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In everyday operations, as well as in changes and transitions,
leadership is a central element. Through leadership, direction is
established, followership mobilized, and progress achieved and
monitored. The popular distinction between management and
leadership differentiates between routine operations and changes,
and is at times interpreted as if these are two very different
roles, perhaps enacted by different individuals. This, however, is
highly debatable. Change without attention to detail and without
knowledge of what is changing rarely succeeds, and everyday
operation demands constant adjustment and development, to be
effective. The ability to reflexively orient oneself in relation to
the situation and context is critical for successful mobilization
of various resources, to move the organizational agenda forward. In
this course, we pay particular attention to the capacity to
observe, reflect on, and learn from one’sown experiences in
engaging with organizational challenges. We take reflexivity as the
process of critically exploring one self in practice to be a
central aspect of leadership in relation to complex challenges.
Further, we approach the notion of leadership as a relational and
contextual phenomenon, drawing on a wide variety of theoretical
approaches, where theories are used as resources to facilitate a
deeper understanding of the challenge at hand and one’s own role in
it. The course is designed to develop your leadership capacities by
engaging with practical challenges, but also to widen your
understanding of the phenomenon of leadership on a theoretical
level, facilitating navigation in a constant stream of
leadershipfads and fashions.
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