The Psychology of Leadership and Social Change | Humanities & Social Sciences

The Psychology of Leadership and Social Change

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 Number: 
HSL766
LTP structure: 
3-0-0
Discipline: 
Psychology
Credit: 
3.0

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

Faculty

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