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Certificate of Achievement

VICENTE JORGE SANCHIS RICO

has completed the following course:

Leadership Theory: The Basics

Coventry University

This course explored the theoretical underpinnings of leadership, different styles of leadership and their respective strengths and weaknesses. Furthermore, it investigated the differences between management and leadership and looked at, in detail, the ethical issues that surround the issue of leadership.

2 weeks, 3 hours per week

Alim Abubakre

Lecturer in Business Management

Coventry University

Transcript

Learning outcomes

  • Differentiate between leadership and management
  • Critically analyse the trait, skills, style and contingency theories of leadership
  • Appraise the strengths and weaknesses of the different theories of leadership
  • Investigate the different types of leadership and their implications for organisations

Syllabus

  • The fundamentals of leadership: what is the evolutionary process of leadership theories?
  • What are the major conclusions of the trait theories?
  • The skills approach to leadership
  • What are the major conclusions of the behavioural theories?
  • Identifying the major components of the contingency theories
  • Transactional and transformational leadership

Issued on 2nd March 2020

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Leadership Theory: The Basics

Coventry University