URBN 570 - Leadership Development

Institution:

Eastern University

Subject:

Urban Studies

Description:

This is a course in the theory and application of leadership for effective administration of human resources in an urban context. Using the model of a community of practice, students will learn through readings, discussion, interviews, research and reflection on personal experience. The course examines various approaches to leadership and the theories that undergird them, while upholding the servant-leader model of Jesus as the guiding example. Students will examine the lives of living leaders, as well as the essential skills and characteristics necessary for effective leadership. Students will evaluate their own strengths and weaknesses as leaders and develop a Leadership Action Plan addressing a specific organizational need as a culminating project. Lab fee.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.eastern.edu

Phone Number:

(610) 341-5800

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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