ChFo 102 Character Formation 2
Leadership, Decision-Making, Management, and Administration
This course covers the understanding of personal values, characteristics, and goals including the normative foundation of leading. It also includes discussions on a wide array of leadership and management approaches to help students refine their leadership and management styles. Students will also understand the frames of judgement and skills required to affect positive change in a broad range of settings and to help transform cultures, organizations, and institutions. They will learn to do this through effective leading and management analysis, and decision-making done in a self-aware manner that will enable them to think and act strategically.
Course description as found in the course syllabus
Chapter 1: Leadership and Management
- Introduction to Leadership and Management
- Leadership vs Management
- Principles of Leadership
- Theories of Leadership
- Leadership Styles
- Management Styles
- Efficient Management
- Qualities of Leaders and Managers
Chapter 2: Administration
- Introduction to Administration and Police Administration
- Principles of Administration
- Theories of Administration
- Functions of Administration
- Police Management
- Division of Work
- Authority and Responsibility
- Unity of Command
- Scalar Chain
Chapter 3: Decision-Making
- Introduction to Decision-Making
- Problem Solving
- Factors Involved in Decision-Making
- Characteristics of Decision-Making
- Principles of Decision-Making
- Guidelines in Decision-Making
- Individual vs Group Decision-Making
- Police Decision-Making
References:
- Contingency Theory vs. Situational Leadership Theory. (2022, September 29). PennState. Retrieved April 9, 2023, from https://sites.psu.edu/leadership/2022/09/29/contingency-theory-vs-situational-leadership-theory/
- Difference Between Contingency and Situational Leadership. (2019, June 13). Compare the Difference Between Similar Terms. Retrieved April 9, 2023, from https://www.differencebetween.com/difference-between-contingency-and-situational-leadership/
- Literal, B. B., Salamanca, B. H., Santos, M. I., & Tabajonda, R. R. (2022). Character Formation 2: Leadership, Decision-Making, Management, and Administration (1st ed.). ChapterHouse Publishing Incorporated.
- Student Reports