The Decision Support Group (Institute of Business Information Systems) will be offering a new seminar this semester called “Leadership and the Role of Leaders in Management”. The seminar focuses on leadership and the role of the leader in modern organizations and management. Some of the questions that will be answered are:
- What is leadership, and what is it not? What does it mean or what should it mean, in terms of accountability and ethics and responsibility, to not only possess the position of leadership, but to actually lead from that position?
- What does a leader do and how is that different from what managers do in an organization? Are there common leadership "traits" and talents that all leaders have, and which are necessary or required to be able to lead or to be or become a leader?
- Can leadership be taught? If so, what skills, competencies and perspectives are needed to succeed at various levels of leadership? Is there such a thing as bad leadership, and if so, what can be done about it?
Studying a set of cases and scenarios, using films, group work, presentations and readings/discussions, the goal is that the student will gain a vocabulary for understanding what leadership is and what role it plays in modern management both at the strategic and at the tactical level. It is the ambition of the seminar that the students will become observant and self-reflective of the identity and value of leadership in a world where genuine leadership might be needed more than ever, but also where the noise and hype surrounding leadership and personalities in such positions dilutes the very understanding and appreciation of what leadership is and should be.
The seminar will be held by Mr. Tor Lund-Larsen, CEO of Cyberus Technology GmbH – a German company specializing in product and services for the European Cyber Security market. Prior to this role, he worked more than twenty years for US high tech companies including Intel Corp. and FireEye Corp. in the US and in Germany in roles ranging from Project Leader, Program Leader, Engineering Manager and Director of Research. He holds a Master degree in Business (MBA) and Engineering (MSE) and in Public Administration (EMPA). He is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP).
This seminar is intended for Master Level students and will be offered in English. It is held biweekly and in presence. The class already started, but it is still possible to join until 22.11.21. The registration is done via StudIP.
For further information, please refer to the attached file.