Certificate in Leadership

This course will enable the learner to achieve the following skills and knowledge. The purpose of this unit is to provide a comprehensive review of the major behavior patterns that effective leaders use to influence followers, this unit keys in on what effective leaders really do and emphasizes how leaders can diagnose and modify situations and followers to make their leadership a more positive and productive endeavor.

The unit is organized into an easy-to-follow three-part structure

• Part I: Introduces the concept of leadership and descriptions and evaluations of several currently popular situational leadership theories.
• Part II: Describes the five core leadership behavior patterns (supportiveness, directiveness , participation, reward/punishment, and charismatic behavior).
• Part III: Examines current leadership issues in organizations, with a concluding module that summarizes the impacts of the leadership behaviors in Organizations.