Administrative Leadership

Course Description

The course displays leadership as a basic function in the administration. The course introduces the causes for success or failure in leadership. It also discusses the different styles of leadership and the characteristics of a successful one for achieving an ideal leadership within the enterprise.

Course Aims

• Introducing the concept of leadership and its role in management.
•  Introducing administrative leadership theories and methods and the impact of the use of these
• Methods on individuals in administrative work.
• Introducing basic skills in management and administrative tasks.
• Familiarizing the various administrative leadership theories.
• Identifying administrative leadership styles and different patterns
•  Introducing different characteristics of administrative leadership
•  Understanding and analyzing the administrative leadership problems in developing countries.

Course Contents:

• The concept of administrative leadership and its evolution in the management thought.
• The basic skills of managerial leadership.
• The evolution of administrative leadership.
•  Administrative leadership theories.
• Leadership in light of the classical theories.
• Scientific management theory.
•  Administrative division theory.
• Bureaucratic theory.
• Leadership in the light of modern theories.
• Social organization theory
•  The administrative leadership styles and patterns.
• Formal and informal leadership.
• Administrative leadership characteristics.
•  Personality traits necessary for leadership.
• Leadership skills.
• Recent trends in administrative leadership.
• Efficiency in managerial decision-making.
• Effectiveness in administrative communication.
• Administrative leadership problems.
• The role of administrative leadership in building teams to work as a model for the future leadership of organizations.

Course ID: MGMT333