Leadership Lab

Uitgebreide vaknaam	Leadership Seminar I: Leadership for Sustainable Change
Leerdoelen	Upon the successful completion of this course, students will be able to: - Compare and contrast the most prominent global theories answering the question: what does ‘being human’ mean? - Evaluate the impact of different visions on ‘being human’ on the understanding of formal and informal leadership - Take responsibility for their own leadership development - Analyse a leadership challenge and generate solution possibilities by applying the knowledge gathered in the first year of the foundation program and the skills developed during the integrative seminar - Write a critical report addressing the leadership challenge and their own personal leadership development from a theoretical and practical viewpoint - Giving a structured presentation using persuasive techniques to get their point across. - Discuss their ideas with peers and critically challenge ideas of others
Omschrijving	During the integrative seminar students are challenged to develop themselves as leaders for sustainable development and to use an interdisciplinary approach to devise and evaluate creative and innovative solutions to real-life leadership problems on a local or global scale. The course starts with a philosophical discussion of the concept of leadership, showing that current definitions of leadership fail to make a distinction between people who lead by inclusion (such as Nelson Mandela and Rosa Parks) and people who lead by exclusion (such as Adolf Hitler). Sustainable development is an inclusive form of development and needs therefore an inclusive form of leadership. Following one of the newest theories on leadership development, authentic leadership, the course then examines which are the characteristics of inclusive leadership by looking at the person behind the leader. Therefore, the questions ‘what defines a leader?’ and ‘how can inclusive leadership be developed?’ will be answered by addressing the questions ‘what defines a human being’ and ‘how can a human being develop to become an inclusive leader’?. The course will take an interdisciplinary approach and call upon insights from philosophy, (critical) economics, evolution theory, social psychology and management theory to answer the above mentioned questions. Furthermore, students will be encouraged to share theories on and examples of leadership from their own cultural background. The course deals specifically with two SDGs: goal 12 sustainable consumption, which is based on the self-transcendent values explored and applied during this seminar, and goal 16 as in order to build peaceful, just and inclusive societies, inclusive leadership is needed. The course has an applied character as well as a theoretical character. It also intends to support students in developing their own leadership capability on a self-enhancement and a self-transcendent dimension. This is achieved by exposing students to different exercises and challenges, including taking the lead on at least one meeting (seminar) during the course. In addition, the course will invite leaders from different (cultural) backgrounds to both model leadership and to present the students with a specific, personal leadership challenge. In a form of their choosing, students are asked to reframe the leadership challenges presented using the theories discussed and generate inclusive solutions.
Uren per week
Onderwijsvorm	nog niet bekend
Toetsvorm	nog niet bekend
Vaksoort	bachelor
Docent(en)	E. Cavagnaro, PhD.
Entreevoorwaarden	Foundation: all courses in year 1 Skills Lab: Fundamentals of Academic Communication I
Opmerkingen
Opgenomen in	Opleiding Jaar Periode Type BSc Global Responsibility & Leadership 2 semester I a verplicht