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Leadership Theories

Explore leadership approaches and their application in an international context.

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  • Duration

    2 weeks

  • Weekly study

    8 hours
Overview
Requirements

Explore different approaches to leadership

This course provides an opportunity to look at leaders you know and see how different theories and approaches can be applied to them, helping you to recognise various leadership approaches and appreciate its different forms.

You will also have the chance to review the main leadership approaches, examine the strengths and weaknesses of each and reflect on them in the context of your own experience. Building on this analysis, you will also explore how these different approaches can be applied to different international organisational scenarios.

What topics will you cover?

  • Early theories of leadership: Traits, Style and Skills approaches.
  • Contingency theories of leadership
  • Situational leadership
  • Path goal theory
  • Fielder contingency approach
  • Your leadership style under the path-goal theory

Learning on this course

On every step of the course you can meet other learners, share your ideas and join in with active discussions in the comments.

What will you achieve?

By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...

  • Describe the historical progress of leadership theories
  • Explain different theories
  • Apply leadership theories to different international organisational scenarios

Who is the course for?

Students studying MSc International Business Management.

Please note that the individuals detailed in the ‘Who will you learn with?’ section below, are current staff members and may be subject to change.

Who developed the course?

Coventry University

Coventry secured 5 QS Stars for Teaching and Online Learning in the QS World University Ranking 2020 and has received No. 1 in the world for Massive Open Online Courses in MoocLab’s World University Ranking 2021.

  • Established

    1992

  • Location

    Coventry

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  • Learn through a mix of bite-sized videos, long- and short-form articles, audio, and practical activities
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Join a global classroom

  • Experience the power of social learning, and get inspired by an international network of learners
  • Share ideas with your peers and course educators on every step of the course
  • Join the conversation by reading, @ing, liking, bookmarking, and replying to comments from others

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