Great man and the cult of personality, Issues of context, contingency, transaction and transformation, Groups, social identity and leadership, Leadership as a group process, Prototypicality and leadership effectiveness, Gender and Leadership, Ethical leadership and Political leadership, A look at Followership, Leaders as entrepreneurs of identity and emotion, Can I be a leader? Understanding leadership as identity management. Leadership and transformation of social reality
Course Objective
This course examines the dynamics of leadership and change processes in society and in organisations drawing on the research inspired by social identity and self-categorisation theories. It will focus on - Great man and the cult of personality, Issues of context, contingency, transaction and transformation, Groups, social identity and leadership, Leadership as a group process, Prototypicality and leadership effectiveness, Gender and Leadership, Ethical leadership and Political leadership, A look at Followership, Leaders as entrepreneurs of identity and emotion, Can I be a leader? Understanding leadership as identity management. Leadership and transformation of social reality
