Self-awareness and leadership: Developing an individual strategic professional development plan in an MBA leadership course
Autor: | Joseph S. Leah, Arthur Rubens, Gerald A. Schoenfeld, Bryan S. Schaffer |
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Rok vydání: | 2018 |
Předmět: |
Strategic planning
Knowledge management ComputingMilieux_THECOMPUTINGPROFESSION business.industry Strategy and Management 05 social sciences Neuroleadership 050301 education Public relations Shared leadership Education Leadership studies Transactional leadership Strategic leadership Educational leadership 0502 economics and business ComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDEDUCATION Leadership style business Psychology 0503 education 050203 business & management |
Zdroj: | The International Journal of Management Education. 16:1-13 |
ISSN: | 1472-8117 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.ijme.2017.11.001 |
Popis: | This paper describes an MBA course assignment, the “Individual Strategic Professional Development Plan”. The assignment consists of three parts, requiring students to: 1) conduct an industry and job analysis 2) explore, benchmark and develop their leadership skills; and, 3) develop a personal strategic plan for guiding and achieving their leadership capabilities and career goals. As a core competency, leadership is needed by all business and management students. While courses in leadership may offer important theoretical and conceptual guidance for students, our assignment requires students to go further; they must reflect on their own identities (who they are) while considering the necessary and critical routes that must be followed on their paths toward becoming effective organizational leaders. In dynamic and uncertain global and technological environments, students' abilities to strategically map their careers and assess and develop key leadership skills critical to career success are more important than ever. Anecdotally, students in post-class assessments have voiced praise for the assignment, citing it as one of the most important outcomes in their MBA experience. |
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