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MGMT 400 Leadership and Management Skills

Resources recommended for MGMT 400

Week One

Required Reading and Activity:

Simply Managing: What Managers Do and Can Do Better by Mintzberg, H.
Publication Date: 2013

Chapter 1 Managing Beyond Myths and Chapter 2 Managing Relentlessly
Developing the next generation of leaders by Hagemann, Bonnie; Stroope, Saundra
doi:http://dx.doi.org.ezproxy.bellevue.edu/10.1108/00197851311309570

Suggested Reading and Activity:

4 Different leader styles by Sellner, Jim
Leadership Excellence Essentials; Vol. 32, Iss. 6, (Jun 2015): 20-21.

Websites

Leadership Skills vs Management Skills
Discusses the three main things that a manager does and the three main things a leader does, and how these roles differ.
The Leadership versus Management debate: What’s the difference?
From the Educational Business Articles (eba) website provides a discussion of the different roles of managers and leaders, summarized in a comparison table.

Week Two

Required Reading and Activity:

Simply Managing: What Managers Do and Can Do Better by Mintzberg, H.
Publication Date: 2013

Chapter 3 Managing Information, People, Action
Leader vs manager. Influences and contributions to team development by Madlena Nen
SEA: Practical Application of Science. 2015;III(8 (2/2015)):269-272

Suggested Reading and Activity:

Exploring power assumptions in the leadership and management debate by Edwards, Gareth; Schedlitzki, Doris; Turnbull, Sharon; Gill, Roger
Leadership & Organization Development Journal; Vol. 36, Iss. 3, (2015): 328-343

Websites

Understanding the Differences: Leadership Vs. Management
Lists the traits and key characteristics of both managers and leaders.
What is the Difference Between Management and Leadership?
Adapted from The Wall Street Journal Guide to Management by Alan Murray, which points out that while not the same thing, management and leadership are complimentary and must go hand in hand

Week Three

Required Reading and Activity:

Simply Managing: What Managers Do and Can Do Better by Mintzberg, H.
Publication Date: 2013

Chapter 4 Managing Every Which Way
Assessing your leadership style to achieve organizational objectives by Rubin, Eileen Newman
Global Business & Organizational Excellence. Sep/Oct2013, Vol. 32 Issue 6, p55-66

Suggested Reading and Activity:

Leadership styles by Nanjundeswaraswamy, T S; Swamy, D R.
Nanjundeswaraswamy, T S; Swamy, D R.

Week Four

Required Reading and Activity:

Simply Managing: What Managers Do and Can Do Better by Mintzberg, H.
Publication Date: 2013

Chapter 5 Managing on Tightropes
The Capabilities your organization needs to sustain innovation by Hill, Linda A.; Brandeau, Greg; Truelove, Emily; Lineback, Kent.
Harvard Business Review Digital Articles. 1/14/2015, p2-6.

Suggested Reading and Activity:

How successful organizations drive innovation by Ikeda, Kazuaki; Marshall, AnthonyAuthor Information
Chapter 6 Managing Effectively
What successful project managers do by Laufer, Alexander; Hoffman, Edward J; Russell, Jeffrey S; Cameron, W Scott
MIT Sloan Management Review; Cambridge Vol. 56, Iss. 3, (Spring 2015): 43-51.

Week Five

Required Reading and Activity:

Simply Managing: What Managers Do and Can Do Better by Mintzberg, H.
Publication Date: 2013

Chapter 6 Managing Information, People, Action
What successful project managers do by Laufer, Alexander; Hoffman, Edward J; Russell, Jeffrey S; Cameron, W Scott
MIT Sloan Management Review; Cambridge Vol. 56, Iss. 3, (Spring 2015): 43-51.

Suggested Reading and Activity:

Project management leadership style: A team member perspective. by Cunningham, Jennifer; Salomone, Jordan; Wielgus, Noreen
International Journal of Global Business. Dec2015, Vol. 8 Issue 2, p27-54

Week Six

Required Reading and Activity:

No readings required

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