COURSE OUTLINE

Department & Faculty: Department of

Educational Foundations, Faculty of
Education
Course Code: UHF 6033 Dynamics of
Leadership
Total Lecture Hours: 42 hours

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Semester: 1
Academic Session: 2013/2014

Lecturer

Khadijah Binti Daud

Room No.
Telephone No.
E-mail

C14 329, Faculty of Education

07 5534418 / h/p 0127577004

p-khadujah @utm.my

Synopsis

This course is intended to encourage students discover and develop their

personal leadership qualities. They will be exposed to leadership
theories so that they could develop an insight that leadership itself is a
dynamic relationship based on mutual influence and common purpose
between leaders and followers. Levels of analysis of leadership theory:
individual, group and organizational.

LEARNING OUTCOMES
By the end of the course, students should be able to:
No.

Course Learning Outcome

Programme
Learning
Outcome(s)
Addressed

1. Gain an understanding of the importance of

leadership role in every field of human PO3 (LS1-Ls4),
PO4(CS1-CS4)
endeavour

Assessment
Methods

PR, LP, RP

2. Develop an understanding of how leaders

PO3(LS1-LS4),
nurture leadership qualities and skills,

LP

3. Identify leadership challenges and provide

PO3, PO4 &
appropriate leadership responses thereto,

LP, RP

PO4(CS1-CS4)

PO6(TW1-TW3)

Prepared by:
Name: Khadijah binti Daud
Signature:
Date: 4th Spt. 2013

Certified by: (Course Panel Head)

Name:
Signature:
Date: 4th Spt. 2013

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Department & Faculty: Faculty of Education
Course Code: UHF 6033 Dynamics of
Leadership
Total Lecture Hours: 42

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4. Be sensitive to issues of ethics and values in PO3, PO4 &PO6

leadership,
5. Plan a continuous personal development
program to enhance leadership skills and PO3, PO4 & PO6
effectiveness for future leadership roles

LP, PR

LP, PR

KEY:
LP Learning
Portfolio
PR Presentation
RP Role Play

STUDENT LEARNING TIME

Teaching and Learning Activities

1. Lecture
2. Independent Study
- self learning
- information search
- library search
- reading
- group discussion

Student Learning Time (hours)

42 hours

40 hours

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Department & Faculty: Faculty of Education
Course Code: UHF 6033 Dynamics of
Leadership
Total Lecture Hours: 42

3. Peer Teaching
- information search
- library search
- group discussion
- report writing
- class leadership
4. Learning Portfolio
- Preparation
- Personal reflection
- group discussion

TOTAL

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18 hours

20 hours

120 hours

TEACHING METHODOLOGY
1. Lectures: lecture outlines are provided. Students develop each topic in ways that learning
becomes meaningful to them. They are required to write personal reflections and develop personal
learning portfolios.
2. Peer Teaching & Class Leadership Role: Students take turn to be responsible for leading the
class. They work in pairs on a given topic and lead in class discussion and class activity. Each pair
shall submit a written plan which outlines specific discussion and activity to be accomplished.
They also plan for the learning outcome during the week they lead. This exercise enables students
to discover their dominant leadership traits and styles, as well as their strengths and shortcomings
as leaders. They will get a feedback on their leadership performance through peer evaluation.
3. Social networking: Students are encouraged to interact actively and set up their own social
networking to foster group learning. This is to provide exposure for sociability and exercise of
natural leadership talents.
4. Personal evaluation: Students are required to make an overall assessment of their learning
experience in a short talk at the end of the semester. Specifically, they should assess their personal
leadership development experience gained from this course.

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Department & Faculty: Faculty of Education
Course Code: UHF 6033 Dynamics of
Leadership
Total Lecture Hours: 42

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Academic Session: 2013/2014

WEEKLY SCHEDULE
Week 1

Course Introduction

Week 2

Introduction To Leadership.
Does leadership really make a difference?

Week 3

Leadership Traits & Ethics

Week 4

Leadership Behaviour and Motivation

Week 5

Influencing: Power, Politics, Networking, and Negotiation

Week 6

Contingency Leadership Theories

Week 7

Communication, Coaching, and Conflict Skills

Week 8

Mid-Semester Break

Week 9

The Leader-Follower Relationship

Week 10

Team Leadership

Week 11

Leading Self-Managed Teams

Week 12

Transformational Leadership

Week 13

Short Talk (Assessment of Personal Leadership Development)

Week 14

Level 5 Leadership/ Folio

Week 15

Study Week

Week 16-18

Final Examination

REFERENCES :
Reading List
Alder, H. (1995). Think like a leader. London: Judy Piatkus (Publishers) Ltd.
Barnes, T. (1996). Kaizen strategies for successful leadership. London: Pitman Publishing.

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Total Lecture Hours: 42

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Blanchard, K. (2009). Leading at a higher level. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
Bolman, L. G., & Deal, T. E. (2003). Reframing organizations: Artistry, choice, and leadership. (3rd
ed.). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Pub.
Charney, C. (2006). The leaders tool kit. New York: American Management Association.
Collins, J. (2003). Good to great: Why some companies make the leapand others dont. New York:
Harper Collins Pub. Inc.
Covey, S. R. (2004). The 7 habits of highly effective people. New York: Free Press.
Covey, S. R. (2008). The 8th habit: From effectiveness to greatness. New York: Free Press.
Daft, R. L. (2009). Leadership: Theory and practice. Orlando: Harcourt Brace College Pub.
Daft, R. L. (2005). The leadership experience. (3rd ed.). Mason, OH: South-Western / Thomson.
Donaldson, Jr., G. A. (2001). Cultivating leadership in schools: Connecting people purpose, and
practice. New York: Teachers College Press.
Glaser, J. E. (2006). The DNA of leadership. Avon, MA: Platinum Press.
Hesselbein, F., & Shrader, A. (Eds.). (2008). Leader to leader: Enduring insights on leadership. San
Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Hughes, R. L., Ginnett, R. C., & Curphy, G. J. (2009). Leadership: Enhancing the lesson of
experience. Boston: McGraw-Hill.
Lussier, R. N., & Achua, C. F. (2008). Leadership: Theory, application, skill development. (2nd ed.).
Mason, OH: Thomson,
Northouse, P. G. (2011). Leadership: theory and practice. (5th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Palmer, R. E. (2008). Ultimate leadership. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Wharton School Publishing.

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Department & Faculty: Faculty of Education
Course Code: UHF 6033 Dynamics of
Leadership
Total Lecture Hours: 42

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Academic Session: 2013/2014

Pierce, J. L., & Newstrom, J. W. (2010). Leaders & the leadership process: Readings, selfassessment & applications. (4th ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill.
Yukl, G. (2011). Leadership in organizations. (7th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall.
Journals
Leadership & Organization Development Journal
Academic Leadership
Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies
Leadership Journal
International Journal of Leadership Studies
International Journal of Education Policy and Leadership
GRADING:
(Provide details on the allocation of marks and the time schedule for all quizzes, tests, assignments,
etc.)
Assessment of Student Learning
Class Leadership Responsibility

30%

Short Talk (Week 13 )

10%

Learning Portfolio (Progressive; Due Week 14)

60%

Total

100%

Faculty of Education
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

ABH