Course Syllabus for students Autumn 2018

On completion of the course students should be able to:

- account for leadership and global leadership theories and their development
- account for globalization as an empirical phenomenon and how it influences leadership and management, including human resource management.
- clarify the role of leadership in addressing the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development goals

- apply relevant theories to develop leadership strategies in order to create and stimulate sustainable transformation in a global context
- critically analyze leadership practices to suggest how leadership can be developed to answer better the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

- identify and problematize risks and opportunities in global leadership, including its consequences for human resources management
- reflect on the role and responsibility of leaders, managers and overall employees towards influencing stakeholders’ engagement towards the United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals.

This course provides students an understanding of leadership in a contemporary global context. The course provides knowledge in leadership as well as global leadership theories and their application in internationally oriented organizations. In addition, the course opens for discussion and reflection on the nature of the contemporary global context rather than taking it for granted. Above all, the course provides frameworks to create and stimulate sustainable transformation to address contemporary challenges linked to globalization, including the United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals.

The content reflects the following aspects including:

• Globalization
• Leadership and Management theories and models
• Leadership and sustainable transformation
• Global leadership theories and research
• Perspectives of sustainability and its effects on global leadership
• The role of leadership related to human resource challenges emerging in a global context

The teaching consists of lectures, seminars and exercises performed individually and in groups.

An e-learning platform is used.

Students who have been admitted to and registered for a course have the right to receive instruction/supervision for the duration of the time period specified for the particular course to which they were accepted. After that, the right to receive instruction/supervision expires.

The teaching is conducted in English.

General entry requirements and 15 credits in Business Administration including organizational theory, or the equivalent. English proficiency is required. Exemption is granted from the requirement in Swedish.

The course is graded A, B, C, D, E, FX or F.

The grades A, B, C, D and E are all passing grades. For courses with more than one examination, students are given a final grade based on an overall assessment of all examinations included in the course. The final grade of the course is issued only when all course units have been passed.

The examination is based on instruction and course literature.

The examination must allow for students to be assessed on an individual basis. Students may not make a second attempt at any examination (or element of examination) already passed in order to receive a higher grade. Further information concerning assessment and grading criteria is provided in a study guide distributed at the beginning of the course.

Students are guaranteed a minimum of three examination opportunities, including the main one.

If a student has failed the examination three times, the students is entitled to request that the next examination is assessed and graded by a new examiner if possible. The decision to accept or reject such request is made by the vide dean of education.

In case the course is terminated or significantly altered, examination aligned with the current course syllabus shall be offered on at least two occasions in the course of one year following the termination/alteration.

The course is examined in the following way:
Take home exam (individual, ILO 1, 2, 3), 4 credits
Active participation (individual, ILO: 3, 7), 1 credit
Group assignment including oral presentation (group, ILO 4, 5, 6, 7), 2,5 credits

You will need an E on every assignment to pass the course.

The overall course grade is weighted based on the grade in all elements of examination and their associated credits.

Name of the Test	Value	Grading
Individual written assignment	4 credits	A/B/C/D/E/FX/F
Active participation	1 credit	U/G
Oral and written group assignment	2.5 credits	A/B/C/D/E/FX/F

Harvard Business Review. (2011). HBR's 10 Must Reads on Leadership av Harvard Business Review. ISBN 9781422157978. 219 p.

Compendium on Leadership and Global leadership as selected chapters from relevant books among those:
• Northouse, P.G (2016). Leadership. Sage Publication
• Shackleton, V. (2005). Business Leadership. Thomson Learning
• Andersson, M. (2010). The Leadership Book. FT publishing
• Mendenhall, A.E. et al. (eds) (2008). Global leadership: research, practice and development. Routledge
• Moodian, M.A. (ed) (2009). Contemporary leadership and intercultural competence. Sage Publication
• Tayeb, M.H. (2005). International Human Resource management. Oxford
• Lane H.W. (2004). Handbook of global management: a guide to managing complexity.

Selection of research articles among those on Globalization, International HRM, Sustainable Leadership, Global leadership to be posted on Ping-Pong.

Web portals to global issues among those:
• United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals
www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/sustainable-development-goals/
• The United Nations Global Issues Overview:
www.un.org/en/sections/issues-depth/global-issues-overview
• The 10 biggest global challenges (world Economic Forum):
www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/01/what-are-the-10-biggest-global-challenges
• The 10 biggest problems in the world today according to Millennials, Business Insider, August 23rd, 2016, accessible at:
nordic.businessinsider.com/world-economic-forum-world-biggest-problems-concerning-millennials-2016-8
• Decent work and the 2030 Agenda for sustainable development
www.ilo.org/global/topics/sdg-2030/lang--en/index.htm


Reference Literature:
Citing Sources – How to Create Literature References
http:ju.se/library/search--write/citing-sources---how-to-create-literature-references.html

The Interactive Anti-Plagiarism Guide – Jönköping University
Information about plagiarism at higher education institutions
http:pingpong.hj.se/public/courseId/10565/publicPage.do
Also available in the course event on the e-learning platform PING PONG