Character Formation 2: Leadership, Decision-Making, Management, and Administration
This course covers the understanding of personal values, characteristics, and goals including the normative foundation of leading. It also includes discussions on a wide array of leadership and management approaches to help students refine their leadership and management styles. Students will also understand the frames of judgement and skills required to affect positive change in a broad range of settings and to help transform cultures, organizations, and institutions. They will learn to do this through effective leading and management analysis, and decision-making done in a self-aware manner that will enable them to think and act strategically.
Chapter 1: Leadership and Management
- Introduction to Leadership and Management
- Leadership vs Management
- Principles of Leadership
- Theories of Leadership
- Leadership Styles
- Management Styles
- Efficient Management
- Qualities of Leaders and Managers
- Introduction to Administration and Police Administration
- Principles of Administration
- Theories of Administration
- Functions of Administration
- Police Management
- Division of Work
- Authority and Responsibility
- Unity of Command
- Scalar Chain
- Introduction to Decision-Making
- Characteristics of Decision-Making
- Principles of Decision-Making
- Guidelines in Decision-Making
- Factors that Influence Decision-Making
- Individual vs Group Decision-Making
- Police Decision-Making
Videos
- Khan Academy, How to write a SMART goal, https://youtu.be/U4IU-y9-J8Q
- Simplilearn, What Are The Qualities Of A Good Leader ? | What Is Leadership? | Leadership Skills | Simplilearn, https://youtu.be/uCw5byNWnoo
- PersonalDefenseNet, Intuition vs. Instinct | Personal Defense Network, https://youtu.be/3-_6RTcUzL4
- TEDx Talks, Before You Decide: 3 Steps To Better Decision Making | Matthew Confer | TEDxOakLawn https://youtu.be/d7Jnmi2BkS8
- MinuteVideos, Groupthink – A short introduction, https://youtu.be/CWEvJciU0Zc
- Practical Psychology, What is Social Loafing? (Definition + Examples), https://youtu.be/BpaChja09lc
References
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Contingency Theory vs. Situational Leadership Theory. (2022, September 29). PennState. Retrieved April 9, 2023, from https://sites.psu.edu/leadership/2022/09/29/contingency-theory-vs-situational-leadership-theory/
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Difference Between Contingency and Situational Leadership. (2019, June 13). Compare the Difference Between Similar Terms. Retrieved April 9, 2023, from https://www.differencebetween.com/difference-between-contingency-and-situational-leadership/
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Literal, B. B., Salamanca, B. H., Santos, M. I., & Tabajonda, R. R. (2022). Character Formation 2: Leadership, Decision-Making, Management, and Administration (1st ed.). ChapterHouse Publishing Incorporated.
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Student Reports