Course: MGMT201
Section: 1F08
Date: Not Yet Scheduled
Location: Fogelman College of Business, Education Suite – Room 385
Program Fees: $695 per individual; 10% discount for 3 or more registrations from the same organization
Enroll online: Not Yet Scheduled

This two-day program introduces how leaders can learn and then put into practice some of the major theories and models of leadership, including situational leadership theory, the power model of leadership, leader member exchange theory, participative management theory and transformational leadership theory. Self-assessments, exercises and role-plays are used to target specific skill development and enhance involvement and commitment to the learning process.

Topics Covered in the Program Include:

• Behavioral approaches to high performance leadership
• Situational Leadership Theory:  Learning how to adjust one’s style
• Leader Member Exchange Theory
• Vroom Decision Tree Model: How do employees participate in decision making?
• Transformational Leadership Theory:  How to transform the organization to attain a high performance culture

Who Should Attend?

Individuals holding positions across all levels of organizational hierarchies, including non-management professionals whose job it is to get work accomplished with and through peers and colleagues who are part of their work teams. This leadership program would be especially appropriate for lower and mid-level managers aspiring to move up the hierarchy, director level managers who have gained experience but feel a need for more formal leadership education, supervisors who aspire to managerial positions, small business owners and non-profit managers who must motivate volunteers.

Faculty: Bob Taylor, Ph.D.

Dr. Taylor is an Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Management in the Fogelman College of Business and Economics at The University of Memphis. He teaches in the MBA, Executive MBA, and International MBA programs at the U of M, and has been an invited instructor at the University of Lethbridge, Canada, The University of Eichstadt, Germany and at the University of Arkansas Little Rock. He has written extensively in a number of management areas and published a management textbook entitled Management: Comprehension, Analysis, and Application. He won the UM Distinguished Teaching Award in 1992 and has been a consultant/trainer for numerous local and national companies and organizations since 1980.