Session Delivery Plan (SDP) – Annexure 1

Teamwork and Leadership (MGB HRM 202) Faculty : Prof. Premkumar Parameshwaran

A1.1 Session coverage (# details provided by the faculty)

Session # Session Topic & Description (topics # Pre-session/Reference # Pedagogy
as per the prescribed outlines – sec 2.4) Readings
1 Introduction to Course and Preview and Article – The Engaged
foundations of leadership fundamentals of Learning
Leadership still haven’t
Understanding Leadership; Various kinds of changed – Ashkenas, Ron;
leaders – Entrepreneurial, Transformational, Manville, Brook – Harvard
Charismatic, Authentic Business Digital Articles,
11/7/2018, p 1-5
Contemporary leadership

Ingredients of Leadership ; Traits and

qualities of a leader

Examples and stories of leaders from the real

world

2 Various styles of leadership and approaches
to Leadership; Blake and Mouton Leadership
Style
Article – The most important Application
Leadership competencies, exercise
according to Leaders around
the world – Giles, Sunnie,
Harvard Business Review
Articles, 3/15/2016, p 2-6

3 Situational Leadership and its applications Article – When should a Caselet

leader be directive or discussion
empowering? How to Engaged
develop your own situational learning
theory of leadership –
Business Horizons, 52, pp
149 – 158 – Sims, H.P, Faraj,
S. & Yun, S (2009)

4 What is assessed in terms of Leadership in the Article – How Emotional Engaged

Malcolm Baldrige Model & other assessment Intelligence became a key learning;
models; Strategic leadership leadership skill; Ovans, A Video clip
Emotional Intelligence and Leadership; (2015) – Harvard Business and
Leadership in Change scenarios ; Leading Review discussion
across boundaries and geographies

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 Article – Strategic
Leadership ; The essential
skills; Schoemaker, P.J.,
Krupp S. and Howland, S.
(2013) - Harvard Business
Review, 91 (1), 131-134
5 MBTI and understanding ones own profile Article – Dave Ulrich & Assessment
and implications with respect to ones Norm Smallwood (2007) questionnaire
leadership style Five Steps to Building
Your Personal Leadership
Key Components of Personal Effectiveness to Brand. HBP. U0712A-
succeed in a Leadership Role; Executive PDF- ENG
Presence and Personal Branding; using social
media effectively
6 All about Teams and Team Working; Article - The 4 Things Exercise and
Characteristics of an effective team, Group Resilient Teams Do Bradley discussion of
think, Team challenges and techniques to Kirkman, Adam C Stoverink, learnings
resolve them Sal Mistry, Benson Rosen, from the
Pub Date: Jul 19, 2019 exercise
Product #: H051OJ-PDF-
ENG 
7 Simulation - Leadership and Team Case: Mount Everest—1996 Experiential
Simulation: Everest V2 – HBR (2003) HBS Brief Learning and
Simulation learning objectives – Cases discussion
To learn how to build, participate in, and lead
teams more effectively;
How teams can improve the way that they
make collective decisions; how cognitive
biases impair decision-making;
How teams can solve problems and make
decisions more effectively in situations when
members have different information and
opposing interests; how different leadership
approaches can affect team performance in
situations with time and competitive
pressures.
How teams and their leaders deal with trade-
offs between short-term task completion and
longer-term team effectiveness

8 Group Presentations and Discussions in Class Engaged

Learning
9 Self – Reflection on ones’ own Leadership Article - Discovering your Engaged
Style ; Crafting Personal Leadership Authentic Leadership - Bill Learning
Development Plan George, Peter Sims, Andrew
N McLean and Diana Mayer
Putting it all together; Course wrap-up - HBR - Feb. 2007

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A1.2 Prescribed and recommended readings (Prescribed Textbook as per the course outlines. Pls
provide the details of articles and cases)
# Detailed list of the prescribed and recommended readings in standard reference format.

Prescribed/Reference Readings:

Articles

 The fundamentals of Leadership still haven’t changed – Ashkenas, Ron; Manville, Brook –
Harvard Business Digital Articles, 11/7/2018, p 1-5
 What makes a leader? – Goleman, D (2004); Harvard Business Review, 82 (1), 82-91
 The most important leadership competencies, according to Leaders around the world – Giles,
Sunnie, Harvard Business Review Artciles, 3/15/2016, p 2-6
 When should a leader be directive or empowering? How to develop your own situational
theory of leadership – Business Horizons, 52, pp 149 – 158 – Sims, H.P, Faraj, S. & Yun,s
(2009)
 Dave Ulrich & Norm Smallwood (2007) Five Steps to Building Your Personal Leadership
Brand. HBP. U0712A- PDF- ENG
 How Emotional Intelligence became a key leadership skill; Ovans, A (2015) – Harvard
Business Review
 Strategic Leadership ; The essential skills; Schoemaker, P.J., Krupp S. and Howland, S. (2013)
- Harvard Business Review, 91 (1), 131-134
 Five Steps to Building Your Personal Leadership Brand – Dave Ulrich & Norm Smallwood
(2007) – HBP. U0712A- PDF- ENG
 The 4 Things Resilient Teams Do Bradley Kirkman, Adam C Stoverink, Sal Mistry, Benson
Rosen, Pub Date: Jul 19, 2019 Product #: H051OJ-PDF-ENG 
 Discovering your Authentic Leadership - Bill George, Peter Sims, Andrew N McLean and
Diana Mayer - HBR - Feb. 2007

Simulation:

 Mount Everest—1996 – HBR (2003) HBS Brief Cases

Recommended Reference Readings:

 Leadership in Organizations – Gary Yukl – Pearson, Eight Edition, 2013

 Leadership on the Line – Ronald Heifetz Marty Linsky – Harvard Business Review Press,
2017
 Act like a Leader, Think like a Leader – Herminia Ibarra – Harvard Business Review Press,
2015
 Total Leadership , Be a better leader, have a better life – Stewart D Friedman, Harvard

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 Business review Press, 2014
 HBR’s 10 Must Reads – On Leadership Lessons from Sports – Harvard Business Review
Press; 2018 

2.5 Assessment Tasks

Assessment tasks
Type (1) When assessed – year, Weighting Cross reference to unit
(see examples noted below session and week (% of total learning outcomes
this table) (for example, year 1, marks for
semester 1, week 1) unit)
Class Participation All Sessions 10 % A, B
Individual Assignments Sessions 9 15% A, B, C
Sessions 5, 9 & one on C, D
Group Assignments 35%
Feb 22, 2021
Individual Reflective Paper Exam week 40% B, C, D
Total 100%

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