BU 428W - Developing Business Leadership

Instructor: COL Jennifer Pullin
Location: Scott Shipp Hall 204
Date/Time: Monday-Friday 12:30-2:30 p.m.
Credit Hours: 3

The purpose of this course is to learn how to identify and develop effective leadership, with particular emphasis on business applications. We will identify characteristics of effective leaders, study how leaders apply these characteristics, and strategize on how these characteristics can be developed. Using these characteristics as a foundation, we will examine how they can be used for effective decision-making in different situations and circumstances (e.g. business, sports, military). Note: Writing Intensive Course (W).

Textbook(s):

O’Neil, William J. 2004. Business Leaders & Success: 55 Top Business Leaders & How They Achieved Greatness. New York: McGraw-Hill.

Maxwell, John C. 2022. The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership Workbook 25th Anniversary Edition: Follow Them and People will Follow You. Nashville, Tenn.: Thomas Nelson Publishers.

Willink, Jocko, and Leif Babin. 2018. Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win. Sydney, N.S.W.: Macmillan.

Prerequisite(s): BU 220 and LEAD 344.