD Approval: 10-25-1994

CPD103BL  1995 Spring – 2012 Spring

LEC  2.0 Credit(s)  2.0 Period(s)  2.0 Load  Acad

Dynamics of Leadership

Designed to provide strategies that may be used when assuming leadership roles. Focus on improving supervisory confidence through the development of appropriate competitive behaviors, problem-solving skills, and techniques of leadership.

Prerequisites: None.

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MCCCD Official Course Competencies:

 

CPD103BL  1995 Spring – 2012 Spring

Dynamics of Leadership

 

1.

Select and illustrate a personal leadership style. (I)

2.

Describe various styles of management. (I, IV)

3.

Describe various leadership styles. (I, IX)

4.

Compare values, attitudes, behaviors, and response techniques when applied to a variety of management situations. (II, III)

5.

Develop strategies to overcome obstacles encountered when assuming leadership roles. (II, V, VII)

6.

Apply problem solving skills in leadership and management. (II, V)

7.

Apply appropriate decision making skills to management type problems. (III, VIII)

8.

Observe and critique appropriate competitive behaviors. (V, VI)

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MCCCD Official Course Outline:

 

CPD103BL  1995 Spring – 2012 Spring

Dynamics of Leadership

 

I. Appropriate Leadership Behaviors

A. Significant influences of styles on others

B. Observing leadership styles in others

C. Comparing a leadership inventory instrument

II. Strategies to Motivate Others to Minimize Problems

III. Resolving Team Ambiguity

A. Team building

B. Evaluating peers

C. Competitive behaviors

IV. Management Theories, Implications and Applications of Techniques

A. Theories X and Y

B. Argyris Theory

C. Likert Theory

D. Drucker Theory

E. Maslow Influence

F. Herzberg

G. Lippitt

V. Giving Objective Feedback

A. Triads for confrontation in practice sessions

B. Overt and covert messages in communication

C. Hiring in your own image

D. Need for feedback and objective data

VI. Celebrity Model: Visitor(s) to Describe Style and Success

VII. Self-esteem Assessment and Confidence Building

VIII. Problem Solving Skills and Decision Making

IX. Goal-setting Strategies and Leadership Practice

 

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