Pre-reading and introductory Learning Activities
Reading Overview
Reading OutlineWeek 0: Pre COURSE READING (recommended start 4 weeks prior to course start)
| Author | Text or Article | Chapters/Pages/Links |
|---|---|---|
| R. Hughes, K. Collarelli Beatty, D. Dinwoodie | Becoming a Strategic Leader | All chapters – 2 chapters and 2 appendices per week – take notes for personal insight and important application ideas |
| M. Ungerer, G. Ungerer, & J. Herholdt | Navigating Strategic Possibilities: Strategy Formulation and Execution Practices to Flourish | and Execution Practices to Flourish All chapters – 3 chapters per week – take notes for personal insight and important application ideas. |
| J. R. Galbraith | Designing Organizations: strategy, structure, and process at the business unit and enterprise levels. | All chapters – 4 chapters per week – take notes for personal insight and important application ideas |
| R. Lepsinger | Closing the Execution Gap | All chapters – 2 chapters per week – take notes for personal insight and important application ideas. |
Outcomes
Learners will begin development of the following outcomes in the unit:
- Evaluate
organizational effectiveness as it relates to strategic leadership principles and practice. -
Integrate and synthesize
course materials to demonstrate leadership application. -
Examine key strategic leadership applications
to maximize organizational benefit as it relates to the application of transformational servant and values based leadership principles within strategic leadership practice. -
Develop the necessary skills for systemic and systematic inquiry
of strategic leadership issues related to your personal leadership development. -
Integrate strategic leadership practice
into your personal, corporate and career experience through the application of service improvement principles introduced.
Resources
O’Donovan & N Rimland Flower (2013) The Strategic Plan is Dead. Long Live Strategy. Stanford CA: Stanford Social Innovation Review.