Contents: Unit 1: Introduction To Leadership Unit 2:

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LEADERSHIP SKILLS

Trần Thị Bích Nhung

Email: tranthibichnhung.cs2@ftu.edu.vn

Introduction to the course

Materials:

– Northouse, P. G. (2016). Leadership: Theory and practice. (7th edition). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications.

Assessment:

– Individual report

– Group presentation

– Final examination

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Contents:

Unit 1: Introduction to leadership

Unit 2: Power and influence

Unit 3: Trait, Skill and behavioral approaches

to leadership

Unit 4: Situational approaches

Contents:

Unit 5: Contemporary approaches

Unit 6: Team leadership

Unit 7: Developing leadership skills

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Unit 5: CONTEMPORARY

APPROACHES

Trần Thị Bích Nhung

Email: tranthibichnhung.cs2@ftu.edu.vn

Contents

Transformational leadership

Authentic leadership

Servant leadership

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TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP

1. Transformational leadership

Transformational leadership is a process that changes and transforms

people. It is concerned with emotions, values, ethics, standards, and long-

term goals.

It includes assessing followers’ motives, satisfying their needs, and

treating them as full human beings.

Transformational leadership involves an exceptional form of influence that

moves followers to accomplish more than what is usually expected of them

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1. Transformational leadership

Transformational leadership can be used to describe a wide range of leadership,

from very specific attempts to influence followers on a one-to-one level, to very

broad attempts to influence whole organizations and even entire cultures.

Although the transformational leader plays a pivotal role in precipitating change,

followers and leaders are inextricably bound together in the transformation

process

1. Transformational leadership

Transformational leadership is the process whereby a person engages with

others and creates a connection that raises the level of motivation and morality

in both the leader and the follower.

This type of leader is attentive to the needs and motives of followers and tries

to help followers reach their fullest potential