Course Outline

• Leadership versus management

• Leadership behaviour theory including personal leadership traits, trait theories (e.g. Allport. Eysenck Cattell), ‘great man’ theory of leadership, contingency theories (e.g. Fiedler, cognitive resource theory), situational theories (e.g. Hersey and Blanchard, Vroom and Yetton), behavioural

theories (e.g. role theory, managerial grid/leadership grid), participative theories (e.g. Lewin/Likert, transformational v transactional leadership, emotional intelligence).

• Working relationships and interaction e.g. power, behavioural theories, social constructivis