DCE
Engineering Leadership (Registration opens 8/15/2019)
Having high-potential staff with leadership competencies is frequently recognized as a critical success factor by most private, public, non-profit and educational organizations. Engineering or technology-based organizations must have leaders who can help them adapt and grow within an uncertain and rapidly-changing business environment. This short course examines the key foundations of modern-day leadership with linkages to helping individuals become a better leader of teams and groups in organizations.
Course Information
This course is administered entirely online via the Canvas course management system. It will run for a 4-week period from the designated start date.
The course consists of a number of modules of content. Students should plan on completing the modules in numerical sequence. Lecture videos for each module will be accessible online for an unlimited number of times, within the prescribed course period. The slides used in the videos will be available via the Canvas course site and are downloadable.
Students may watch lecture videos and complete individual activities within the modules generally at their own pace. However, some module activities are discussion board-based that should be completed during the time intervals prescribed by the Canvas system for these activities.
Students will be required to purchase the course text described below. Other course materials will be provided free of charge via the Canvas course site:
Title: Learning Leadership
Authors: James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner
Date/Edition: 2016
Publisher Information: The Leadership Challenge, a Wiley Brand
ISBN 978-1-119-14428-1 (hardcover)
ISBN 978-1-119-14429-8 (ePDF)
ISBN 978-1-119-14430-4 (ePub)
Successful course completion will involve achieving a score of 70% or better on a brief quiz (multiple choice style questions) covering Modules 1-4; completion of all the submittals outlined in the module activities; and submission of a complete engineering leadership development plan at the conclusion of the course.
Course Video Lectures
Leadership in Context
2. Leadership Theories
3. Leadership Frameworks
4.1 Motivation
4.2 Effective Listening
5.1 Teams and Performance
5.2 Conflict Resolution
6. Leading Without Authority and Leading Virtual Teams
7. The Concept of Organizational Culture
8. Creative Leadership and Diversity
9. Leading and Managing Change
10. The Concept of Sustainability
Contact Information
Bill McElroy, P.E. (FL)
Assistant Director and Professor
Engineering Leadership Institute
Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering
University of Florida
Email: mcelrowj@eng.ufl.edu
Telephone: 352-294-7383