HADM 525 SPECIAL TOPICS: Foundations of Leadership - 3 Units
Overview
Is leadership a sub-discipline of “management?” Can people gain the skills and disciplines of the natural “natural born leaders?” What is it about “leadership” that is needed so much in today’s health-care environment? Why should every health-care worker develop leader skills and hone the disciplines? The course explores the concepts and principles of leadership, the personal qualities and disciplines of leadership, the relationship between leadership and management, and the state of leadership in healthy communities. As such this course is ideal for the person wanting to gain theoretical knowledge of leadership and the willingness to apply the principles in their own life and context.
Instructor
Bill Colwell Jr., MEd in Global Leadership and Administration
Instructor, Health Administration
Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this course, the successful student will be able to:
- discuss the relationship between leadership and management;
- discuss the importance for health-care workers to develop leader skills and disciplines;
- research and synthesize current literature on leadership in relationship to public health;
- apply leadership principles in the context of their own life.
Textbook
- Senge, P. (2006) The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of The Learning Organization Currency.
ISBN-10: 0385517254 - Senge, P. (1994) The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook. Nicholas Brealey Publishing Ltd.
ISBN-10: 1857880609 - Jaworski, J. (1996) Synchronicity: The Inner Path of Leadership. San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
ISBN-10: 188105294X - Yancey, O. Soul Survivor. Hodder & Stoughton
ISBN-10: 0340862297
Course registration
If you would like to join this class in fall 2007, please email Mr. Rafael V. Molina or call (909) 558-7762, on-campus extension 87762. Please provide your last name, first name, and LLU student ID.
Registration begins – August 27, 2007.
Registration for online courses ends – September 17, 2007.
Class starts – September 24, 2007.
Blackboard tutorial required
Blackboard is the software system used by Loma Linda University to manage online courses. If this is your first online course through Loma Linda University School of Public Health, please take the Blackboard tutorial. This is required before registration can be processed. For more information please contact Mr. Rafael V. Molina.
Computer Requirements
See technology requirements for online courses.
Tuition
School of Public Health Tuition & Fees† |
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| Fees | $500.50* |
| Tuition (per unit) |
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| --BSPH | $325 |
| --Master's & doctorate | $610 |
| --Audit | $305 |
| --Online |
$610 |
* Students accepted and registered in the SPH remote/distance and online programs are exempt.
† These costs are for the 2008-09 school year and are subject to change without notice. Please consult the University Catalog under which you were admitted or contact the financial aid office.
