Course: Fundamentals of Leadership in Organisations credits: 5
- Course code
- LBVB24FLO1C
- Name
- Fundamentals of Leadership in Organisations
- Study year
- 2025-2026
- ECTS credits
- 5
- Language
- English
- Coordinator
- S. Gürbüz
- Modes of delivery
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- Education
- Assessments
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- Assignment - Assignment
Learning outcomes
1. Leadership Fundamentals: Understand leadership and its significance across various contexts, industries, and cultures.
Analyze different leadership theories, models, and styles. Evaluate the impact of leadership on organizational culture, employees’ well-being, and success.
2. Self-Awareness and Growth: Engage in self-reflection to identify personal leadership strengths, weaknesses, values, and areas for development. Establish a plan for continuous self-improvement and development as a leader in diverse settings. Cultivate active listening skills to understand the needs, concerns, and perspectives of others.
3. Inspiration and Influence: Develop strategies to inspire followers through vision-sharing, intellectual stimulation, and role modeling, while also positively influencing them by building trust, using persuasion and charisma, and nurturing their internal motivation.
4. Adaptability and Resilience: Adapt leadership approaches to accommodate varying situations, the needs of followers, different contexts, and challenges. Cultivate resilience in leadership to navigate adversity, setbacks, and uncertainties in rapidly changing environments.
5. Empowerment and Inclusion: Actively delegate authority and provide ongoing support to empower team members, fostering a culture of ownership and accountability within the organization. Create an inclusive environment that values diversity, equity, and belonging, ensuring all voices are heard and respected in the leadership process.
PLO: WW6-3, LW8-3, LW9-3, LW12-3, TWM23-3
Analyze different leadership theories, models, and styles. Evaluate the impact of leadership on organizational culture, employees’ well-being, and success.
2. Self-Awareness and Growth: Engage in self-reflection to identify personal leadership strengths, weaknesses, values, and areas for development. Establish a plan for continuous self-improvement and development as a leader in diverse settings. Cultivate active listening skills to understand the needs, concerns, and perspectives of others.
3. Inspiration and Influence: Develop strategies to inspire followers through vision-sharing, intellectual stimulation, and role modeling, while also positively influencing them by building trust, using persuasion and charisma, and nurturing their internal motivation.
4. Adaptability and Resilience: Adapt leadership approaches to accommodate varying situations, the needs of followers, different contexts, and challenges. Cultivate resilience in leadership to navigate adversity, setbacks, and uncertainties in rapidly changing environments.
5. Empowerment and Inclusion: Actively delegate authority and provide ongoing support to empower team members, fostering a culture of ownership and accountability within the organization. Create an inclusive environment that values diversity, equity, and belonging, ensuring all voices are heard and respected in the leadership process.
PLO: WW6-3, LW8-3, LW9-3, LW12-3, TWM23-3
Content
This course is designed to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of leadership principles and practices essential for success in today's dynamic world. Through a combination of theoretical concepts, self-reflection, experiential learning, film analysis, and well-known leader analysis, students will develop essential leadership skills and gain insights into various leadership styles and strategies.
The course fosters leadership qualities essential for addressing health and well-being (SDG 3), such as inspiring and influencing others to promote workplace wellness and mental health support.
By promoting self-awareness and growth, it contributes to quality education (SDG 4) by encouraging continuous learning and development for leaders in diverse settings. Through empowerment and inclusion, the course supports decent work and economic growth (SDG 8) by nurturing an environment where diverse voices are heard, fostering innovation and productivity. It cultivates adaptability and resilience, crucial for promoting peace, justice, and strong institutions (SDG 16), enabling leaders to navigate challenges and uncertainties ethically and effectively.
By emphasizing diverse leadership styles and strategies, the course encourages a global mindset, promoting cultural understanding and collaboration essential for entrepreneurship in a multicultural world.
SDGs: 3, 4, 8, 16
The course fosters leadership qualities essential for addressing health and well-being (SDG 3), such as inspiring and influencing others to promote workplace wellness and mental health support.
By promoting self-awareness and growth, it contributes to quality education (SDG 4) by encouraging continuous learning and development for leaders in diverse settings. Through empowerment and inclusion, the course supports decent work and economic growth (SDG 8) by nurturing an environment where diverse voices are heard, fostering innovation and productivity. It cultivates adaptability and resilience, crucial for promoting peace, justice, and strong institutions (SDG 16), enabling leaders to navigate challenges and uncertainties ethically and effectively.
By emphasizing diverse leadership styles and strategies, the course encourages a global mindset, promoting cultural understanding and collaboration essential for entrepreneurship in a multicultural world.
SDGs: 3, 4, 8, 16
Included in programme(s)
School(s)
- International Business School