Leadership
ELECTIVE COURSE FOR PGDM-WM
Leadership and Managerial Effectiveness
Dr Asha Bhandarker email abhandarker@imi.edu
About the course:
High performing and Competitive organizations need leaders with a whole host of competencies. At the self level there is a need for capabilities like Managing Self , Emotional Intelligence, Drive and execution ability, and Creative and Strategic Thinking; at the group level managing high performing Teams and Capacity to Influence and Mobilize people become critical with ability to influence and mobilize diverse groups. Senior level leaders will need to demonstrate capability at vision building, managing change and building work culture and role modelling.
This course attempts to address these broad expectations. High self understanding is an important building block on which enduring leadership capabilities can be developed. Hence the course seeks to enable students to have a good understanding of self so that they can build their leadership capabilities on this foundation.
Objectives:
Shaping Leadership Potential through:
a) Understanding business context and needed leadership competencies;
b) Identifying one’s own blocks to becoming an effective Leader;
c) Developing capabilities to influence others, collaborating and working together ;
d) Developing Self -Management skills; and
e) Developing creative thinking and strategic thinking capability.
f) Developing capability to envision, manage change and build the needed work culture.
Evaluation:
1) Assignment 1- Leadership Interview and Paper – to be submitted (15%)
2) Assignment 2 - Reflections about your leadership capabilities based on the outdoor simulations (15%) due date for the assignment will be a day after the outbound.
3) Group assignment – topic of your choice ( in the broad domain of leadership and organization building) to be studied in the industry (20%)
4) Mid-Term (20%)
5) End Term: (30%)
Pedagogy:
Classes will
Leadership and Managerial Effectiveness
Dr Asha Bhandarker email abhandarker@imi.edu
About the course:
High performing and Competitive organizations need leaders with a whole host of competencies. At the self level there is a need for capabilities like Managing Self , Emotional Intelligence, Drive and execution ability, and Creative and Strategic Thinking; at the group level managing high performing Teams and Capacity to Influence and Mobilize people become critical with ability to influence and mobilize diverse groups. Senior level leaders will need to demonstrate capability at vision building, managing change and building work culture and role modelling.
This course attempts to address these broad expectations. High self understanding is an important building block on which enduring leadership capabilities can be developed. Hence the course seeks to enable students to have a good understanding of self so that they can build their leadership capabilities on this foundation.
Objectives:
Shaping Leadership Potential through:
a) Understanding business context and needed leadership competencies;
b) Identifying one’s own blocks to becoming an effective Leader;
c) Developing capabilities to influence others, collaborating and working together ;
d) Developing Self -Management skills; and
e) Developing creative thinking and strategic thinking capability.
f) Developing capability to envision, manage change and build the needed work culture.
Evaluation:
1) Assignment 1- Leadership Interview and Paper – to be submitted (15%)
2) Assignment 2 - Reflections about your leadership capabilities based on the outdoor simulations (15%) due date for the assignment will be a day after the outbound.
3) Group assignment – topic of your choice ( in the broad domain of leadership and organization building) to be studied in the industry (20%)
4) Mid-Term (20%)
5) End Term: (30%)
Pedagogy:
Classes will