The LOB faculty offer different types of electives
• Electives that fulfill the 2nd year Leadership Requirement (LDSP)
• Electives in the Leadership and Organizational Behavior area (LOB)
• Electives in Bargaining and Negotiating (NEG)
LOB taught Required Leadership Electives
• Leading Strategic Change (3 sections)• Leadership Strategies (new offering)• Tactical Leadership• Leadership and Diversity through Literature • Managerial Psychology (2 quarters)• Leadership Learning Lab (open only to
student leaders)
Electives in Leadership/Organizational Behavior areas
• Mastering Global Leadership• The Spirit of the New Workplace • Bargaining and Negotiating• Developing Organizational Capability (MBAE
format) – may open to MBAs in August
LDR 8701: Leading Strategic Change
• Senior Manager’s view on leading change in organizations
• Explores the relationship between leadership, strategy, and leading change in organizations.
• Cases and discussion about leading strategic change in organizations
• Provocative discussions
Alec Horniman3 sections
Leadership Strategies (new)
• Based on 2 assumptions- No one way to lead- Leaders are a work in progress
• Develops understanding of multiple approaches and their impacts
• Assesses your own leadership style and strategy through 4 part self-assessment
• Helps you develop a personal leadership action plan
Kristin BehfarOffered in Q2
LDR 8705: Leadership and Diversitythrough Literature• This course explores the stories of people
who are significant in the lives of other people: it has been said that we are a product of our most important stories
• The course explores the stories of influential leaders from diverse points of view
• Explores the role of leadership in managing diversity through great leaders in literature
Alec Horniman
GBUS 8703: Tactical Leadership• Leadership is about managing energy, first in
yourself, and then in those around you. This course explores how to get the most energy out of people, including yourself
• We’ll explore various roles of the leader such as story teller, values champion, voice, dreamer, listener, energizer, coach, change agent, designer, and force for action
• We address leadership at the personal, work group, and organizational levels
• Learn how to be a leader in turbulent times
Jim ClawsonThe course is based on the latest edition of the L3L book.
LOB 875: Managerial Psychology
• Familiarizes students with the dominant theories of human behavior
• A new book each week• Current theories of psychology as well as the
classics• Seminar style discussions• Over 2 quarters (30 sessions)
Alec Horniman
The Spirit of the New Workplace
Joe Harderone week format -
January
• Develop an awareness of current trends in the workplace
• Cultivate an analytic framework for assessing future workplace innovations
• Engage in a process of self-discovery about your own and others’ understandings of work and the role it plays in life
• Work with tools and methods that facilitate transition into the work world
• Experience the benefits of having fun with a purpose!
Mastering Global Leadership
• Course will be co-taught with Terry de Guzman
• Explores the perspectives, attitudes and habits of thinking that foster global leadership competence
• Opportunities to practice core global leadership skills
• Written exercises and reflections are core to the course pedagogy
Martin Davidson
Bargaining and Negotiating
• Hands on - Engage with classmates in negotiations for every class
• Experience first hand successful and unsuccessful strategies
• Learn about personal negotiating strengths and weaknesses
• Develop situational awareness and the impact of various tactics on outcomes
Melissa Thomas-Hunt3 sections
Questions?
Contact me (Lynn Isabella) or any member of the LOB faculty.