• Analyse the cases assigned, and individual elements of those cases, from multiple perspectives, and explain the assumptions behind these multiple perspectives
• Use the case materials assigned in the course to provide concrete examples of effective (and ineffective) approaches to leadership in a variety of organizational, international, and regional contexts.
• Use the case materials assigned in the course to support multiple definitions of the concept of leadership, and to present practical examples of the multiple ways, in which the notion of leadership, as well as particular leadership styles and approaches, compare across organisational, industrial, regional, and cultural contexts
• Present effective summary introductions and analyses of the cases assigned in the course, and explain the components of effective case presentations, as well as the importance thereof.

This course will help students develop their basic leadership and management skills through the in-depth discussion and analysis of an array of case studies chosen to exemplify the complex nature of the strategic, organisational and interpersonal challenges that confront organizations and the people who work in them on a day-to-day basis.

The course will also address the methodological issues raised by the use of case method for learning about the interrelated dynamics of leadership and management, and provide participants with the opportunity to develop effective skills in case discussion, analysis, and presentation.

Themes covered in the course will include: the nature of leadership in different organizational, business, and cultural contexts; the roles of leaders, followers, and team members; good and bad leadership; the relationship between leadership and ethics; cultural influences on the practice of leadership;the practice of leadership development, coaching, and performance evaluation; the organizational significance of ego, ambition, and interpersonal competition; the management of corporate culture; and the manner in which leaders respond to challenge and crisis.

Course materials will consist exclusively of business cases published by such institutions as the Harvard Business School, The Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario, the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia, the International Institute for Management Development (IMD), and the Insead Business School.