Lecture 1 Defining leadership and management

Lecture 1 Defining leadership and management

In the first lecture the constructs of leadership and management are defined giving special attention to leadership as an element in behavioural sciences. At the end of the lecture a framework describing the development of skills in leadership and management skills is presented, and an individual small exercise is given.

Before any lecture either print or save to your computer the assigned PowerPoint presentation.

Assignment before the lecture: Read from Northouse chapter 1 Introduction.

Open or save the PowerPoint slides related to this lecture EDLS210_S5_L2.pdf

Open or save also the brief extra materialEDLS210_S5_L1_Brief_extra_material.pdf

Listen to the lecture, and afterwards do the assignment given below.


Write your learning experiences into your personal Reflective report

Assignment after the lecture: Using the graph of management and leadership (the x- and y- axis) draw your solution of the learning curve of a new manager. Then, in lecture 2, listen to the solutions of other students and the “right” answer presented by the lecturer.