Surveys literature and other media relevant to role of the leader and to the development and application of leadership skills. This course is directed at helping the students understand and utilize the common concepts, generalizations and language relating to organizations. Students should emerge with an understanding of many of the basic concepts and generalizations about administration, which relate to human behavior and interaction in organizations. Objectives and class activities focus on how leaders function in organizations and on one's own operations in the organizational setting. This course reviews the arguments for ethics in leadership as proposed by both contemporary and ancient leadership theories, examines classical and current theories of power and authority, and seeks answers to the apparent dilemmas through applied moral theory and moral psychology.
Emphasis is given to practical solutions.
Applications are now available in Student Services and in the Financial Aid Office. You must be a USF Lakeland student to qualify for a Lakeland-based scholarship. Scholarships will be awarded in the fall and spring terms only. An application must be filled out each term to qualify. Scholarships are available to full, part-time, undergraduate, graduate degree seeking students Lakeland based students.