Puget Sound BUS 385 - BUSINESS LEADERSHIP And the LIBERAL ARTS

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Telephone: (cell) 253-777-6607Course Objectives▪ To promote a sense of fallibility and appreciation for divergent perspectives.▪ To enhance communication skills – listening, writing, and speaking.▪ To enhance independent research skills.▪ To provoke and inspire critical, creative, and independent thinking.An Integrative Course StrategyGrade Descriptors Components & AllocationsClassroom Emergency Response GuidanceReporting Harassment or Sexual AssaultCourse Schedule ______________________________________________________________________________________BUSINESS LEADERSHIP And the LIBERAL ARTS(A senior research seminar)BUS 485 Spring 2022University of Puget SoundProfessor: Jeffrey J. MatthewsOffice: Room #111c, McIntyre HallTelephone: (cell) 253-777-6607E-mail: [email protected] Hours: 10:00-11:30 AM Mondays, with extra appointments always available. Cell Phone Policy: All phones are to be completely shut-off and stored out of sight before class starts. VISIT! CALL!Course DescriptionThis is an advanced research course in leadership that builds upon the foundational courses, “Principles ofManagement” (BUS305) and “Paradigms of Leadership” (BUS385). Its overarching theme is that business leaders should be liberally educated, able to comprehend and benefit from the interconnectivity of organizational leadership with the arts and humanities, the natural sciences, and the social sciences. This cross-disciplinary course culminates with a substantial research paper and presentation.Course Objectives▪ To master an analytical framework for comprehending the art and science of the leadership process.▪ To gain a clear understanding of and appreciation for liberal education and its connectivity to leadership.▪ To promote a sense of personal and social responsibility for effective leading and following.▪ To promote a sense of fallibility and appreciation for divergent perspectives. ▪ To enhance communication skills – listening, writing, and speaking. ▪ To enhance independent research skills.▪ To provoke and inspire critical, creative, and independent thinking.▪ To promote both independent and collaborative learning. An Integrative Course Strategy▪ Writing Assignments (in-class): Minimum five pop quizzes to reward “close reading” of homework.▪ Communication Skill (in-class): High quality discussions on assignments are vital to class success. Come to class well prepared (well read)! Regular class attendance is mandatory for success! *To help demonstrate your thinking about course readings bring to class at least two questions pertaining to the assignments. **Newspaper, periodical, journal-based (print or online) reading and thinking is strongly encouraged for avariety of reasons. For this course, be on the lookout for articles pertaining to leadership generally and, more specifically, for those pieces that illuminate the principles we are analyzing in our course readings and discussions. I encourage you to bring articles to class (email them to your classmates) so that we can recognize their value. One of the many benefits of such regular “outside” reading is that it can serve as a powerful means for independent learning and actual course-related research.▪ Research Paper/Thesis: This course requires a substantive research and analysis paper that advances afocused argument (approximately 15-30 pages, excluding footnotes and bibliography). The thesis must becross-disciplinary in nature, directly connecting business leadership principles to a non-business academicdiscipline. (For example, leadership and biology; leadership and history; leadership and psychology; leadership and theater, etc.). Early in the semester, you will be required to submit a detailed thesis proposal and outline for approval. A complete thesis draft will be due on April 27. The final paper (including original thesis proposal and all drafts) is due no later than high noon on May 12. Format: 12 pt. font Times New Roman, 1” margins, double-spaced, paginated, stapled. Select one citation style throughout. The library has excellent guides on its webpage. For citations/style use either: MLA or Chicago or APA http://research.pugetsound.edu/citation- Your thesis (including proposal and drafts) will be graded on three primary fronts: 1. Quality of content as derived from your mastery of course materials and independent research. 2. Quality of your independent thought and analysis. 3. Quality of your communication skill (organization, clarity, syntax, grammar, etc.).Poor organization, misspellings, faulty topic sentences, lack of assertions, typos, lateness, etc. are all unwarranted.Regardless of your chosen topic, you must conduct at least three interviews in the research process, and atleast three of the people being interviewed must be from off-campus. For example, if you are researching leadership in science you could interview various professors at the University of Washington or regional scientists working for the government or corporations. If you are researching military leadership, you could, for example, visit Joint Base Lewis-McCord and interview airmen and soldiers. I stronglyencourage you to search the Puget Sound Alumni Sharing Knowledge Network (ASK Network) for potential interview candidates. I am granting you considerable leeway in terms of thesis themes and topics because a central purpose of this course is to encourage your intellectual self-reliance and self-motivation.DO NOT FEAR CREATIVITY or INDEPENDENCE; EMBRACE THEM BOTH!*Want help with your research? (And who doesn’t!) I am always available to provide assistance; just ask. Others want to help too. Our library liaison is Andrea Klyn at [email protected]. *Want help with your writing? (And who doesn’t!) I am always available to provide assistance; just ask. Others want to help too. Visit the Puget Sound Center for Writing, Learning, and Teaching located at Howarth Hall, 105. The center’s webpage is: http://www.pugetsound.edu/academics/academic-resources/cwlt/ The university provided a free research/writing handbook, Sound Writing, designed to improve your effectiveness. https://www.pugetsound.edu/academics/academic-resources/cwlt/sound-writing-resources/*Want help with your public speaking? (And who doesn’t!) Visit the Puget Sound Center for Speech and Effective Advocacy: https://www.pugetsound.edu/academics/academic-resources/center-for-speech-and-effective-advocacy-2/Thesis Proposal


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