Program Objectives.
Upon completion of this program, students will acquire professional in-demand skills and will be able to:

• Analyze perceived strengths and potential challenges based on leadership styles.
• Identify and practice concepts used in effective delegation; team building; motivation; leading cross-functional teams; and effective leader/follower relationships.
• Delineate the skills and behaviors required of leaders in a multicultural workforce.
• Explore the relationship between the leader in an organization and the stakeholders of the organization.
• Evaluate the impact of a leader’s actions in the broader community beyond the corporation/organization.

Leadership in Organizations
by Gary A. Yukl and William L. Gardner
Pearson
The 9th edition

About the author
Gary Yukl is a Professor of Management at the University of Albany, State University of New York. He received his Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley. He is a fellow of the American Psychological Association, the American Psychological Society, the Society for Industrial-Organizational Psychology, and the Academy of Management. He is also the author of several books, which are widely used around the world and were translated into several languages. He is the recipient of the Walter Ulmer Applied Research Award from the Center for Creative Leadership, and the Eminent Leadership Scholar Award from the Academy of Management Network of Leadership Scholars. He has consulted with a wide variety of business and public-sector organizations and has designed a variety of leadership development programs for them.

About the Publisher
Pearson is the world's largest education company. Although Pearson generates approximately 60 percent of its sales in North America, it operates in more than 70 countries. In 2019 Pearson announced it would begin the process of phasing out the publishing of printed textbooks, in a plan to move into a more digital-first strategy. The company reportedly envisions students relying more on e-textbooks, which would be updated frequently.