Spring 2017  |  PA 5152 Section 001: Leadership to Address Global Grand Challenges (67824)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
1.5 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option No Audit
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Meets With:
PVS 5998 Section 001
Times and Locations:
Extended Regular Session
 
01/09/2017 - 01/12/2017
Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu 08:00AM - 05:00PM
UMTC, West Bank
Hubert H Humphrey Center 180
 
01/13/2017
Fri 08:00AM - 04:00PM
UMTC, West Bank
Hubert H Humphrey Center 180
Course Catalog Description:
Global grand challenges are novel, emergent, complex, and beyond the resources of any single sector to address. Skills-based course that introduces participants to integrative leadership strategies effective in addressing such challenges, with specific focus on leadership practices that foster collective action across diverse groups of people.
Class Notes:
This "extended-term" course does not count towards credits required for financial aid eligibility. For further information, please contact Stacey Grimes (grime004@umn.edu). http://classinfo.umn.edu/?bloom004+PA5152+Spring2017 http://classinfo.umn.edu/?fsampedr+PA5152+Spring2017
Class Description:
Note: This "extended-term" course does not count towards credits required for financial aid eligibility. For further information, please contact Stacey Grimes (grime004@umn.edu).
Learning Objectives:
At the conclusion of the course, participants will have a deeper understanding of--
and an opportunity to apply-- leadership skills that foster collective action across industry, government, academia, and civil society sectors. Specifically, participants will:

Expand meta-leadership skills for:
• Leading one's self
• Leading in teams (where you have authority and responsibility)
• Leading up in organizations (where you may have responsibility but no authority)
• Leading across (where you have neither responsibility or authority)

Deepen understanding of global grand challenges and why they require an integrative leadership approach. Learn about, observe and practice specific integrative leadership skills that include:
• Listening to understand and be understood
• Building trust and credibility
• Hosting dialogue, debate and deliberation;
• Anticipating and leveraging windows of opportunity;
• Mapping polarities and balancing paradox;
• Designing inclusive structures and facilitating decision-making processes;
• Providing constructive feedback and fostering continuous self-improvement
Grading:
Class preparation and participation including daily reflections (40 points, 40% of grade)
• Facilitation event, debrief and written summary of forum discussion and conclusions (30 points,
30% of grade)
• Learning contract due one week following the class (10 points, 10% of grade)
• Final reflection on the application of integrative leadership approach to grand challenge analysis -
due one week following the course (20 points, 20% of grade)
Exam Format:
Application of leadership skills in a real world setting
• Participants will be small group co-facilitators for a forum addressing a contentious food system issue. As facilitators, the participants will encourage participation of everyone at the table, use reflective listening to recognize key points being raised, and intervene as necessary to keep on task.
• Each participant will be responsible for summarizing the discussion at their table and capturing the strategies developed by their work group.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67824/1173
Past Syllabi:
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/fsampedr_huest001_PA5152_Spring2018.pdf (Spring 2018)
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
21 February 2017

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