Academic staff member responsible for the design of the course syllabus
(name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature)
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NA
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Lecturer (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address
and signature) and Office Hours:
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Xhimi Hysa
, : By appointment (xhhysa@epoka.edu.al)
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Second Lecturer(s) (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email
address and signature) and Office Hours:
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NA
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Teaching Assistant(s) and Office Hours: |
NA
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Language: |
English
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Compulsory/Elective: |
Elective
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Classroom and Meeting Time: |
N/A
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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.
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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.
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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 |
No |
Program Competencies |
Cont. |
Master of Science in Economics Program |
1 |
Students apply advanced knowledge in economics |
1 |
2 |
Students explain the interaction between related disciplines and economics |
2 |
3 |
Students apply scientific methods to address economic problems |
3 |
4 |
Students define existing theory in a specialized branch of economics |
2 |
5 |
Students critically evaluate knowledge in economics and carry out advanced research independently |
1 |
6 |
Students develop economic models and formulate policy options |
1 |
7 |
Students make an original contribution to the discipline |
3 |
8 |
Students effectively communicate in a variety of professional and academic contexts |
5 |
9 |
Students will develop new strategic approaches for unexpected, complicated situations in economics and take responsibility in solving them |
2 |
10 |
Students uphold and defend ethical values data collection, interpretation and dissemination |
4 |
11 |
Students use advanced empirical analyses to address social problems |
2 |
12 |
Students interact with professional networks in their field of specialization |
4 |