The readings introduce students to scholars whose ideas have shaped modern approaches to leadership, including those who write about stewardship, servant leadership, ways women lead, and visionary leadership. Also, students learn behavioral skills which enable leaders to build credibility, inspire trust, and exert non-coercive influence among their followers. This course examines the nature, structure and function of communities, with a primary focus on the relationship between those communities and the persons who comprise them. Additional topics may include examination of the ideas of group and individual interests, solidarity and altruism. In this capstone course of the Community Service Studies minor, student groups undertake a project through the cooperation of the local community service organization.
Groups meet individually with faculty advisors.
Periodic seminars will be held for panel discussions, inter-group feedback sessions, and project presentations. St. John Fisher College.