Psychology of Leadership - Psych 316
Instructor: Dr.
Kelly Charlton
Office: 312
Education Center
Phone: 521-6459
e-mail: kelly.charlton@uncp.edu
Home Page: www.uncp.edu/home/charlton
Office Hours: MW 1:30-2:30; TR 12:30-2:00;
Fridays by appointment
Textbook: Lussier, R. N. & Achua, C. F.
Leadership: Theory, Application, Skill Building
Course Objectives
ü
Examine theories in the study of leadership
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Examine methods and empirical findings in the
study of leadership
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Understand the application of leadership theory
and research
POLICIES AND
REQUIREMENTS
Exams:
There will be four exams during the semester (100 points
each), the dates are on the course schedule. The first three exams will be non-cumulative
exams and the focus of each will be on the material presented during the
current chapters and lectures. The
fourth exam will be the final and it will be cumulative, it will cover the
material from all of the first three exams.
Your lowest grade from these four exams will be dropped. This means that only three of the four exams
will count toward your final score.
Therefore, if you are completely satisfied with your scores on the first
three exams and you have not missed an exam you may opt not to take the
final. If, however, you are not
satisfied with one of your first three exam scores, or if you have missed an
exam you may want to take the final exam.
Each exam will include both multiple choice and short answer
questions.
The Group
Presentation:
I know, I know, at this point everyone groans . . . . "a group project?! . . . . yuck, I
hate group projects!" Okay, now
that you've gotten that out of your system and the gag reflex has stopped,
smile and do it anyway (I learned at a conference recently that among the top
five things that employers look for in an undergraduate, #4 is "getting
along with others" and #5 is the "ability to work with others as part
of a work team"). Your project will
be worth 125 points, 100 points for the content, presentation, and summaries
and 25 points for participation (to be determined by your group members). Near the beginning of the semester, I will
divide the class into groups of about 3 or 4 students. Each of these groups will be required to give
a 25 - 30 minute presentation during the 3 class periods that precede the 3rd
exam. For this project you will pick any
area of leadership and it's application (i.e, an application in organizations, education,
counseling, sports, etc), although I must approve the topic in advance. If your group is having trouble coming up
with an idea, feel free to ask me (we'll brainstorm together) or other students
for suggestions. Your topic must be
approved no later than Thursday 2/15.
A one page outline of your presentaion must be
approved and turned in no later than Thursday 3/1. On the day of the presentation, each group
member will be required to turn in to me summaries of 10 investigations that
were not discussed in class or the book (brief, but including the design and
findings), and one good, well written, multiple choice question that will be
included on the third exam. Feel free to
be creative. The presentation may be
anything from a skit or game show to a lecture given by each of the group
members. However, even though you can be
creative, you need to include considerable relevant research, such that we all
have a good working knowledge of your topic area by the end of your
presentation. Attendance is mandatory
at all group presentations and you will be expected to ask questions at the
end of each group presentation.
Written Assignment:
There will be one written assignment during the semester, the due date is listed on the course
schedule. Your written assignment is
worth 75 points and should be done independently. You should be able to do the assignment
without needing to consult outside sources.
Points will be allocated for content, grammar, proofreading and
adherence to the length and typing requirement.
In-class Activities/Case
Studies:
Occassionally/Often? I'll assign some case studies in class. These will be worked on in a group and will
be accompanied with questions that need to be answered or roles that need to be
played. Depending on the demands of the
case study these will be worth from 5 to 15 points and will contribute to the
total points that can be accumulated in the class (this means that if you are here and attending class regularly you will
most likely benefit from inclass activity points, if you are not attending class regularly
you will not receive these points and your grade will suffer). For the case studies, I'll assign points for
your thoughtfulness and thoroughness in your responses or participation (i.e.,
if you take them seriously, even if they seem geeky you will earn the points).
Grading:
Your letter grade will be assigned according to the percent
of total points you earn in the class (Total points = Exam scores +
Presentation score + Written Assignment score + Cast Studies Points earned):
A = 93 - 100% B- = 80 - 82% D+ =
67 - 69%
A- =
90 - 92% C+ = 77 - 79% D = 63 - 66%
B+ = 87 - 89% C
= 73 - 76% D- = 60 - 62%
B = 83 - 86% C- = 70 - 72% F = 0 - 59%
Attendance:
Attendance is not mandatory,
however, it is strongly encouraged. It has
been my experience that attendance is necessary for your success in class. Exam material may come from both the book and/or from lecture and activities in
class and if you are not in class you may miss vital information. You may also miss doing a case study if you
are not in class and there will be no opportunity to make these up.
Timeliness and
Make-up Exams:
There will be no
make up exams, because you may drop one of the four exam scores if you miss an
exam then that score will be the one that is dropped. There are no make-ups on missed in class
activities. Though there are no make-ups
on in class activities, I will add to everyone’s inclass
total one score that represents the
average of the point value given to all the activities assigned during the
semester to reduce the penalty for missing one. Your paper is due at the beginning of the class on the due date
listed in the course schedule.
Extensions for the paper will not be given. Instead, papers received after the due date
will have 5 points deducted for each day it is late. However, you may turn in your paper no more
than 5 days week late (or on the day before grades are due, which ever comes
first). Because you
will also lose points if you are late over a weekend you may e-mail me your
paper (see the guidelines below for emailing papers) when you finish and then
turn in a hard copy on Monday morning.
This way I have the documented time and day you finished and I can
compare the e-mailed copy to your hard copy.
Grading Disputes:
When an exam grade or paper is handed back you will have one
week to dispute the points you received.
The dispute should be typed and be no
longer than 1 double spaced page (with the same typing requirements as the
papers) per item disputed. Disputes are
due at the beginning of class one week from the day a paper or exam grade was
handed back to the class. A dispute
should be a clearly articulated argument, not an opinion. Each dispute should also include relevant
references (i.e., pages numbers and passages in the text and/or information and
date from your class notes).
E-mailing
Assignments:
More and more people ask if they may email me their
assignments, so much so that we need some policy on it. If you would like to email me an assignment
please send it to Kelly.charlton@uncp.edu. Put “Assignment Psy
316” and then the name of the assignment in the subject of the email. You MUST put those exact words that you see
in quotes in the subject because I will be using them to filter your assignment
to an appropriate folder. Attach your
properly formatted assignment (when I open it and print it and it should look
like you would like it to look if you handed it to me in hard copy) in one
Word, or WordPerfect document. You must
sign your email with a name I can find on my class roster (I have no way to
know who babyblue2345@yahoo.com, bigdaddy2349@hotmail.com, or
lipsofgold1954@aol.com are, for example). I will reply (so, you should send it from an
account that I can reply to, i.e., I can’t reply to “labpc”)
to each email I receive that is sent in the proper format. If you don’t get a reply from me within a few
days, it is up to you to follow up on whether or not the assignment was received.might consider checking to see that you put
“Assignment Psy 316” in the subject line. If you feel that you need to resend me your
assignment, please forward the orginially sent email
with that appropriate information in the subject line (that way I can see when
the document was first sent).
Ultimately, it is your responsibility to make sure that I receive an
assignment sent via email.
Ethics:
Academic honesty is fundamental to the activities and
principles of a university. All members
of the academic community must be confident that each person's work has been
responsibly and honorably acquired, developed, and presented. Any effort to gain an advantage not given to
all students is dishonest whether or not the effort is successful. Academic dishonesty includes, but is not limited
to looking at someone's exam during a test, looking at notes during the test,
turning in someone else's work as your own, or plagiarizing from a printed
article (this includes copying information from the internet). If you
are in doubt about whether a behavior you intend to do will be viewed as
suspicious, talk to me before you do it.
You should read further about the Academic Honor Code and the
consequences of academic dishonesty in UNCP's Student
Handbook.
Extra Credit:
I'll assign some extra credit throughout the semester. You may do the extra credit to obtain up to
1.5 total percentage points to be added to your final percentage. For example,
if your final points add up to 89.45% of the total points you would receive a
"B." If you completed 2 extra credit projects, worth 1/2% each your
89.45% would become 90.45%, an "A." The exact value of each
assignment will be determined when it is assigned. Extra credit will be assigned during class at
various times during the semester, if you miss a class it is your
responsibility to find out from a fellow classmate if any extra credit was
assigned.
Americans with
Disabilities Act:
Any student with a documented disability needing academic
adjustments is requested to speak directly to Disability Support Services and
the instructor, as early in the semester (preferably within the first class
week) as possible. All discussion will
remain confidential. Sometimes note
takers are needed to assist students with disabilities. Students who are interested in serving as
paid note takers in any course should contact the Office for ADA Services as
soon as possible. The syllabus is
available in alternative formats upon request.
Please contact Mary Helen Walker, Disability Support Services, DF Lowry
Building, 521-6695.
Web Page:
I will post most class materials on the web page. Additionally, I may place other course
resources on the page (I’ll try to let you know when I do this). If there are technical difficulties with the
page, please notify me as soon as possible. If you are relying on the web page
for class materials you must notify me of a problem 5 days prior to an
exam. In other words, DON’T rely on the
web page to get materials the night before an exam, you may find a problem and
there will be no way for you to resolve it before the exam.
Course Calendar
Week 1 (1/9, 1/11)
Introduction
Who is a Leader? (Ch.
1)
Week 2 (1/16, 1/18)
Leadership Traits and Ethics (Ch.
2)
Week 3 (1/23, 1/25)
Leadership Behavior and Motivation (Ch.
3)
Week 4 (1/30, 2/1)
Communication, Coaching, and
Conflict (Ch.
6)
Week 5 (2/6, 2/8)
2/8
Exam
I (Lecture and ch.
1, 2, 3, 6)
Week 6 (2/13, 2/15)
Contingency Leadership Theories (Ch.
5)
2/15 Presentation Topic Due (everyone must turn in a sheet with the topic)
Week 7 (2/20, 2/22)
Leader/Follower relations (Ch. 7)
Week 8 (2/27, 3/1)
Leading Self-Managed Teams (Ch.
8)
3/1
One page outline of presentation due (everyone must turn in a sheet with the outline)
Week 9 (3/6, 3/8)
Spring
Break
Week 10 (3/13, 3/15)
3/15Exam
II (Lecture and ch. 5, 7, 8)
Week 11 (3/20, 3/22)
Influencing: Power, Politics, and Negotiation (Ch.
4)
Week 12 (3/27, 3/29)
Charismatic, Transformational, Strategic
Leadership and Change (Ch.
9)
Week 13 (4/3, 4/5)
Strategic Leadership Crisis and Change
(Ch. 11)
Week 14 (4/10, 4/12)
Leadership of Culture, Diversity, and the
Learning Organization (Ch.
10)
Group Presentations
Week 15 (4/17, 4/19)
Week 16 (4/24, 4/26)
Group Presentations
4/24
Exam
III (Lecture and ch. 4, 9 11, 10)
Finals Week
5/3 Paper Assignment Due at 2:00 pm
Final Exam (Cumulative)-
Regularly scheduled final time 5/3 2:00pm