HED 300 Leadership in Organizations

Credit, three hours.
This course will examine the theories and practices of organizational leadership with emphasis being given to leadership within higher education settings. Additional topics in this course will include the motivations and ethics behind leadership decisions, effects that leadership decisions can have on organizations, use and abuse of power and privilege, risk-taking and failure, tension between theory and practice, leadership in teams, and problem-solving processes. Transformational, transactional, situational, participative, and servant leadership will also be examined.