This course addresses how organizational success is facilitated by sound leadership with special emphasis on effective exercise power and persuasion in business. The focus is upon understanding and using leadership principles in applied business situations. Material is drawn from a variety of sources ranging from classical and contemporary scholarly writings to case studies of recent business situations.
Students learn to identify effective and ineffective leadership practices in various settings.
This course forms a leadership development thread throughout the final year of graduate study. Students are required to complete a set of selected readings prior to enrollment. The course deals with the pragmatics of leading and managing in business settings with an emphasis on public accounting, consulting and small units of corporations. This course may be taken only by students enrolled in accounting graduate programs.