AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY-BANGLADESH

(AIUB)
Faculty of Business Administration
Executive MBA Program
Spring : 2020 - 2021
COURSE OUTLINE

I - Course No. Title: 01691 - Leadership & Management Skills (Sec: A)

II - Credit- hour: 03

III - Day: Friday Time: 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM Room - 3101

IV - Course Description: This course is designed to provide the students with a mix
of knowledge on Leadership & Management Skills. Key issues in applied form will be
dealt with to provide the students to get understanding about the principles,
concepts and tenets of leadership, as well as that of management skills. The course
deals with issues of leadership, managing an organization, management process
and major functions and the roles of managers in creating wealth and efficient cost-
effective utilization of resources both material and human. The course deals with
major leadership theories and various styles of leadership. Leadership is a complex
process by which the leader influences others to perform and achieve. The
leadership attributes – belief, values, ethics, character, knowledge and skills –are all
traits, which can be learned. This course provides the basis for understanding what
leadership is and what leaders do to be successful. This course also deals with
management skills, competencies and management responsibilities. It evaluates
some of the suggested traits and characteristics that leaders should have. Finally,
this course would make an endeavor to orient the students with the latest theories
and techniques of leadership & management skills so that they can develop a
professional approach to solving management problems.

V – Course Objectives: By the end of this course students should be able to:

1. Understand and comprehend the principles, concepts and tenets of

leadership & management skills.

2. Identify the management process and major functions of managers and apply
those to real life organizations.

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3. Develop skills in creating wealth and cost-effective utilization of resources to
achieve the goals of the organization.

4. To help the participants familiarize and learn the basic Leadership &
Management functions like planning, organizing, leading and controlling in
organizations.

5. To help a deeper understanding of the principle underlying Leadership &

Management functions and processes with particular focus on real life
situations.

6. To enlighten the participants of the expected attitude and skills required for
effective and efficient Leaders & Managers for achieving organizational
objectives.

7. Orient with the latest theories and techniques of management to develop

leadership qualities and practice professional approach.

8. To help a deeper understanding of management skills, competencies and

management responsibilities.

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VI – Topics (major and subtopics) to be covered

TOPICS Specific Suggested Teaching

Objective(s) Activities Strategy(s)
per Topic

Understand and PowerPoint

comprehend the Presentation presentation,
Leadership principles, and Discussion lecture,
concepts and interactive
tenets of discussion
leadership.
Understand and
comprehend the
Manager and principles, Presentation PowerPoint
management, the concepts and and Discussion presentation,
evolution of tenets of lecture,
management management. interactive
discussion.
Understand and
comprehend the
Organizational principles, Presentation Case analysis
culture and concepts followed by and
environment organizational analysis of own presentation
behavior. organization
Identify the
management
Decision-making: process and Presentation Syndicate
The role of major functions and Discussion method
manager / leader of managers
and apply those
to real life
organizations.
Organizing Develop skills in
structure and organizing
designing human structure and Sharing Simulation
resource designing experiences exercise
management human resource
management

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Skill of managing Develop
change innovative
and innovation skills for Group Syndicate
managing exercise method
change for sharing
effective experiences
utilization of
resources to
achieve the
goals of the
organization.

Mid-term
Examination

Provide
insights
Motivating necessary to Intercalative PowerPoint
employees- the role motivate the discussion presentation;
of the leaders employees for Lecture
their best
possible use in
achieving
organizational
goals.

Understand
and
Ethics, Social comprehend Presentation PowerPoint
responsibility & the principles, followed by Presentation;
Leadership concepts and group work. group work
the tenets of and
social reporting.
responsibility,
managerial &
leadership
ethics.

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TOPICS Specific Suggested Teaching
Objective(s) Activities Strategy(s)
per Topic
Orient with the
latest theories
Strategic and techniques Individual Simulation
management & of strategic experience exercise
Strategic leadership management sharing
to develop
strategic
leadership
qualities and
practice for
professional
approach
Understand &
comprehend Presentation Case
Management skills the tenets of and analysis &
management discussion presentation
skills

Final
examination

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VII - Course Requirements

Students should have sufficient knowledge both theoretical and practical about
leadership & management skills. The teaching approach in this course will be a
practical one with more and more application of theory. More emphasis will be given
on case work, group exercise, group discussion and presentation supplemented by
lecture. Students are expected to come prepared with the reading materials so that
they can take part in the group discussion sharing their real life experiences.
Report Presentation
Each student as a member of a group will have to present the
findings of his/her group report and face questions from the
class. IX. Reference Material

1. Leadership , by Richard L.
VIII. Evaluation Hughes,
Robbert C. Ginnet & Gordon J.
1. Mid term & Final exam-- -------------------------50
Curphy. 6th edition 2009.
2. Case Study & Presentation------------------------20 2. The leadership challenge, by
3. Assignment & Presentation-----------------------25 Kouzes & Posner, 5th edition,
4. Attendance-------------------------------------------5 2012 / 6th edition, 2017.
Total---------------------------------------------------100 3. Handbook of Leadership, by
Bernerd M. Bass with Ruth Bass,
4th edition.
4. Leadership in Organizations, by
Gary A. yuki, 8th edition, 2013.
5. Leading Change, by John P.
kotter, Macmillan Publisher.
6. Management, by Stephen
S. M. Zakaria P.Robbins, Mary Coulter,
Pearson, 14th edition,2019.
Faculty 7. Management, by Robert Kreitner,
Executive MBA Program Houghton Mifflin Company, 10th
School of Business edition. 2007.
American International University - Bangladesh 8. Management, by Angelo Kinicki
and Brian Williams, 2010
9. Management: Leading and
Collaborating in the competitive
World, by Thomas Bateman and
Scott Snell, 2010
10. Fundamentals of management, by
Ricky W. Griffin, 8th edition,
2015.
11. Publications on Leadership &
6 Management Skills
12. Internet (google, yahoo, bing)