GOVN 500: Governance and Leadership Report a Broken Link
Governance 500: Governance and Leadership is a graduate course in leadership and governance in the public, private, and not-for-profit sectors.
Unit 1: Accepting the Challenge
| Required Readings |
| Boone, L. W., & Makhani, S. (2012). Five Necessary Attitudes of a Servant Leader. Review of Business, 33(1), 83–96. |
| Henein, A., & Morrisette, F. (2007). Made in Canada leadership: Wisdom from the nation’s best and brightest on leadership practice and development. John Wiley & Sons. Read the Foreword, The Many Faces of Leadership, Introduction, and Chapters 1–5. |
| Kraemer, H. M. (2011). From values to action: The four principles of values-based leadership. John Wiley & Sons. Read the Introduction and Chapters 1–4. |
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Kouzes, J. M., & Posner, B. Z. (2023). Leadership challenge: How to make extraordinary things happen in organizations (7th ed.). Familiarize yourself with Chapters 3–12. (Use as a reference for navigating Assignment 2—all three parts.) |
| Required Viewing |
| Rosalinde Torres. (2014). What it takes to be a great leader. TED. (9:09 mins) |
Unit 2: Leading the Way
| Required Readings |
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Kouzes, J. M., & Posner, B. Z. (2023). Leadership challenge: How to make extraordinary things happen in organizations (7th Edition). Familiarize yourself with Chapters 3–12. (Use as a reference for navigating Assignment 2—all three parts.) |
| Sunhil J, Galley A., & Molson, M. (2014). Reprogramming government for the digital era. KPMG & The Mowat Centre, University of Toronto. |
| Required Viewing |
| BI Unit (NSW, Australia). (2014). What is ‘Behavioural Insights’? YouTube. (3:21 mins) |