Master
2021/2022
Transformational Leadership Kit: Boosting Agility with Knowledge Engineering and Mindful Learning
Type:
Elective course (Master in International Management)
Area of studies:
Management
Delivered by:
Department of Strategic and International Management
Where:
Graduate School of Business
When:
2 year, 1 module
Mode of studies:
offline
Open to:
students of all HSE University campuses
Instructors:
Aleksandra Bordunos,
Liudmila Kokoulina
Master’s programme:
Международный менеджмент
Language:
English
ECTS credits:
5
Contact hours:
24
Course Syllabus
Abstract
The pandemic illustrated the challenges faced by the leaders of organizations as a consequence of a radical uncertainty, where the predictive and calculative capabilities of organizations were pushed to the limits. The seminar covers the important aspects of the leaders` decision-making and behavior under uncertainty. It introduces particular visualization tools and coaching-based methods helpful in becoming a more agile and flexible leader. The seminar is structured around 4 core components of transformational leadership: idealized influence, individual consideration, inspirational motivation and intellectual stimulation.
Learning Objectives
- The pandemic illustrated the challenges faced by the leaders of organizations as a consequence of a radical uncertainty, where the predictive and calculative capabilities of organizations were pushed to the limits. The seminar covers the important aspects of the leaders` decision-making and behavior under uncertainty. It introduces particular visualization tools and coaching-based methods helpful in becoming a more agile and flexible leader. The seminar is structured around 4 core components of transformational leadership: idealized influence, individual consideration, inspirational motivation and intellectual stimulation.
Expected Learning Outcomes
- Develop own career expectations and coach a teammate on career path
- Develop personal plan how to deal with complicated situations and coach a teammate to deal with hard challenges
- Experiment with various mindful learning and decision-making approaches
- Implement various knowledge engineering methods and techniques for practical tasks
- Investigate possible options of employment of transformational leadership behaviour into personal leadership style
- Organize effective forms of interpersonal communication (in written form and orally) for the purpose of analysis
Course Contents
- Topic 1: introduction
- Topic 2: idealized Influence.
- Topic 3: inspirational motivation
- Topic 4: individualized consideration
- Topic 5: intellectual stimulation
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- Инженерия знаний : модели и методы: учебник, Гаврилова, Т. А., 2016
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- B. Joseph Pine II, & James H. Gilmore. (2019). The Experience Economy, With a New Preface by the Authors : Competing for Customer Time, Attention, and Money. [N.p.]: Harvard Business Review Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=2002062
- Büchel, B., & Davidson, R. (2019). Strategic Agility : The Art of Piloting Initiatives. IMD International.
- Hamed Fazlollahtabar. (2020). Knowledge Engineering : The Process Paradigm: Vol. First edition. CRC Press.
- Pamela Meyer. (2015). Agility Shift : Creating Agile and Effective Leaders, Teams, and Organizations. Routledge.
- Randy Dobbs, & Paul Robert Walker. (2010). Transformational Leadership: A Blueprint for Real Organizational Change. Dobbs Leadership.
- White, T., Secretan, L., Sisodia, R., Heffernan, M., Heckler, R., Lawrence, P. R., Horsager, D., Benyus, J., & Babauta, L. (2020). Transformational Leadership. THiNKaha.