BA4228 BUILDING RESILIENCE THROUGH ADAPTIVE LEADERSHIP
| Course Code: | 3124228 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 6.0 |
| Department: | Business Administration |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Assoc.Prof.Dr. ÇAĞRI TOPAL |
| Offered Semester: | Fall or Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
The course aims to invite attendees to explore the concept of leadership from a perspective which is more collective, conscious, and co-creative. In other words, it will investigate leadership as part of a larger ecosystem, understanding the interconnectedness within the system and exploring ways to mobilize the adaptive capacity of an organization/entity to thrive. Hence, this course aims to provide a practical leadership framework that helps organizations to adapt to changing environments and effectively respond to recurring and/or novel problems in a more holistic way. In order to attempt to help organizations deal with VUCA - volatility, unknown, complexity and ambiguity, it will aim to facilitate the thinking to focus on possibilities rather than certainties as future emerges. It will discuss authority of leadership vs. mobilizing power of leadership in driving the values that will create an aspired to future. This course wi
Course Content
The course investigates leadership as part of a larger ecosystem. It aims to show the interconnectedness within the system and to explore ways to mobilize the adaptive capasity of an organization/entity to thrive and adopt to changing environments and to effectively respond to recurring and/or novel problems in a more halistic way. This approach helps organizations deal with VUCA-volatility, unknown, complexity and ambiguity-by concentrating on possibilities rather than certainties. This course draws upon systems thinking, theory-u and adaptive leadership and discusses how to put these in use in organizations.
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able to:
Course Specific Skills:
- Develop an understanding of adaptive leadership concept and its essential characteristics.
- Recognize the importance of mobilizing the adaptive capacity of individuals and organization in addressing challenges in front of sustainability.
- Demonstrate an understanding on the leadership as part of a system, its interconnectedness, the importance of synthesis and the value of co-emergence in the system.
- Develop perspectives on leadership.
Discipline Specific Skills:
- Differentiate, apply, analyse, and reflect on theories, concepts, commonly used in leadership and organizational development
- Demonstrate broad knowledge of literature and concepts on the adaptive leadership and systems thinking.
Personal and Key Skills:
- Participate in group interaction and discussions and observe self as a leader
- Define leadership purpose, values and vision
- Develop communication, influencing, stakeholder management, and presentation skills 9.Understand how to mobilize their inner capacity to adapt and recognize the value of self-reflection as an enabler
Program Outcomes Matrix
| Level of Contribution | |||||
| # | Program Outcomes | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | They attain advanced level of knowledge in the functional areas of business administration such as strategic management, marketing, accounting, finance, organization management, human resources, and operations management. | ✔ | |||
| 2 | They are capable of identifying and analyzing legal, environmental and social factors, which influence the basic functional areas of the business administration. | ✔ | |||
| 3 | They understand and implement rational, systematic and scientific approaches effectively in problem solving and decision-making processes. | ✔ | |||
| 4 | They are capable of applying, analyzing, synthesizing and evaluating the knowledge they have in diverse fields efficiently | ✔ | |||
| 5 | They are capable of transferring information by using efficient verbal and written communication techniques. | ✔ | |||
| 6 | They are capable of performing professional communication effectively also in English. | ✔ | |||
| 7 | They know the methods of performing efficient teamwork. | ✔ | |||
| 8 | They are capable of following the contemporary techniques, scientific and technological developments in their fields and are able to conduct research and studies in order to develop their business administration related knowledge, skills, and competences. | ✔ | |||
| 9 | They are knowledgeable in the areas of professional ethics and responsibility. | ✔ | |||
| 10 | They are capable of utilizing their knowledge and skills efficiently in global and multicultural contexts. | ✔ | |||
| 11 | They are knowledgeable in the issues of environment, social responsibility, social justice, quality and cultural values | ✔ | |||
| 12 | They have a creative, innovative and critical perspective. | ✔ | |||
0: No Contribution 1: Little Contribution 2: Partial Contribution 3: Full Contribution