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MSBL 5100: Transitioning from Manager to Leader (3 cr.)

In today's corporate setting professionals aspiring to advance to senior levels must be able to lead. It is true that someone can be a leader without being a manager, and someone can manage without leading – many managers do not even manage people! However, it has become apparent there are clearly definitive traits, qualities, and characteristics that distinguish the two roles and there is also commonality between them. Those differences and similarities have been the subject of an ongoing great debate throughout the last quarter of a century. It is widely held that leaders influence commitment, whereas managers merely carry out position responsibilities and exercise authority but there are others who believe that there is no reason to separate the functions. Through a combination of classic and contemporary readings, formal and informal case studies, and exposure to unfamiliar scenarios and challenging real-life situations, this course compares and contrasts leading with managing and examines the theories, tools, and practices that drive managers of processes and functions to evolve into leaders who build enduring value for their organizations. Upon successful completion of the course students are expected to have; learned how leadership has changed over the years and that leadership is the process of influencing others to understand and agree on what needs to be done and how to do it; an sensitivity to the effect of pro-social power motivation; developed a thorough understanding of the various different theories and approaches to leadership; a realization that leaders aren't born, they are made; gained an appreciation of the role of the modern day leader who facilitates individual and collective efforts so they can all accomplish shared objectives as they move toward a common enterprise.

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