Leadership Studies

This is a summary of all relevant theory for the Leadership Studies course. It includes article summaries, book chapter summaries and additional notes made during PBL (Problem-based learning).

A very elaborate summary of all weeks' readings for the course leadership studies.

A 7-page summary of a lecture given by Wander van Baalen for the course Leadership Studies (ECB206) at Erasmus University College (EUC). Topics of this lecture include: discovering where the statistic that 70% of change initiatives fail comes from; Kurt Lewin's change management model (unfreezing, changing, refreezing); Lewin's force-field analysis; criticisms and relevancy of Lewin's model; and a guided reading of an article.

A 21-page summary of the readings of PBL #3: Followers and Leaders for the course Leadership Studies (ECB206) given at Erasmus University College (EUC). These readings include Chapter 9: Dyadic Theories and Followership from the textbook Leadership in Organizations (8th edition) by Gary Yukl; Zhang and Bednall's article named "Antecedents of Abusive Supervision: A Meta-Analytic Review"; Graen and Uhl-Bien's article named "Relationship-Based Approach to Leadership: Development of Leader Memb...

A 6-page document of class notes of a lecture given by Micha Smit M.D. for the course Leadership Studies (ECB206) at Erasmus University College (EUC). Topics include the relation between neuroscience and leadership studies; right/left brain differences; coherence; and psychological techniques to improve engagement one-on-one (empathic statements, creating safety, genuineness, expertise, cooperation).

A 12-page document of class notes of a lecture given by Lucas Meijs for the course Leadership Studies (ECB206) at Erasmus University College (EUC). Topics include: civil society; voluntary failures (particularism, paternalism, amateurism); three types of organizations in civil society (service delivery, mutual support, campaigning); leadership challenges for the civil society; social enterprises; NGO governance; definitions of volunteer work; types of volunteer energy; hyphenated volunteering; a...

A 34-page summary of the readings for PBL #6: Narcissistic and Charismatic Leadership of the course Leadership Studies (ECB206) given at Erasmus University College (EUC). These readings include Chapter 6: Traits and Skills of Leaders and Chapter 12: Theories of Charismatic and Transformational Leadership from the textbook Leadership in Organizations (8th edition) by Gary Yukl; Rosenthal and Pittinsky's article named "Narcissistic Leadership"; and Chatterjee and Hambrick's article named "It’s A...

A 25-page summary of the readings for PBL #5: The Third Sector of the course Leadership Studies (ECB206) given at Erasmus University College (EUC). These readings include Chapter 19: The Challenge of Leadership for the Third Sector by Alex Murdock; Hodges and Howieson's article named "The Challenges of Leadership in the Third Sector"; Brudney and Meijs' article named "Models of Volunteer Management: Professional Volunteer Program Management in Social Work"; and Geer, Maher, and Cole's article na...