M&IS 34165 Spring 2008 Mwaka

 

Instructor:                   Jino Mwaka

Office:                         BSA A422

Phone:                         330-672-1149

Email:                          jmwaka@kent.edu

Office Hours:              Monday 4.00 – 5.15 pm; Wednesday 3.30 – 4.30 pm & by appointment.

 

 

Stimulate students to think about and develop their leadership potential by integrating theoretical as well as practical considerations for effective leadership.  The course will be covered with a student-centered focus. Personal and contextual factors will be considered in the realization and exploitation of individual leadership capabilities.

 

Text (Required): Daft, Richard L. (2008). The Leadership Experience, South Western

 

Optional Reading(s): Students are encouraged to look at the “Leadership Bookshelf” given in the chapter.

Kouzes & Posner, The Leadership Challenge

Beach, Leadership and the Art of Change

Gardner Leading Minds., etc.

 

The Following Policies Apply to All Students in this Course

 

A.    Students attending the course who do not have the proper prerequisite risk being deregistered from the class.

Students have responsibility to ensure they are properly enrolled in classes.  You are advised to review your official class schedule (using Student Tools/Flashfast) during the first two weeks of the semester to ensure you are properly enrolled in this class and section.  Should you find an error in your class schedule, you have until Friday, January 25, 2008 to correct the error with your advising office.  If registration errors are not corrected by this date and you continue to attend and participate in classes for which you are not officially enrolled, you are advised now that you will not receive a grade at the conclusion of the semester for any class in which you are not properly registered.

 

B.     Class attendance and participation are expected of all students. Students will be responsible for all materials covered in class in addition to the readings from the text. You are responsible for your part of the learning process.

 

 

C.    Academic Honesty:  Cheating means to misrepresent the source, nature, or other conditions of your academic work (e.g., tests, papers, projects, assignments) so as to get undeserved credit.  The use of the intellectual property of others without giving them appropriate credit is a serious academic offense.  It is the University's policy that cheating or plagiarism result in receiving a failing grade (0 points) for the work or course.  Repeat offenses may result in dismissal from the University.

 

 

The course withdrawal deadline is Sunday, March 30, 2008. Withdrawal before the deadline results in a "W" on the official transcript; after the deadline a grade must be calculated and reported.

 

 

There will be four in-class quizzes, a group project and two individual projects.

Students will work in groups; each group will make a presentation to the class of a leadership case of their choice. The groups will also participate in class discussions for which they will be awarded points. Individual projects will entail:

a)      follower analysis

b)      Portfolio of individual leadership profile. This portfolio will be developed throughout the course. The individual leadership profile will serve as the final examination.

 

Make-up quiz will only be allowed under the following conditions:

 

In all these cases, the quiz should be taken not later than 7 days after the quiz was given to the class.

 

 

The grades for the assignments will be distributed as follows:

 

Quizzes:          (4 x 25@)                    100

Group Work:

a) In class discussions              25

b) Case Project                          75

 

Individual:

a) Follower analysis                  20

b) Leadership Profile                80

 

 

Total:                                                   300

 

 

 

 

The plus (+) and minus (-) will be used in assigning letter grades to the students.

 

 

G.    Course Schedule:

 

This schedule offers a general time frame for the class sessions. However, while keeping within the general framework, discretionary changes may be made by the instructor as needed.

 

 

 

H.    Students with disabilities:  University policy 3342-3-18 requires that students with disabilities be provided reasonable accommodations to ensure their equal access equal access course content.  If you have documented disability and require accommodations, please contact the instructor at the beginning of the semester to make arrangements for necessary classroom adjustments.  Please note, you must first verify your eligibility for these through the Student Disability Services (contact 330-672-3391 or visit www.kent.edu/sas for more information on registration procedures).

 

I.       The instructor reserves the right to make changes to this syllabus as deemed appropriate.