COURSE INFORMATION Course Title: LEADERSHIP

Code	Course Type	Regular Semester	Theory	Practice	Lab	Credits	ECTS
BUS 509	B	3	3	0	0	3	7.5

Academic staff member responsible for the design of the course syllabus (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature)	NA
Lecturer (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) and Office Hours:	Xhimi Hysa , : By appointment (xhhysa@epoka.edu.al)
Second Lecturer(s) (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) and Office Hours:	NA
Teaching Assistant(s) and Office Hours:	NA
Language:	English
Compulsory/Elective:	Elective
Classroom and Meeting Time:	N/A
Course Description:	This course presents simultaneously the practice and theory of leadership referring to business and life contexts. The main aim is students' leadership development as present and future leaders of themselves and others. Thus, at the end of the semester students must be able to assimilate leadership and followership skills in order to design a consonant environment between leaders and followers as a "dancing relationship". In addition, through a systems thinking perspective and a service-dominant view, students will learn how to approach daily routines as well as complex situations. To the above mentioned, a strategic view it is added, based on double binds and paradoxes which help to solve complex individual and organizational issues with apparently illogical interventions. A fundamental objective of the course is to reduce the gap between the theoretical part and the practical one in leading organizations. Therefore, organizational simulations and role playing are a crucial part of this course. The Kolb's method of experiential learning is the basic learning approach of this course, accompanied with the Harvard's case method.
Course Objectives:	Inspire students to appreciate the unique nature of human beings as both leaders and followers; Build a sense of courage and moral leadership; Ensure that students know the main leadership theories, traits, skills, styles, attitudes, and behaviors; Empower students to motivate each-other during team-work; Build diverse high-performing teams; Design complex-adaptive organizations through vision and strategic leadership that shape organizational culture and values.

COURSE OUTLINE

Week	Topics
1	What Does It Mean to Be a Leader?
2	Traits, Behaviors, and Relationships
3	Contingency Approaches to Leadership
4	The Leader as an Individual
5	Leadership Mind and Emotion
6	Courage and Moral Leadership
7	Followership
8	Motivation and Empowerment
9	Leadership Communication
10	Leading Teams
11	Developing Leadership Diversity
12	Leadership Power and Influence
13	Creating Vision and Strategic Direction
14	Leading change by shaping culture and values

Prerequisite(s):
Textbook:	- Daft, R. L. (2015). The leadership experience, 6th ed. Stamford, US: Cengage Learning.
Other References:	- Lecturer's additional materials; - https://hbr.org/ - https://www.weforum.org/
Laboratory Work:
Computer Usage:
Others:	No

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

1	Evaluate and question leadership theories
2	Analyze leadership traits and build leadership skills
3	Increase the awareness of ethical and authentic behavior
4	Perform leadership approaches with creativity
5	Transform followers into leaders

COURSE CONTRIBUTION TO... PROGRAM COMPETENCIES (Blank : no contribution, 1: least contribution ... 5: highest contribution)

No	Program Competencies	Cont.
Professional Master in Business Administration Program
1	Integrate tools and concepts from business and economics to solve business problems.	5
2	Inspire an open minded-attitude through continuous learning and team-work.	5
3	Demonstrate ethical, social, and legal responsibilities in organizations.	5
4	Critically evaluate business case studies.	5
5	Manage business operations effectively and efficiently.	3
6	Report project results.	5

COURSE EVALUATION METHOD

Method	Quantity	Percentage
Case Study	1	100
	Total Percent:	100%

ECTS (ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD)

Activities	Quantity	Duration(Hours)	Total Workload(Hours)
Course Duration (Including the exam week: 16x Total course hours)	16	3	48
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice)	16	3	48
Mid-terms			0
Assignments	5	6	30
Final examination			0
Other	2	30.75	61.5
Total Work Load:			187.5
Total Work Load/25(h):			7.5
ECTS Credit of the Course:			7.5