{"id":14,"date":"2018-02-23T01:07:23","date_gmt":"2018-02-23T09:07:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/ldrs501\/unit-1\/"},"modified":"2020-02-14T21:18:56","modified_gmt":"2020-02-15T05:18:56","slug":"week-0","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/ldrs501\/week-0\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 0 \u2013 Pre-reading and introductory Learning Activities"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pre-reading and introductory Learning Activities<\/h3>\n

Reading Overview<\/h4>\nReading Outline
\nWeek 0: Pre COURSE READING (recommended start 4 weeks prior to course start)<\/span>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
Author<\/th> Text or Article<\/th>Chapters\/Pages\/Links<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
R. Hughes, K. Collarelli Beatty, D. Dinwoodie<\/td>Becoming a Strategic Leader<\/td>All chapters \u2013 2 chapters and 2 appendices per week \u2013 take notes for personal insight and important application ideas<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
M. Ungerer, G. Ungerer, & J. Herholdt<\/td>Navigating Strategic Possibilities: Strategy Formulation and Execution Practices to Flourish<\/td>and Execution Practices to Flourish \tAll chapters \u2013 3 chapters per week \u2013 take notes for personal insight and important application ideas.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
J. R. Galbraith<\/td>Designing Organizations: strategy, structure, and process at the business unit and enterprise levels.<\/td>All chapters \u2013 4 chapters per week \u2013 take notes for personal insight and important application ideas<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
R. Lepsinger<\/td>Closing the Execution Gap<\/td> \tAll chapters \u2013 2 chapters per week \u2013 take notes for personal insight and important application ideas.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n

Outcomes<\/h3>\n

Learners will begin development of the following outcomes in the unit:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Evaluate<\/strong>
    \norganizational effectiveness as it relates to strategic leadership principles and practice.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
  2. \n

    Integrate and synthesize<\/strong>
    \ncourse materials to demonstrate leadership application.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  3. \n

    Examine key strategic leadership applications<\/strong>
    \nto maximize organizational benefit as it relates to the application of transformational servant and values based leadership principles within strategic leadership practice.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  4. \n

    Develop the necessary skills for systemic and systematic inquiry<\/strong>
    \nof strategic leadership issues related to your personal leadership development.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  5. \n

    Integrate strategic leadership practice<\/strong>
    \ninto your personal, corporate and career experience through the application of service improvement principles introduced.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Resources<\/h3>\n

    O\u2019Donovan & N Rimland Flower (2013) The Strategic Plan is Dead. Long Live Strategy.<\/a> Stanford CA: Stanford Social Innovation Review.<\/em><\/p>\n

    Week 0 Learning Activities<\/h3>\n

    Learning Activity 0.1<\/h4>\n