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COR1301: LEADERSHIP AND TEAMBUILDING SMU-X: WEEKLY TIME PLAN (Dr. Rani Tan)
SESSION AND LEARNING TOPICS PROJECT WORK & CLASS ACTIVITIES
OBJECTIVES
1 Chapter 1 • Project briefing by industry partner
Introduction (IP)

• Define leadership and • Overview of Course

understand its meaning • Leadership, Power and
• Appreciate the Influence
importance of • Overview to Theories
leadership
• Distinguish the Class Activity 1: Forming of Groups
differences between and Introduction to each other
management and
leadership Class Activity 2: Group Project

2 • Groups discuss and start on

Chapter 7 preliminary work for group project
• Consultation with IP
• Differences between
a group and a team Leadership at the Group Level
• Limitations of working • Teamwork and
in teams Decision Making
• Recognise the • Self---Managed Teams
characteristics of
effective teams
• Establish team
charter Class Activity: GameLead
• Understand the team
leader’s role in
creating effective
teams
• Differentiate
conventional and
• self-managed teams

3 • Groups work on group project

Chapters 2

• Understanding of the
traits Leadership at Individual Level
• Understand how • Traits Approach and
leaders set the ethical Ethical Leadership
tone in organisations
and recognize the
distinction between Class Activity : GameLead
ethical and unethical
leadership
• Compare the 3 levels of
moral development
• Know how to become
an ethical leader

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Chapters 3 • Groups work on group project
• Understanding • Consultation with IP
behavioural theories
Leadership at Individual Level
• How leader’s task or
people related
• Behavioural Approach
behaviours can
influence followership Class Activity : GameLead

5 Chapters 4
• Groups work on group project
• Understanding
contingency Leadership at Individual Level
approaches to the
• Contingency Approach
study of leadership
• The interplay of
Class Activity : GameLead
leader, follower and
situational variables
• How leaders need to
adjust and adapt their
style of leading

6 Chapter 8
• Groups work on group project
Leadership at Organizational
• Understand the Level
concept of charisma • Charismatic
and what charismatic Leadership
leaders are like • Transformational
Leadership
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• Explain the nature of • Stewardship Servant

transformational and Leadership and other
transactional leadership Contemporary Theories
• Describe and apply the
principles of
stewardship and
servant leadership Class Activity : GameLead

7 Chapter 5
• Groups work on group project
• Consultation with IP

• Understand the
meaning of Communication & Conflict
communication and Management
the communication
process
• List the different
methods of Class Activity: GameLead
communication and
their information
richness
• Appreciate how
Class Activity
leaders use the
communication
process to accomplish In-class Consultation
their tasks
• Describe the
principles of coaching
• Discuss the meaning
and levels of conflicts
• Identify the 5 conflict
resolution styles and
when to use each of
them

8 RECESS WEEK RECESS WEEK

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9 Chapter 6
• Groups work on group project
• Recognise the Followership and Delegation • Consultation with IP
followership types and
take steps to become a
Team Level Followership and Leader
more effective follower
• Understand the Leader- Member Exchange:
Member Exchange 1. LMX Theory
(LMX) theory and the 2 2. Followership
types of relationships
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that occur between a 3. Delegation

leader and followers
• Appreciate the
strengths and Class Activity: GameLead
weaknesses of the LMX
model
• Describe delegation and
know what to delegate MID-TERM EXAM: QUIZ (Chapters 1-8)
and what not to
delegate Class Activity: Simulation Game

Debrief on Simulation Game;

Leadership and Teamwork Analytics

10 • Groups work on group project

Class Activity: Simulation Game &
Debrief

Leadership and Teamwork Analytics

ESSAY (20%) to be submitted in class

11 EPTL Week • Groups work on group project

Final Consultation for Written Report

& Oral Presentation – in class

12 Submission of Final Written Report • Final Oral Presentation

(30%) • IP will be in class

Final Oral Presentation (10%)