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    Course Introduction
    Course Syllabus
    Unit 1: Introduction
    1.1: Definitions
    Defining Leadership
    What is Management?
    Nine Ways to Identify Natural Leaders
    Characteristics of Good Managers: Styles of Leadership
    Types of Leaders: Transactional Versus Transformational Leaders
    1.2: Great Leaders
    Power and Politics
    Nelson Mandela: A Leader's Guide
    Teddy Roosevelt: The Rough Rider in the White House
    The Politics of Progressivism: Leaders of the Progressive Era
    Vince Lombardi as a Strategic Leader
    Unit 1 Assessment
    Unit 1 Assessment
    Unit 2: Leadership Theory
    2.1: Trait Theory
    The Trait-Theory Approach
    Leadership Traits
    8 Traits of Successful Entrepreneurs
    2.2: Behavioral Theory
    What Do Leaders Do? Behavioral Approaches to Leadership
    The Behavioral Approach
    Blake and Mouton
    What Our Families Teach Us About Organizational Life
    2.3: Situational Leadership
    What is the Role of the Context? Contingency Approaches to Leadership
    Boss Habits = Situational Leadership
    Contingency Approach
    2.4: Skill-Based Leadership
    Introduction to Competencies
    2.5: Visionary Characteristics
    The Seven Qualities of Visionary Leaders
    2.6: Transformational Leadership
    Key Behaviors of Transformational Leaders
    Unit 2 Assessment
    Unit 2 Assessment
    Unit 3: Change Management and Decision-Making
    3.1: Change Management
    Planning and Executing Change Effectively
    Managing Change for Organizations
    The Need for Communicating Change
    Encouraging Organizations to Change: The Influence Model
    3.2: Decision Making
    Making Hard Choices
    Techniques for Consensus Decision Making in Large Groups: the Spokespersons Council Method
    Problems with the Rational Decision-Making Model
    Non-Rational Decision Making
    What's Your Default?
    3.3: Biases
    The Psychology of Groups
    Selectivity of Perception
    Unit 3 Assessment
    Unit 3 Assessment
    Unit 4: Leading Without Formal Authority
    4.1.1: Sources of Power
    Sources of Power
    Finding Real Leadership Power
    4.1.2: Forms of Exerting Leadership
    A Leader's Influence
    Mediation
    Leadership and Conflict Management: Business Ethics
    Actions Speak Louder than Words: Adaptive Non-Verbal Communication is a Key Leadership Skill for Collaborative Teams
    Nike Improving the Environment and Communities the Open Source Way
    4.2: Influence
    Advice from 5 Joomla Project Leaders
    4.3: Emotional Intelligence (EI)
    Emotional Leadership
    How Emotion and Mood Influence Behavior
    4.4: Interpersonal Skills
    Should Open-Source Leaders Go Native?
    Aggressive Personality Types
    Working with Individuals
    Unit 4 Assessment
    Unit 4 Assessment
    Unit 5: Managing Groups and Teams
    5.1: Managing Diversity
    Managing Demographic and Cultural Diversity
    The Challenge of Diversity
    Diversity
    5.2: Internal Group Processes
    Small Group Communication
    Effects of Group Size on Stability and Intimacy
    5.3: Building and Managing Teams
    Building Successful Teams
    The Three Pillars of High Performance Teams
    5.4: Team Leadership
    Leadership and Small Group Communication
    Decision-Making in Groups
    The 3 Levels of High-Performance Leadership Communication
    Virtual Teams: Benefits and Challenges
    Unit 5 Assessment
    Unit 5 Assessment
    Study Guide
    BUS401 Study Guide
    Course Feedback Survey
    Course Feedback Survey
    Certificate Final Exam
    BUS401: Certificate Final Exam
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