Leadership
Instructor: Драган Миловановић, PhD, Associate Professor
The ultimate goal is to acquire basic knowledge in the field of leadership. This subject is designed to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of leadership as a phenomenon and its impact on organizational behavior of individuals. It deals with the major theories of leadership as well as its integration into a variety of internal and external organizational factors.
| Code : | О17ПЛИД |
|---|---|
| Status: | C |
| Semestar: | 7th |
| Number of classes per week: | 4+2 |
| ЕECTS: | 7 |
| Teachers: |
Драган Миловановић,
PhD Associate Professor |
| Prerequisites: | |
| Learning Outcomes (gained knowledge): | Theoretical, practical and applicable knowledge and skills are the outcome of this subject in the function of acquiring theoretical and practical knowledge in the field of leadership. Students will learn to think critically about the phenomenon of leadership and about marginal conditions on leadership theory, which is an important outcome of this subject. The students will be able to make an evaluation of their own personal qualities of leadership and to develop a plan to improve their own leadership potential. |
| Subject Contents: | Students will be familiar with the history of leadership theory from the "great man", theory of born leader, to the theory of transformational leadership. The theory of transformational leadership is based on the fact that the leadership or leadership skills can be learned and improved. Subject content includes topics related to the analysis of knowledge and skills necessary for effective leadership in a variety of contexts and theory of trait leadership, behavior leadership, etc. Many topics will be related to leadership that relate to gender, power, ethics, workplace motivation, personality, national culture and the like. Practical classes: Implementation of technical knowledge, practical training and professional practice of the study program of leadership that determine the qualification of specialist of the vocational studies. |
| Teaching Methods and Learning Activities: | Oral presentation, conversation and discussion, test method and exercise method. Teaching modalities incorporate: a case study, project tasks, reports from the roundtables, essay questions, written exercises, homework assignments, texts, tutorials and video presentations. |
| Literature: | Northouse, P. G. (2008). Leadership: Theory and Practice. Belgrade: Data status; Lončarević, R. (2006). Leadership in theory and practice. Banja Luka: Faculty of Economics; Bittel, L. R. (1997). Leadership – management styles and techniques. Belgrade: Clio, Belgrade; Antonakis, J.; Cianciolo, A. T.; Sternberg, R. J. (Eds.). (2004). The nature of leadership. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications |
| Types of Assessment for the subject: | Colloquium I (0-20 points); Colloquium II (0-20 points); Final exam (0-50 points); Attendance (2point); Class activities (seminar papers, discussions, case studies) (0-8 points) |
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