Introduction
Leading as Practice -course is aimed to students who are interested in learning more about leadership as a conceptual and practical social phenomenon, and to enhance and develop personal thinking of leadership from relational and constructive perspectives. The course is a mandatory for students having Entrepreneurial Leadership/Leadership and Knowledge Management as their major or minor.
The course consists of two personal essays, five so called mini-essays serving as preparation for the lectures, a group assignment, and eight lectures. The course will start with an opening lecture on 15.1. at 9.15 am in Seminaarisali, OIH building followed by the first personal essay - the Introductory essay. The purpose of the Introductory essay is to ensure that the participants will have similar enough pre-knowledge in the beginning. The Introductory essay must be passed in order to be allowed to continue on the course. The due time of the Introductory essay is the 25th of January at 2 pm. You will find the assignment for the essay in the Assignment -folder. We recommend that you will start to familiarise yourself with the materials as early as possible - even before the official start of the course.
To learn more about the idea, requirements, and practicalities of the course, please, read the information provided in the different folders of this MyCourses page. The most important is that you'll mark the lecture dates and essay/assignment deadlines to your personal calendar. We strongly wish that you decide to attend to the classes. The lectures will form a major element in your learning from the course.