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166-057 Leadership in Politics, Organisations and Groups | |
Note | Formerly available as 166-440. Students who have completed 166-440 are not eligible to enrol in this subject. |
Availability | 4th year |
Credit Points | 12.5 |
Coordinator | Graham Little |
Prerequisites | Admission to fourth year Honours in Political Science. |
Semester | 2 (view timetable) |
Contact | A 2-hour seminar per week |
Subject Description | The study of leadership as a psychosocial process. Topics include: the leader-follower relation; the relative importance of gifted individuals and the groups that promote and demote them; the relation between leaders and their times; types of leaders' and competing models of leadership; and how to study leadership. On completion of this subject students will be able: to supplement the analysis of policy with the analysis of people involved in making and carrying out policy (the personal element in politics); to better understand the complexity of human motivation and response in politics and society; to be aware of the major schools of thought on the psychology of leadership (agreed that emphasis is psychoanalytic but without prejudice to other psychological contributions). |
Assessment | Written work totalling 5000 words. |
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