Leadership Theory and Practice

Explores leadership theories based on I/O Psychology and Organizational Behavior research, focusing on their practical implications for organizations.

offering recorded2–3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Alexander Stajkovic

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.80 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=5 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.71 GPA, 85.7% A/AB (n=7 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.71 GPA, 83.3% A/AB (n=12 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Articulate the differences between effective management and leadership principles.

  • Identify leadership research that supports or rebuts leadership myths and popular half-truths.

  • Explain foundational theories and approaches to leadership using research and professional literature.

  • Explain the implications of leadership theories for leadership practice in organizations.

  • Reconcile the results of leadership psychometric self-assessments with leadership theories and personal experiences with effective leadership.

  • Apply leadership theories to guide leadership practice in order to enhance real-world effectiveness in organizations.

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Not open to students with credit forM H R 704.

MHR 604

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Professors

Spring 2027

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.80 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=5 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.71 GPA, 85.7% A/AB (n=7 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.71 GPA, 83.3% A/AB (n=12 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

ALEXANDER STAJKOVIC is recorded teaching in Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Spring 2027

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.80 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=5 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.71 GPA, 85.7% A/AB (n=7 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.71 GPA, 83.3% A/AB (n=12 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Leadership theories in Industrial and Organizational Psychology
  • Organizational Behavior perspectives on leadership
  • Critical evaluation of leadership myths
  • Psychometric self-assessment in leadership development

Skills

  • Evaluating leadership myths using research evidence
  • Explaining leadership theories from research and professional literature
  • Interpreting leadership psychometric self-assessments in context
  • Applying leadership theories to organizational practice

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MHR 604 · Spring 2027

Leadership Theory and Practice

Recorded 2026-10-14
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