SYLLABUS

Leadership and People Management

Department or Program

Prefix & Code MGMT 601 3 Credits

Course Name Leadership in the Global Context

Section # 12

Term / Year Winter 2023

Instructor Maria Sushkova Office Hours Section 12: TUESDAYS 12:00-14:00pm

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You are expected to attend weekly live classes AND Log into the MyUCW course shell (YourAgora for UAP)at least 3 times a week
(Minimum 2 hours) for discussions, assignments & emails.
Course Prerequisites: Course Code and Name (or none)

None

Course Co-Requisites: Course Code and Name (or none)

None

Course Description: (as in Academic Calendar)

Through incorporating elements of leadership at all levels within an organization, students explore leadership theories and best practices
that differentiate successful leaders from others. With a view to enhancing their ability to lead teams, students are challenged to identify
their own leadership style and to adopt new leadership approaches, skills and strategies. Strategic planning, leadership skills and critical
thinking skills are developed through applying strategic management tools and processes to real world problems with a particular focus
on ethical leadership.
Check if this is Reading intensive course (e.g. UAP/ ENGL only.)

Essential Skills are skills that people need for work, learning and life [Check only the skills and definitions applicable to YOUR course]

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 Effective Writing conveys information or argues a point of view using organizational structures, supporting materials, and language
appropriate for the topic, purpose, and audience. Through written assignments, students should be able to:
• Tailor writing to a specific audience
✔ • Focus writing on a specific purpose
• Produce logical, coherent, and well-structured writing
• Develop a well-supported argument or stance
• Apply appropriate writing standards
Critical Thinking skills are used to identify problems and suggest solutions from perspectives other than your own. These skills include
observation, analysis, interpretation, reflection, evaluation, inference, explanation, problem solving, and decision-making. Critical thinking
✔ includes the skills - particularly as applied to one's own work - for articulating the meaning of a statement, judging the truth of a statement
while keeping in mind possible biases, and determining whether a conclusion is justified by the evidence provided.

Oral Communication skills include listening, delegating, managing, verbal and using non-verbal communication. Effective oral
communication influences, informs, and/or connects with others by using organizational structures, supporting materials and delivery skills
suitable to the topic, occasion and audience. Communicate clearly and effectively in oral communication.
Quantitative Reasoning skills are employed to analyze and interpret data and information. Quantitative reasoning involves the
application of numerical, visual, or symbolic reasoning in order to draw inferences, understand phenomena, validate models or theories, or
make predictions.
Creative Thinking is the process of making connections, decisions, or new ideas and generating and evaluating innovative approaches
✔ to problem solving regardless of discipline.

Power Skills for Career-Readiness

Student Learning Outcomes -As stated in the Academic Council approved course (max. six)

1. Contrast the role of leadership on communal, corporate and societal levels in terms of styles, models and the philosophy of leadership in order to
lead diverse teams with cross-cultural differences.
2. Assess the key role of critical thinking in leadership development and the importance of various reflection frameworks as powerful tools for
enhancing leadership skills.
3. Categorize a wide range of leadership skills and attributes and assess various sources of power and multiple approaches to influencing others.
4. Compare different leadership styles in terms of benefits, limitations and impact of emotional intelligence and apply different leadership techniques to
real world examples.
5. Assess the role of ethical leadership and the resources available to overcome the challenges to sustainable leadership development.

Course Structure/Approach (to be completed by instructor)

This course will introduce you to the principles of effective leadership, enhancing your self-awareness and critical thinking skills. Throughout the course
you will discover multiple ideas, concepts and frameworks based on research studies which will help you identify your own leadership style and develop
your leadership skills. The course will have strong emphasis on practical aspects of effective leadership, theoretical concepts will be extensively illustrated
by relevant real-life examples.

The course consists of three main parts: the first one deals with the personality, skills and attributes of the leader; the second one is devoted to managing
others; the third one is focused on situational leadership.

As this is a hybrid course, you are expected to work two hours asynchronously following the tasks and guidelines provided by the professor. The faculty
will monitor and will provide feedback during the asynchronously time. You are strongly encouraged to critically analyze everything you hear and read
during the course, formulate, and present your own opinion on different topics, be actively engaged in discussions with your classmates.

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Student Performance Assessment

Learning
+ Assignment Description %
Outcome #
Weekly Multiple-Choice Questions (MCQ)- Each Chapter
Review of the chapters - TEXTBOOK will have 10 MCQs to be answered in 15 minutes and
10 1,2,3,4
INDIVIDUAL proctored Online.
Each Monday, 9:00pm (ONLY the 17 Chapters receive the grades - 0.59% each).
Login into CONNECT and click the link called "Course
wide resources and additional activities". Click the self
assessment link called "Do you have what it takes to be a
leader?" and assess your leadership style. Write a paper
starting with an intro and then for part one, write about
Leadership Skills Analysis what are the strongest and weakest areas of your style.
20 1,2,3
INDIVIDUAL DO NOT USE ONLY PERSONALITY TEST (MBTI OR BIG 5).
Assing#1: Writing Essay You can include some concept related to your
personality but this paper is about your leadership style.
In part two develop a written plan to improve the areas
where you are not strong. At the end of the paper
Week4, 30/ene include a short conclusion.

Business Report: Case study (GROUP) A case study will be assigned by the faculty 25 2,3,4
Assing#2: Writing Essay 20/feb
Final Exam Case study on leadership 35 2,3,4,5
15/mar
Students have to post their own answer to the weekly
question not less than 200 words and no more than 350
Weekly Discussions/participation
words following APA. The posts will be checked for 10 1,2,3,4
INDIVIDUAL
plagiarism. The faculty will monitor the discussion and
Each Sunday, midnight will provide feedback.
Gr ading Scale s
UAP Undergraduate Degrees Graduate Degree Graduation Requirements
A+ = 95 - 100%; A = 90 - 94%; A+ = 90-100%; A = 85-89%; A+ = 90 - 100%;
A- = 85 - 89%; B+ = 80 - 84%; A- = 80-84%; B+ = 76 - 79%; A = 85 - 89%; Bachelor or AA overall CGPA = C
B = 75 - 79%; B- = 70 - 74% ; B = 72 - 75%; B- = 68 - 71%; A- = 80-84%;
MBAF overall CGPA = B
C+ = 65 - 69%; C = 60 - 64%; C+ = 64 - 67%; C = 60 - 63%; B+ = 76 - 79%; B = 72 - 75%;
C- = 55 - 59% ;D = 50 - 54%; C- = 55 - 59% ; D = 50 - 54%; B- = 68 - 71%; C = 60 - 67%; MBA overall CGPA = B
(Course PASS >= 70%); (Course PASS >=50%); (Course PASS >= 60%);
F = 0 - 49%; F = 0 - 49 %; F = 0 - 59%; UAP = B-

Late Assignments: percentage points/ per day lost after the deadline 10

Books to Purchase or OER (How to purchase the textbook, link to MyUCW Textbooks)

Students must use their credit card to gain access to the textbook and to some of the assignments. The cost is $45.00 and includes the
textbook and all the assignments.

Hughes, R., Ginnett, R. & Curphy, G. (2021). Leadership: Enhancing the Lessons of Experience, 11th Edition. McGraw-Hill.

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Other Required Articles & Resources (e.g. assigned additional articles and case studies)

Additional Optional Resources

1. Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, APA, 7th edition ISBN: 978-14338- 3216-1

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 2. MYUCW Resources including APA Guide, APA template and student sample: https://www.myucwest.ca/cms/?p=139

Weekly Schedule: Changes may be made - if so, you will be informed

Wk Weekly Focus Assignments

Date Readings Activities Essential Skills
# (Main Topics only) Due

• What is leadership?
• Leadership myths
•Critical
• Interactional framework for
thinking •Connect
analyzing leadership
• Introduction of the course •Oral Quiz Chapter
• Action-Observation-
Jan • Explanation of the Communication 1 Due
1 Reflection model • Hughes, Ginnett & Curphy: Chap. 1
9-15 assignments, grading, APA •Creative Week 1
• Spiral of experience
guidelines Thinking Sunday
• Reflection and leadership
Midnight
development
• Learning to learn from
experience
• Your first 90 days as a leader
•Connect
• Learning from experience •Critical
Quizzes
• Building technical Thinking
• Class and forum Chapters 2 &
Jan competence • Hughes, Ginnett & Curphy: Chap. 2 and •Oral
2 participation 3
16-22 • Building effective 3 Communication
Due Week 2
relationships with superiors •Creative
Sunday
and peers Thinking
Midnight
• Development planning
• Power and leadership
• Influence tactics
•Connect
• Leadership and “doing the •Critical
Quizzes
right things” Thinking
• Class and forum Chapters 4 &
Jan • Character-based approaches • Hughes, Ginnett & Curphy: Chap. 4 and •Oral
3 participation 5 Due Week
23-29 to leadership Chap. 5 Communication
3 Sunday
• The roles of ethics and values •Creative
Midnight
in organizational leadership Thinking
• Creating and sustaining an
ethical climate
• Personality traits and
•Connect
leadership
Quizzes
• Personality types and
Chapters
leadership
6 & 7 Due
• Intelligence and leadership •Critical
Week 4
• Emotional intelligence and Thinking
Sunday
Jan 30- leadership • Hughes, Ginnett & Curphy: Chap. 6 and •Class and forum •Oral
4 Midnight
Feb 5 • Studies of leadership Chap. 7 participation Communication
behaviour •Creative
•Assignment
• Leadership pipeline Thinking
1 - Due
• Community leadership
Week 4
• Assessing leadership
Monday
behaviours: multirater
11:59 PM
feedback instruments
• Skills for building personal •Connect
credibility and influencing Quizzes
others •Critical Chapters 8, 9
• Motivation Thinking & 10 Due
• Class and forum
Feb • Performance: team and • Hughes, Ginnett & Curphy: Chap. 8, •Oral Week 5
5 participation
6-12 organizational effectiveness Chap. 9 and Chap. 10 Communication Sunday
• Satisfaction •Creative Midnight
• Engagement Thinking
• Understanding follower’s
potential

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 Wk Weekly Focus Assignments
Date Readings Activities Essential Skills
# (Main Topics only) Due

•Connect
• Individual vs groups vs teams
Quizzes
• The nature of groups: size; •Critical
Chapter
roles; norms; cohesion Thinking
• Class and forum 11 & 17 Due
Feb • Teams: effective team • Hughes, Ginnett & Curphy: Chap. 11 •Oral
6 participation Week 6
13-19 characteristics; team building; and Chap. 17 Communication
Sunday
team leadership model; •Creative
Midnight
leadership Thinking
• Virtual teams

•Connect
Quiz Chapter
• Setting goals 12 Due
•Critical
• Providing constructive Week 7
Thinking
feedback • Class and forum Sunday
Feb •Oral
7 • Building high-performing • Hughes, Ginnett & Curphy:: Chap. 12 participation Midnight
20-26 Communication
teams: the rocket model Assignment
•Creative
• Delegating 2 - Due
Thinking
• Coaching Week 7
Monday
11:59 PM
• The situation: task;
•Critical •Connect
organization; environment
Thinking Quizzes
• Leader-member exchange
• Class and forum •Oral Chapter
Feb 27- (LMX) theory • Hughes, Ginnett & Curphy: Chap. 13
8 participation Communication 13 & 14 Due
Mar 5 • Normative decision model and Chap. 14
•Creative Week 8
• Situational leadership model
Thinking Sunday
• Contingency model
Midnight
• Path-goal theory
• Rational approach to
organizational change: •Connect
dissatisfaction; model; process; Quiz Chapter
resistance •Critical 15 Due
• Emotional approach to Thinking Week 9
•Hughes, Ginnett & Curphy: Chap. 15 • Class and forum
Mar organizational change: •Oral Sunday
9 participation
6-12 charismatic and Communication Midnight
transformational leadership •Creative
• Bass’s theory of Thinking •Prepare for
transformational and the Final
transactional leadership Exam

•Connect
Quiz Chapter
•Critical 16 Due
• Destructive leadership
Thinking Week 10
• Managerial incompetence • Class and forum
Mar •Oral Sunday
10 • Managerial derailment •Hughes, Ginnett & Curphy: Chap. 16 participation
13-19 Communication Midnight
• Root causes of managerial
•Creative
incompetence and derailment
Thinking •Final Exam
• Review and Final Exam
Date: Mar
15, 2023
•Critical
Thinking
• Class participation -
11/ Exam • Final review and course wrap •Oral Reserve
students sharing their
12 Period up Communication weeks
feedback
•Creative
Thinking

Guiding Questions: (List 3 or 4 questions that guides the student's thinking in this course)

1. What distinguishes different leadership styles? What style of leadership suits you the best?

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 2. What is the difference between managers and leaders? Are you more of the former or the latter?
3. How can you increase you level of emotional intelligence? How will it help you become a successful leader?
4. What ethical responsibilities are usually placed on the leader?
5. How to manage multicultural teams effectively?

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1. Policy 5015 - Attendance Policy (Academic section)
2. Policy 6006 - Copyright (Library section)
3. Policy 6751 - Information Privacy and Security (Records Management section)
4. Policy 9024 - Examinations (Registrar's Office)
5. Policy 9024 - Out-of-Time Final Examination (Registrar's Office)
6. Policy 5006 - Academic Integrity Policy (Academic section)
7. Policy 9014 - Student Rights and Responsibilities Policy (Registrar's Office)
8. Policy 5005 - Final Grades Policy (Academic Section)

Instructor Policies & Guidelines

1. Assignment Guidelines

Located in the course shell

2. Grading Rubrics

Located in the course shell

3. Class Participation & Expectations

Located in the course shell

Student Responsibilities in the Classroom

1. You must log into the MyUCW/YourAgora course shell at least 3 times a week (at least 2 hours study for each course) for
discussions, assignments & messages.
2. You must attend in-person or live synchronous classes on time and participate fully. You will demonstrate your knowledge of other
perspectives and the readings through participation in class and in your written work. This means refraining from packing up early
and demonstrating courteousness at all times to everyone in class. If you need to leave class early, inform me before class starts.
Please explain your reason prior to class UNLESS an emergency arises during class and you need to leave immediately. If this occurs,
please email me as soon as possible explaining the problem. You may need to provide documentation. Also review the UCW
Attendance Policy (# 5015).
3. Respect for everyone and for differences in perspective, belief, and culture is expected in the classroom. Please feel free to express
your views in class, however, please ensure that you treat everyone's opinion with respect. I reserve the right to remove from the
class any student who engages in behaviour that is harmful, disrespectful to the rights of others, or that unreasonably interferes in
the activities of studying, teaching or research. Such behaviour is also prohibited by the Student Rights & Responsibilities policy (#
9014) and may result in filing a formal complaint.

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 4. You are expected to purchase and read the required texts and assigned readings in MyUCW or YourAgora. It is necessary to keep
up with the readings and do the assignments in MyUCW or YourAgora before class so that you can actively participate in MS
Teams/BBB or in-class discussions and activities to earn participation marks.
5. You are expected to learn and demonstrate the skills necessary to understand, analyze, solve and answer questions relevant to the
course learning outcomes. I encourage you to discuss class materials in a study group with your peers to help you prepare for class
discussion and activities.
6. Papers and projects must follow the guidelines/instructions provided in Instructor Guidelines and Expectations above and must
include evidence for your argument based on cited research and demonstrate critical analysis. It is the student's responsibility to
stay informed of deadlines for projects and papers.
7. You must work alone when writing individual assignments unless you are participating in a group assignment.
8. I do not accept your assignments from other classes.
9. Late Assignments will lose 10 percentage points/ per day after the deadline unless arrangements are made with me before the
deadline based only on extenuating circumstances or a medical emergency.
10. Incomplete grades will only be granted with a documented medical emergency.
11. Keep all Graded Work until you receive the final grade for the course and ensure that you have a copy of all completed assignments.
12. Audio-taping/recording/videotaping is only permitted in this course with my prior approval.
13. Review the Student Rights & Responsibilities Policy (# 9014) for an explanation of appropriate and expected behaviour in class. Any
violations of these or other relevant UCW policies may result in disciplinary action and a record will be kept on your student file in the
Academic Department.
Academic Integrity & Submission of Assignments
1. Uphold academic integrity. Think for yourself, act with honour. University Canada West is committed to academic integrity and
all faculty carefully review written assignments to ensure integrity. Cheating and plagiarism are prohibited and considered
serious acts of misconduct. At UCW plagiarism is defined as “representing the ideas, or the work of others as one's own.
Plagiarism includes copying, reproducing or paraphrasing significant portions of one's own work, or someone else's published or
unpublished material (from any source, including the Internet), without proper acknowledgment, representing these as new or
as one's own.” This includes another person's words, expressions, productions or creative works as well as actual plagiarism,
improper paraphrasing, insufficient citation and self-plagiarism.
2. Plagiarism occurs when a student uses the words of another person or entity (including using your own words in previously
completed assignments without the permission of the instructor), without proper citation or permission. It also includes “making a
small change to a passage or paper without appropriate citation.” (see Policy # 5006 Academic Integrity Policy). Plagiarism applies
to all intellectual products: books, articles, papers, literary compositions and phrases, research results, calculations and the results of
calculations, diagrams, constructions, computer reports, computer code/software, material found on the internet, creation and
presentation of images, music, drawings, designs, dance, and photography. Cite all sources and give credit to those you borrow
ideas, statements and approaches from. You must cite the original author if the idea, concept or approach is not original to you. This
includes not only when you use the same words as the source but also when you paraphrase from that source. If you use exact
words from a source in your work, you must place quotation marks around those words and a citation to indicate that you have
taken them from another text. Copying and pasting information from any source including articles, theses, books and websites
without credit to that source is considered plagiarism.
3. All paper assignments/assessments will be submitted into MyUCW in the assignment area of TurnItIn in MyUCW. TurnItIn
automatically and systematically searches scholarly journals, articles, books, all websites, other university resources, other student
papers available on the web, and student papers submitted nationally or at UCW to check for plagiarism and similarity of
content. Ensure you are aware of the rules about citing and quoting material and the consequences for failing to follow the rules.
4. You will be asked to attach a signed cover sheet with your paper/assignment/project or exam that states that your work is your
own. This signed cover sheet will include the following statement to indicate that the assignment is your own work: “I agree that the
work in this paper/ project/exam/assignment/etc. is my own work and that I have given credit to all sources of information used in
my paper/project/exam/ assignment/etc. by including citations and references in the APA format. I acknowledge that I am expected
to exercise the utmost academic integrity in all work submitted for this course. SIGNATURE: Joni Apple (indicated by typing your
name at the end of this statement at the time of submission).
Communication Policy
1. I am available weekly during my weekly office hours; however, I am also available via email or by appointment.
2. Email me anytime within the MyUCW portal for this class. ALWAYS identify yourself with your full name and student number in
the email and use appropriate courtesy such as salutations - (i.e. Dear Dr. XXX) and professional email etiquette. This applies to
both the instructor and other class members. First state your request/concern/purpose for emailing and then give your
explanation. Provide a concise description of the topic of your message in the Subject Heading.
3. I will respond to your emails within 48 hours.
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 semester. Early contact will increase our chances of resolving those difficulties and ensuring your best performance during the
course.
Accessibility Statement
UCW is committed to accessible learning. Our Accessibility Services team assists in navigating disability-related barriers to your academic
success at UCW for your ongoing or temporary visible or invisible disability. Please contact [email protected] for more information
about academic accommodations for your accessibility or disability needs.
Instructor Bio (see MyUCW course shell)

Faculty bio - see UCW website link

Academic Department Digitally signed by Academic Department

Date: 2022.11.16 10:29:19 -08'00'

Step1 Verification

Dr. Michele Vincenti Digitally signed by Dr. Michele Vincenti

Date: 2022.12.12 11:02:09 -08'00'

Step 2 Final Verification

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