Leadership
| Structure Type: | Course |
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| Code: | KAF2F004 |
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| Type: | Free choise |
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| Level: | Bachelor |
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| Credits: | 3.0 points |
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| Responsible Teacher: | Katila, Anu (Ilmajoki) |
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| Teacher Team: | Piirto, Douglas |
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| Language of Instruction: | English |
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Course Implementations, Planned Year of Study and Semester
| Curriculum | Semester | Credits | Start of Semester | End of Semester |
| MAELINK-2015 |
3 autumn |
3.0 |
2017-08-01 |
2017-12-31 |
| MAELINK-2016 |
3 autumn |
3.0 |
2018-08-01 |
2018-12-31 |
Learning Outcomes
Students will:
1. gain an understanding of the habits of highly successful people;
2. gain an understanding of what constitutes effective communication;
3. gain an understanding of how to plan for and run effective meetings;
4. gain an understanding of leadership, management, qualities of effective leaders, and leadership styles as they apply to their working and personal lives.
Student's Workload
Mode of Delivery (78 hours)
1. lecture time for Dr. Douglas D. Piirto—22 hours
2. guest lecturer time of identified key company, agency and organization leaders--6 hours
3. student preparation time and submittal of guest lecturer summary reports—6 hours
4. student preparation and delivery of in-class oral presentations—6 hours
5. student preparation time and submittal of personal vision statement—3 hours
6. students preparation time and submittal of habits they want to develop to be successful—3 hours
7. student preparation and meeting time for assigned leadership group project—6 hours
8. student preparation of principles and values statement—6 hours
9. student preparation of written and oral presentation on leadership—20 hours
Prerequisites / Recommended Optional Courses
No previous college studies are required. However, the student must have an active interest in developing their working and personal life leadership and management skills
Recommended or Required Reading
Textbooks and References
1. Carnegie, D. 1936. How to Win Friends and Influence People. Simon and Schuster. New York.
2. Carnegie, Dale and Dorothy Carnegie. 1962. The Quick and Easy Way to Effective Speaking. Dale Carnegie and Associates, Inc. Garden City, New York.
3. Covey, Stephen. 1989. The 7 Habits of Highly Successful People. Simon and Schuster. New York.
4. Isaacs C., P. Pesso, R. Rasimus, I. Rönkä. 2014. Engineer Your English. EDITA Publishing Oy. 202 p.
5. Piirto, D. D. 1989. Tips for Making Effective Presentations. Journal of Forestry 87(10)55.
6. Piirto, Douglas D. 2014. Leadership, A Lifetime Quest for Excellence. Seinäjoen Ammattikorkeakoulu (Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences). SeAMK Publications. Seinäjoki Academic Library, Kalevankatu 35, FI-60100 Seinäjoki Finland. Seamk.kirjasto@seamk.fi
Mode of Delivery / Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Students will:
1. be required to identify the habits of successful people that they would like to emulate and develop in themselves;
2. apply oral speaking skills to in-class graded presentations;
3. participate in meetings associated with assigned class group projects;
4. develop individual student vision, goals and strategy statement for their working and personal lives;
5. develop a personal list of principles and values that will guide them as they live their working and personal lives;
6. develop a leadership and management report focused on both their personal and working lives.
Work Placement
No
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