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2020/2021  MA-MMBAO1107U  Leadership 1

English Title
Leadership 1

Course information

Language English
Course ECTS 3 ECTS
Type Mandatory
Level Part Time Master
Duration One Semester
Start time of the course Spring, Autumn
Timetable Course schedule will be posted at calendar.cbs.dk
Study board
Study Board for Master of Business Administration
Course coordinator
  • Jesper Rangvid - Department of Finance (FI)
Main academic disciplines
  • Management
Teaching methods
  • Face-to-face teaching
Last updated on 17-08-2020

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Learning objectives
Learning Objectives:
At the end of the course, the participant should be able to:
  • Describe a practical leadership challenge in own organization with attention to both the organizational and the interpersonal aspects of the challenge
  • Explicitly reflect on their own role in the challenge, including personal abilities and preferences
  • Describe experiments undertaken to explore and develop their own understanding and framing of the situation
  • Use concepts and models from the course literature to describe and analyze their reflection and learning process. Use concepts and models from the course literature to describe and analyze their reflection and learning process.
Examination
Leadership 1:
Exam ECTS 3
Examination form Home assignment - written product
Individual or group exam Individual exam
Size of written product Max. 10 pages
Assignment type Project
Duration Written product to be submitted on specified date and time.
Grading scale Pass / Fail
Examiner(s) One internal examiner
Exam period Winter
Make-up exam/re-exam
Same examination form as the ordinary exam
Course content, structure and pedagogical approach

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.

Description of the teaching methods
The course is structured in 8 sessions where each session is focusing on a specific topic. Also, the course has diverse teaching methods using lectures, cases, reading and discussions. The class meetings are interactive and require ongoing engagement of the students.
Feedback during the teaching period
The Feedback: Feedback is given to the student together with the grade when the exam has been assessed.
The Evaluation: At the evaluation unit at CBS’s Economics & Analysis department, we ask you to evaluate the overall course. In other words, if there has been exercise classes and lectures, the evaluation should include both. We evaluate every course and faculty to secure and strengthen the professional level of the offered course.
Student workload
Lectures 32 hours
Preparation + exam 50,5 hours
Last updated on 17-08-2020