DEVELOPMENT
Outcomes & Evidence
Progress Inventory*
MINOR IN LEADERSHIP STUDIES
Center for Student Leadership Development
Memorial Union
University of Rhode Island
*The Outcomes & Evidence Progress Inventory is the intellectual property of the Center for Student Leadership Development (CSLD)
at the University of Rhode Island and cannot be reproduced in part, or in its entirety, without the written permission of the acting
Assistant Director of the CSLD.
OUTCOMES
Outcomes (Self-Leadership, Interpersonal and Organizational, Leadership Theories, Inclusive Leadership,
Critical Thinking)
Targeted Classes
Experiences
Evidence
GENERAL INFORMATION
Regardless of your major, you can minor in Leadership Studies.
Requirements may be satisfied by completing 18 or more credits related to leadership and offered by more than one department.
Twelve (12) of the 18 credits must be at the 200 level of instruction or above. A course grade of C or better must be earned in each graded course. At least 12 of the credits
must be earned at URI.
No course may be used to apply to both the major and minor fields of study. Courses in General Education or for other minors may be used for the minor* (*this does not
apply to students in the College of Business). With the exception of internship credit, all courses for the minor must be taken for a grade. The Introductory class must be taken
before the internship and the capstone course.
Application for the minor must be filed in your academic deans office no later than the beginning of the final semester or term.
Approval of the minor does not guarantee that the suggested courses will be available to you on a schedule correlated with your graduation plans nor guarantee space in any
required course.
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CORE REQUIREMENTS- 9 Credits
Required Element Class options Notes
Introductory Course HDF 190: FLITE Only offered in spring for first-year students
3 credits or
HDF 290: Modern Leadership Issues Offered Fall and Spring for sophomores & juniors
Internship HDF 417: Leadership Internship Requires 40 hours/credit with a min. of 80 hours & a max. of 120 hours of documented
3 credits or internship experience for graded credit
Experience through Office of Experiential Learning & Community Engagement
or
Internship Class in Academic Major The only time the major and minor can overlap
Capstone HDF 412: Historical, Multi-ethnic & Alternative Leadership Offered only in the fall with preference given to seniors
3 credits or
COM 402: Leadership & Motivation Offered in the spring and summer with Dr. Leatham
or
BUS 441: Leadership Skills Development Offered in the fall and spring with Dr. Cooper
or
HPR 411/412: Honors Senior Seminar
Must be in Honors or have GPA of 3.3
Portfolio HDF 492: Leadership Minor Portfolio Taken last spring semester of enrollment (some exceptions)
1 credit
AAF 300: Civil Rights Movement in the US COM 402: Leadership and Motivation (capstone option) HDF 416: Leadership in Organizations
BUS 341: Organizational Behavior COM 407: Political Communication HDF 417: Leadership Minor Internship
BUS 342: Human Resource Management COM 415: The Ethics of Persuasion HDF 437: Law & Families in the U.S.
BUS 441: Leadership & Motivation (capstone option) COM 421: Advanced Interpersonal Communication HDF 450: Introduction to Counseling
BUS 443: Organizational Design & Change COM 422: Communication and Conflict HPR 118: Honors Course in Speech Communications
BUS 448: International Dimensions of Business COM 441: Race, Politics and the Media HPR 203: The Prepared Mind
BUS 449: Entrepreneurship COM 450: Organizational Communication HPR 412: Honors Seminar (capstone option)
COM 100: Communication Fundamentals COM 461/462: Managing Cultural Differences in Organizations MSL 101: Introduction to Military Leadership
COM 202: Public Speaking CSV 302: URI Community Service MSL 201: Leadership & Military History
COM 208: Argumentation and Debate GWS 150: Introduction to Womens Studies MSL 201: Military Skills and History of Warfare
COM 210: Persuasion: The Rhetoric of Influence GWS 310: Race, Class, Sexuality in Womens Lives MSL 202: Leadership & Team Building
COM 221: Interpersonal Communication GWS 350: International Womens Issues MSL 301: Leadership & Management
COM 250: Small Group Communication HDF 190: FirstYear Leaders Inspired to Excellence (FLITE) PEX 375: Women in Sport Contemporary Perspectives
COM 302: Advanced Public Speaking (introductory course option) PHL 212: Ethics
COM 308: Advanced Argumentation HDF 290: Modern Leadership Issues (introductory course option) PSC 304: Introduction to Public Administration
COM 322: Gender & Communication HDF 291: Rose Butler Browne Program Peer Mentoring Program PSC 369: Legislative Process and Public Policy
COM 351: Oral Comm. in Business & the Professions HDF 412: Historical, MultiEthnic, & Alternative Leadership PSC 504: Ethics in Public Administration
COM 361: Intercultural Communication (capstone option) SOC300/WMS350: Women and Work
COM 383: Rhetorical Theory HDF 413: Student Organization Leadership Consulting THE 221: Stage Management
COM 385: Communication and Social Influence HDF 414: Leadership for Activism and Social Change THE 341: Theater Management
HDF 415: FLITE Peer Leadership
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BECOMING A POSITIVE LEADER THROUGH DEVELOPMENT & INVOLVEMENT
Wilson, 1998 (URI Memorial Union / Center for Student Leadership Development)
Revised after the publication of Exploring Leadership: for College Students Who Want to Make a Difference by Komives, McMahon and Lucas, 1998.
You need to have your own act together before you can lead others:
2. Lead Yourself
Time management
Organization
1. Know Yourself Self care
Self discipline
Lead Others Strengths Perseverance
Weaknesses Develop and maintain family,
Values PROGRESS
interpersonal, and intimate relationships
Needs Academic, social, personal goals and
P Styles
R objectives
o Learning
O o Teaching
G o Personality P
R o Membership R
E o Leadership O
S G
RE-EVALUATE R
S
former stages E
as you progress S
4. Develop and Refine
Skills S
Outcome Target class Additional Experiences Descriptive notes regarding learning and practice
18. Student will show knowledge of Own research Weber distinguishes three types of authority--charismatic, traditional and
the Authority and legal-rational, and each one corresponds to a brand of leadership thats
Bureaucracy theory of operative in contemporary society. The charismatic authority is the type of
leadership Weber leader who possesses charisma to rally diverse and conflict-prone people
behind them. Their power comes from the massive trust and unbreakable
faith put in them. Traditional authority indicates the presence of a dominant
personality. This type of leader depends on tradition and order, its reflected
in everyday leadership. The legal-rational type makes manifest the power of
the bureaucracy over the individual. The administration of power, laws and
rules, including institutional duties and protocols, have control over
individuals. In addition, the bureaucracy may not be able to fully address the
problems and concerns of everyone. Modern societies rely on legal-rational
types in terms of finding common ground in which consensus may be
achieved.
19. Student will describe personal
application of the above theory
(Weber)
20. Student will show knowledge of HDF 416 Personal Research In HDF 416, we briefly touched the topic of scientific management, and it
the Scientific Management peaked my interest, so I did my own research. Scientific management theory
theory of leadership by Taylor is a theory of management that analyzes and synthesizes workflows. The
theories main objective is improving economic efficiency, especially labor
productivity. It was one of Taylors early attempts to apply science to the
engineering of processes and to management. The development of this
theory began in the US in the 1880s-90s, but its peak of influence came in
the 1910s, into the 1920s. The four principles of this theory are as follows. It
replaces the rule of thumb, or simple habit of common sense, and instead
use the scientific method to study work and determine the most efficient way
to perform specific tasks. The second principle is not simply assigning
workers to just any job, but match them based on their capability and
motivation, and train them to work at maximum efficiency. The third principle
of Taylors theory is to monitor work performance, and provide instructions
and supervision to ensure that theyre using the most efficient ways of
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working. The final principle is to allocate the work between the managers
and workers so that the managers spend their time planning and training,
allowing the workers to perform their tasks effectively.
21. Student will describe personal
application of the above theory
(Taylor)
22. Student will show knowledge of HDF 416 The MBO deals with a certain type of interaction, specific to a manager and
the Management by his/her employee. It is based on the many hierarchies being integrated.
Objectives theory of There was a need for commitment, responsibility, maturity and common
leadership by Drucker challenge. MBO becomes a process by which the objectives of an
organization are agreed to and decided between the management and the
employees, that way the employee understands what is expected of him or
her and to help them start their individual goals. Therefore they attain both
their goals and the organizations targets. Every level of management in the
organization participates in the strategic planning process and creation of
performance systems. The managers of the firm are expected to participate
in the strategic planning process to ensure the effectiveness in the
implementing of the plan. The managers are expected to apply a range of
performance systems, designed to help in the effective functioning of the
organization. An MBO system calls for each level of managers to identify
their goals for ever area they are responsible for. These goals are shared
then with their individual units. Shared targets guide individuals in fulfilling
their role. The role of the management now is to monitor and evaluate
performance. The focus is on future rather than on past. They check
progress frequently and over a set period of time. There is external and
internal control in this system with routine assessments. An evaluation is
done to understand as to which extent the goals have been met. An
important aspect of the MBO approach is this agreement between employees
and managers regarding performance which is open to evaluation. The
principle is that when employees are involved with the goal setting and
choosing the course of action to be followed by them, they are more likely to
fulfill their responsibilities. There is a link between organizational goals and
performance targets of the employees. Leadership and management are
both vital to organizations but separate. Leadership is coping with change
(predicting what will happen and being futuristic) while management is
controlling large complex organizations. Leadership is creating a vision while
management is implementing visions. Leadership is appealing to values,
emotions, and needs, and management is appealing to the organizational
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goals. The three roles of leadership is aligning people, setting direction, and
motivating and inspiring. The three for management are organizing and
staffing, planning and budgeting, and controlling and problem solving.
23. Student will describe personal HDF 416 Leadership/Management After taking the Leadership/Management Practices Inventory, I found that I
application of the above theory Practice in class have a lot more management in me than I do leader. Which I was surprised
(Drucker) at. I am more job centered than organization centered, meaning that I am
more technical than conceptual but Im a big relationship builder rather than a
role player. I am also more empowering than controlling so I am more of a
risk taker than predictable and would rather inspire than stabilize. I am a
bigger organizer than facilitator so am better at coordinating but also
supporting and listening as well, and enabling is definitely my strong suit in
comparison to allocating and communicating. Finally, I am better at creating
and planning. I have movement through goals, not vision, and am very
systematic rather than intuitive.
24. Student will show knowledge of Personal Research Theory X assumes that the employees are naturally unmotivated and dislike
Theory X and Theory Y working, and this encourages an authoritarian style of management.
theory of leadership by According to this view, management must actively intervene to get things
MacGregor done. X-type organizations tend to be top heavy, with managers and
supervisors required at every step to control workers. There is little
delegation of authority and control remains firmly centralized. They are in
fact the minority, in mass organizations, this management type cannot be
avoided. Theory Y expounds a participative style of management that is de-
centralized. It assumes that youre ready to work, are self-motivated and
creative, and enjoy working with greater responsibility. It assumes that
workers/leaders are motivated to fulfill goals they are given, they seek and
accept responsibility and dont need much direction, and consider work as a
natural part of life and solve work problems imaginatively.
25. Student will describe personal
application of the above theory
(MacGregor)
26. Student will show knowledge of HDF 190 Servant Leadership In Flite, instead of a written assessment on servant leadership, we were
the Servant Leadership Assessment Speech. assigned a 2.5 minute speech showing knowledge of the assessment. I
theory of leadership by started my speech with a quote, Work for a causenot for applauseLive
Greenleaf to expressnot to impressDont strive to make your presence
noticedJust make your absence felt. A servant leader serves first and it
begins with a natural feeling that one wants to serve. The difference
between a traditional leader and a servant leader is that a traditional leader
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acts, while a servant leader reacts. A characteristic example would be
empathy. Empathy is when the servant leader strives to understand and
empathize with others. We had to connect the characteristics or servant
leadership to our field of study and involvement. Im a Human Development
and Family Studies major with a minor in Leadership Studies. I was involved
in Rachels Challenge in high school and I am somewhat involved in RAK at
URI. I use the characteristics of healing and awareness in my involvement.
Healing I use to help everyone come as a whole, consider their history and
build a future together as a better society and or community. With Rachels
Challenge and RAK it make peoples days better. Awareness I use for
understanding of issues involving ethics, power and values of others. With
Rachels Challenge and RAK its doing good for others. For my field of study
I use the characteristics of healing and awareness again. Awareness I would
use as a marriage and family counselor, which is what I hope to become, to
be aware of conflict in a relationship or marriage or even with families.
Healing I would use to help heal and resolve those conflicts in those
relationships or marriages or families of others to make their lives together
better. With Rachels Challenge, RAK and my field of study I utilize my
strengths as includer and positivity to make sure everyone was involved or to
leave them in a happier place with a smile on their face. I utilize my values of
fairness and kindness to make everyone feel like theyre important. I hope to
lead in the future with a positive attitude because a person with a positive
attitude is a person that is a day brightener for others.
Evidence: Servant Leadership Assessment.
27. Student will describe personal HDF 190 Involvement with RAK and In Flite we discussed the servant leadership theory and how we applied it as
application of the above theory Rachels Challenge. leaders in our own lives. For me it applied when I started being involved in
(Greenleaf) Rachels Challenge in high school where wed have a week of a group of
people including others to their lunch table when they saw someone eating
alone. The characteristics that applied were healing and awareness because
we were aware that they were alone and felt lonely and took the opportunity
to heal by including them with a group of positive people who wanted to be
around them. I use the characteristics of healing and awareness in my
involvement. Healing I use to help everyone come as a whole, consider their
history and build a future together as a better society and or community.
With Rachels Challenge and RAK it make peoples days better. Awareness I
use for understanding of issues involving ethics, power and values of others.
With Rachels Challenge and RAK its doing good for others. For my field of
study I use the characteristics of healing and awareness again. Awareness I
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would use as a marriage and family counselor, which is what I hope to
become, to be aware of conflict in a relationship or marriage or even with
families. Healing I would use to help heal and resolve those conflicts in those
relationships or marriages or families of others to make their lives together
better. With Rachels Challenge, RAK and my field of study I utilize my -
strengths as includer and positivity to make sure everyone was involved or to
leave them in a happier place with a smile on their face. I utilize my values of
fairness and kindness to make everyone feel like theyre important. I hope to
lead in the future with a positive attitude because a person with a positive
attitude is a person that is a day brightener for others. With RAK I was
involved in 3 different booths that they had during the spring semester which
were Valentines Day cards, Wishing Tree and the banner for the former CVS
cashier Nonni after she had passed. All three of those booths included
healing in some sort of way by making others feel better. Listening to make
those fellow students voices be heard, more so with the Wishing Tree and
the banner for Nonni. Listening was incorporated with listening to other
students with their wishes and their kind words they wrote to Nonni.
28. Student will show knowledge of HDF 416 Personal Research Principle Centered Leadership is a leadership theory developed by Steven
the Principle Centered Covey, and based upon the premise of servant leadership. By helping
Leadership theory by Covey ourselves to look at the world based on principles, we can empower others
by aiding them to realize their potential. In education this is important
because if I have focus and confidence in leadership abilities, I can empower
others to realize their potential so that the organization as a whole will
raise. One characteristic of principle centered leadership is that youre
learning continually from your experiences. A second characteristic is that
youre service oriented, in other words, life is a mission. You have positive
energy, cheerful and optimistic, you believe in others, seeing the potential in
others and help them achieve goals. A fourth characteristic is that you lead a
balanced life, you stay current with social events. You savor life, you see it
as another adventure you embark on. Youre a creative change agent, a
synergistic. Finally, you exercise self-renewal, physical, mental, emotional
and spiritual. This theory also has seven directives. These include, be
proactive, begin with the end in mind, put first things first, think win-win, seek
first to understand and then to be understood, synergies, and sharpen the
saw. Principle centered leadership is a creative shared vision of
interdependency, continuing to learn emotional stability, servant leadership
and self-supervision.
29. Student will describe personal HDF 416 SOLC & NWCC Working with SOLC and the North Woods Challenge Course you execute the
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application of the above theory Principle Centered Leadership theory. You work for the groups and what
(Covey) their goals are to help better them as an organization. You also work with the
groups to figure out what their goals are and what theyd like to achieve.
Working in SOLC and NWCC requires you to be a selfless leader, service
oriented, to be able to focus on their goals and their needs instead of your
own. During retreats you execute team building activities to accomplish
those goals and achievements.
Evidence: 4 Vs Diagaram
37. Student will describe personal HDF 413 NWCC Retreat A personal application of mine of the above theory would be working as a
application of the above theory consultant/facilitator on the North Woods Challenge Course. Using the four
(Grace) Vs, values, vision, voice and virtue, are very important when working on the
challenge course. Values are what we personally believe in cohesiveness to
our morals, but we also have four values of our own on the challenge course
which are play hard, play safe, play fair and have fun which we ask our
participants to showcase what they know about each one. Virtues would
come in to play when us as consultants showcase behavior portraying high
moral standards. Using our voice is very important, showcasing what we
have to offer to the group can always be beneficial in more ways than one
and could help them achieve their goal as an organization. Finally, vision, I
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think we have a certain vision of how the group will overcome each obstacle
they face while working with us and watching them overcome it can make us
feel so empowered and feel accomplished as well.
Evidence: picture of a NWCC retreat.
38. Student will show knowledge of Personal Research The fundamentals of the Situational Leadership Model is that there is no
the Situational Leadership single "best" style of leadership. Effective leadership is task-relevant, and the
theory by Hersey & Blanchard most successful leaders are those who adapt their leadership style to the
Performance Readiness, or ability and willingness, of the individual or group
they are attempting to lead or influence. Effective leadership varies, not only
with the person or group that is being influenced, but it also depends on the
task, job or function that needs to be accomplished. This theory rests on two
concepts, leadership style and the individual groups performance readiness
level. Hersey and Blanchard characterized leadership style in terms of the
amount of Task Behavior and Relationship Behavior that the leader provides
to their followers. They categorized all leadership styles into four behavior
types, S1-S4. S1 is directing, its characterized by one-way communication
in which the leader defines the roles of the individual or group and provides
the what, how, why, when and where to do the task. S2 is coaching, which
is, while the leader is still providing the direction, he or she is now using two-
way communication and providing the socio-emotional support that will allow
the individual or group being influenced to buy into the process. S3 is
supporting, which is, this is how shared decision-making about aspects of
how the task is accomplished and the leader is providing fewer task
behaviors while maintaining high relationship behavior. Lastly, S4 is
delegating, which is, the leader is still involved in decisions; however, the
process and responsibility has been passed to the individual or group. The
leader stays involved to monitor progress. Of these, no one style is
considered optimal for all leaders to use all the time. Effective leaders need
to be flexible, and must adapt themselves according to the situation. The
right leadership style will depend on the person or group being led. The
Hersey-Blanchard Situational Leadership Theory identified four levels of
maturity M1 through M4. In M1, the person lacks the specific skills required
for the job in hand and are unable and unwilling to take responsibility for the
job or task. In M2, they are unable to take on responsibility for the task being
done, however, they are willing to work at the task. They are novice but
enthusiastic. In M3, the person is experienced and able to do the task but
lack the confidence or the willingness to take on responsibility. Lastly, in M4,
they are experienced at the task, and comfortable with their own ability to do
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it well. They are able and willing to not only do the task, but to take
responsibility for the task. Maturity levels are also task-specific. A person
might be generally skilled, confident and motivated in their job, but would still
have a maturity level M1 when asked to perform a task requiring skills they
don't possess. This theory also includes developing people and self-
motivation. A good leader develops "the competence and commitment of
their people so theyre self-motivated rather than dependent on others for
direction and guidance." According to Herseys book, a leaders high,
realistic expectation causes high performance of followers; a leaders low
expectations lead to low performance of followers. According to Ken
Blanchard, "Four combinations of competence and commitment make up
what we call 'development level.'" D1 is low competence and high
competence, D2 is low competence and low commitment, D3 is high
competence and low/variable commitment, and D4 is high competence and
high commitment.
39. Student will describe personal HDF 413 SOLC In SOLC retreats with groups, when they fill out the form to set up a retreat
application of the above theory with us, they set their goals and expectations of their retreat. Its the
(Hersey & Blanchard) facilitators job to execute those goals within the group. Either we determine
or the group determines if theyre a high functioning or a low functioning
group when they work together. Each group comes in with different goals
and what they want to achieve, making a different situation to lead through
each retreat.
40. Student will show knowledge of HDF 190 Relational Leadership Inclusive- Asking this question would get the person to describe that when
the Relational Leadership Model. engaging their students in each activity that the differences theyll find in the
model by Komives, McMahon Why I chose each question students in their group would be valuable. Also listening to each other as
& Lucas for #126. everyone is being engaged in each activity.
Empowering- I think asking the person this question would prove that by
getting the students to share their voice would prove that everyone has
something to offer.
Purposeful- Asking the person this question would make the person describe
their commitment to the position. Also it would show their positive attitude
towards receiving the position.
Ethics- Displaying your own values to your students helps with the modeling
of others values. Also that the high standards of behavior for each person
helps everyone else around them.
Process Oriented- How the group goes about being a group, remaining a
group, and accomplishing the groups purpose
Relational Leadership is defined as a relational process of people together
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attempting to accomplish change or make a difference to benefit the common
good. This philosophy would value being ethical and inclusive. It would
acknowledge the diverse talents of group members and trust the process to
bring good thinking to the socially responsible changes group members
agree they want to work toward. Relationships are the key to leadership
effectiveness.
45. Student will describe personal HDF 413 SOLC Using Kolbs Experiential Learning theory in leadership is essential for doing
application of experiential retreats in SOLC. The concrete experience could be the group coming
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learning in leadership together in the beginning and their behavior showing how they are as an
development (Kolb) organization before we work with them on their goals. Reflective observation
is how the group can look back from the beginning of the retreat and see how
far theyve come and what they have overcome as an organization. Abstract
conceptualization could be how they could make changes to better them as a
whole in the future and reflect on what made them struggle over certain
obstacles to begin with. And of course, active experimentation being that
they actually work on things as an organization and taking away what they
learned from us and each other at the retreat.
46. Student will show knowledge of HDF 190 Social Change Model video In Flite, we watched a video about the social change model. We learned
the Social Change Model of shown in class. about the 7 Cs that make up the model as well. There are three parts to the
Leadership Development by social change model, Individual, Group and Society/Community Values. The
Astin et al first C in the Individual portion of the model is Consciousness of Self.
Consciousness of Self means mindfulness of knowing oneself well, knowing
ones strengths and weaknesses, ones motivations, where those motivations
come from and ones belief system. The second C is Congruence, which
means walking the talk, practicing the beliefs that are important to you, that
they live in your everyday actions. The last C in the Individual portion of the
model is Commitment. Commitment means the ability to engage in
something you have a passion about, following your personal goals and
purposes, sticking with something that is important for you to accomplish. In
the Group portion of the model is Collaboration. Collaboration means
working effectively with other people in a shared process. The second C in
this portion of the model is a Common Purpose. Common Purpose means
the ability to come together around shared purposes, to listen and
respectfully hear what people are saying so that you might modify your own
perception of what the purpose of the group is, to incorporate that of others,
being able to come to a common purpose. The last C in this portion of the
model is Controversy with Civility. Controversy with Civility means that every
group is going to have some kind of conflict or some kind of thoughtful
difference of opinion with each other. Engage those controversies in a
respectful and civil manner so the group can question its purposes and go
deeper and make deeper commitments. Embrace controversy and embrace
it as root to even better collaboration and consensus. The final portion in the
model is Society/Community Values, the last C in the model is Citizenship.
Citizenship is being engaged in ones community as a practice, an active
participant in the processes of those groups, working with others to
accomplish these shared purposes.
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Evidence; Group paper on social change.
47. Student will describe personal
application of the above theory
(Astin et al)
48. Students will demonstrate Personal Research The stages of Leadership Identity Development Model are:
knowledge of the Leadership
Identity Development Model Stage One: Awareness
by Komives et al Children began by seeing leadership as disenfranchised from themselves.
Adults were paramount in this stage by providing children the support they
needed through serving as role models and encouragers. The parents played
a critical role in teaching norms, building confidence, and serving as a
building block of support. Through nurturing statements such as you are
going to be something great someday the children began to consider
leadership as a personal reality. This marks a transition to the second stage
of leadership development.
Source: Fiedler's contingency theory. (n.d.). Retrieved April 24, 2017, from
http://www.leadership-central.com/fiedler%27s-contingency-
theory.html#axzz4fBV3U400
Design of the task - The design of the task might call for the leader's
support. For example, if the task is ambiguous, then the leader might
have to give it more structure or an extremely difficult task might call
for leader support.
Formal authority system - Depending upon the task authority, the
leader can provide clear goals and/or give the employee some or all
control.
Work group - If the team is non-supportive, then the leader needs to
be cohesiveness and espouse esprit-de-corps that provides
comradeship, enthusiasm, and devotion to all team members.
Source: Path-Goal Leadership Theory. (n.d.). Retrieved April 24, 2017, from
http://www.nwlink.com/~donclark/leader/lead_path_goal.html
Source: The Leader-Member Exchange Theory: Getting the Best From all
Team Members. (n.d.). Retrieved April 24, 2017, from
https://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/leader-member-exchange.htm
Outcome Target class Additional Descriptive notes regarding learning and practice
Experiences
68. Student will demonstrate how
cultural anthropology /
paradigms relate to leadership
69. Student will describe personal
example of using cultural
anthropology / paradigms as a
leader
70. Student will demonstrate HDF 492 Personal Research This theory intrigued me after hearing a small snippet about it in Bens
knowledge of the Cycles of Bens Presentation portfolio presentation. The Cycles of Socialization helps you to understand
Socialization (Harro) theory the way in which we are socialized by roles we play, how we are affected by
and its uses in leadership issues of oppression, and how we maintain an oppressive system based
upon power. The cycle is composed of 3 arrows, 3 circles, and a core
center. The first circle represents the situation into which we were born. We
have no control over this, we are born without bias, assumptions, or
questions. You are either lucky to be born in a privileged situation or unlucky
to be born in an underprivileged situation. The first arrow represents our
socialization process begins immediately. Youre given a blue blanket if
youre a boy, or a pink one if youre a girl. The second circle represents the
institutions that help shape our views and beliefs, and help instill us with
prejudice or acceptance. The second arrow represents the way your
behaviors, ideas or beliefs are instilled upon you that reinforce the cycle of
oppression. Behaving differently is not as simple as you think. You are
rewarded for good behavior which means you conform to the norms and
standards. You are also punished for bad behavior, questioning or rebelling
against oppressive societal norms. The third circle represents devastating
results upon all of us that this cycle of oppression produces. The final arrow
represents a point at which we all arrive, or the results of the cycle. You are
forced to make a decision, even if its to do nothing. Doing nothing is the
easier choice, especially for those who benefit from the perpetuation of the
cycle: we are all victims of the cycle and we are all hurt by it. Oppression
hurts the oppressed and the oppressor.
Source: Adams, M., Bell, L. A., Griffin, P. (1997) Teaching for Diversity and
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Social Justice, New York: Routledge.
Evidence: Cycle Worksheet
71. Students will demonstrate
personal application of the
Cycles of Socialization
(Harro)
72. Student will demonstrate Personal Research The Cycles of Liberation starts with Waking Up. Waking up is the critical
knowledge of the Cycles of incident that creates cognitive dissonance. Getting ready is the point where
Liberation (Harro) theory and empowerment of self-introspection, education and constant raising comes
its uses in leadership into play. Youre gaining inspiration and authenticity, youre dismantling
collusion, privilege, and internalized oppression, and youre developing
analysis and tools. You then reach out, you do for others while you seek
experience and exposure, speak out and name injustices, taking stands, and
using tools and experimenting. At this point in the model its intrapersonal,
meaning change within the core of people about what they believe about
themselves. It becomes interpersonal, which means you change in how we
value others and see the world, when youre building the community. When
you build the community you are working with others for support, building
coalitions, questioning assumptions, rules, roles, and structures of systems.
You then come around to coalescing, which means youre organizing, action
planning, lobbying, fundraising, educating, being a role model, and ally, etc.
Then you create change, which means you critically transform institutions
and create new culture. You influence things like policy, assumptions,
structures, definitions, rules, etc. It gets systematic when you transition into
maintain. Systematic means change in structure, assumptions, philosophy,
rules, and roles. During maintain, youre integrating and spreading hope and
inspiration living our dreams modeling authenticity, integrity and wholeness
taking care of self and others. And finally the core, which is self-love, self-
esteem, balance, joy, support, security, and spiritual base.
Source: Grimsley, S. (n.d.). Change Agent: Definition & Role. Retrieved April
20, 2017, from http://study.com/academy/lesson/change-agent-definition-
role-quiz.html
Tim Hick wrote an article called, Seven Steps for Effective Problem Solving
in the Workplace. He came up with the following steps, Here are seven-
steps for an effective problem-solving process.
Source: Seven Steps for Effective Problem Solving in the Workplace. (n.d.).
Retrieved April 20, 2017, from http://www.mediate.com/articles/thicks.cfm
106. Student will demonstrate HDF 413 SOLC My facilitation and debriefing technique kind of ties in together as one
proficiency of facilitation and de- because I facilitated a closing activity for SECs retreat. Reach out and touch
briefing techniques someone can be used as a closing a debriefing activity to close a retreat.
The objective is to have a big circle with the people facing outward with their
eyes closed while the facilitator chooses a select 4-5 people, depending on
the size of the organization we are working with, to reach out and touch their
fellow students and colleagues as the facilitator yells out positive sentences
for the participants to relate to. This could be used as a debriefing activity if
the facilitator decides to let the participants open their eyes during each
positive saying thats called out so the ones touched could see which of their
fellow colleagues felt a certain way about them.
107. Student will demonstrate
knowledge of framing and
breaking the frame
108. Student will demonstrate
proficiency of framing and
breaking the frame
109. Student will show knowledge of
organizing meetings / setting
agendas / and leading meetings
110. Student will describe personal
examples of organizing
meetings / setting agendas /
leading meetings
111. Student will show knowledge of HDF 416 Parliamentary Procedure A parliamentary procedure is a rule that defines how a particular situation is
Parliamentary Procedure layout during class to be handled, or a particular outcome achieved, in a legislature or
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deliberative body. The first part in a parliamentary procedure is calling to
order. Calling to order means if a quorum is present, the chair (the person
conducting the meeting) says, The meeting will come to order. The second
step is the minutes. The minutes are what the secretary reads as a record of
the previous meeting held. The officers reports are the third part in a
parliamentary procedure. This is when officers and standing (permanent)
committees may report on their activities. Some only report at annual
meetings. Reports of special committees come after to report on the tasks
for which they were created as the next part of the procedure. Special orders
is the important business previously designated for consideration at the
current meeting. The sixth part of a parliamentary procedure is the
unfinished business. This is business that has come over from the previous
meeting and is discussed during the current one. Following that comes the
new business, which are the new topics that are introduced. Then we have
the announcements portion. These inform the assembly (the people at the
meeting) of other subjects and events. Finally is the adjournment of the
meeting. The meeting ends by a vote or by general consent (or by the
chairs decision if the time of adjournment was prearranged by vote.)
Throughout the meeting the members get their say through four types of
motions. The present motions are when you make a proposal. The debate
motion is when the members give their opinion on the motion. The second
motion is the expression of support for discussion of another members
motion. Then finally, they vote on the motion, which is when everyone
makes a decision.
112. Student will show knowledge of Personal Research One technique in dealing with difficult people is not letting them drag you
techniques for working with down. The saying Misery loves company comes into play here. The
difficult people important thing to know is who the Debbie and David Downers are in the
situation and to make sure they dont suck you in to their world of negativity.
The next thing you want to do is listen. It can be tempting to just tune the
person out, but the more the person feels they arent being listened to, the
more difficult they will have yet to become. The best thing to do is to use
good, normal active listening techniques, as you would for anyone else.
Technique number three is to use a time limit for venting. You need to
remember that theres a difference between being a perpetual pessimist and
having an occasional need to vent. Sharing our tough times is a mechanism
we find helps us best in situations like these. Use the 5 minute rule when it
comes to this, let your coworker vent to you for five minutes, after that times
up, assume he or she is in Downer mode. Another technique to use is to not
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agree. Agreeing with the Debbie or David Downer just adds fuel to their fire
and makes them continue on more. Technique number five is to not stay
silent. Your silence can and will be interpreted as an agreement, as will
others surrounding the situation. You then want to switch extremes into
facts. When they use words like never and always turn it around into a
fact about them and whats happened. Technique number seven is to move
to problem solving. People who complain a lot often feel powerless, like their
situation is hopeless. Make the person see a positive outlook to a situation.
Finally, technique number 8 is to just cut them off. If after all your efforts do
not turn out successful, shut down their need to vent after its been going on
for over 5 minutes. Its fine if they want to vent for a couple minutes, its fine
if they want to problem solve, but if they want to do neither of these things,
then they need to move on.
Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/kevinkruse/2013/06/25/dealing-with-
difficult-people/#4cec267e2274
117. Student will describe personal HDF 416 Task Force Project In class we were asked to do a project on something that would change the
examples of group dynamics university. My group had the topic of parking. We were asked to do
and group roles research about the parking situation at URI and what wed like to change
about it. We sent out a survey to students around different Facebook pages
to get various results. Each part of the group had their own role while
completing the project. One girl took control to be the leader of the group
since she had done a similar project in a class previous to this one. She also
would ask us what we thought of her ideas. The rest of us were the opinion
givers and some of us had our own ideas to add onto the project as well.
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Each member had their own role to get the project done.
118. Student will show knowledge of HDF 416 SOLC An effective membership skill in a group would most importantly be effective
effective memberships skills in communication skills. Not only being able to talk to one another, but being
groups able to listen to one another as well. Staying as active and involved with the
group as you can could also be an effective membership skill. Dont blame
other members for your own wrong doings, theyll get annoyed with you and
slowly stop asking you to outside of the group or organization outings. You
want to support your other group members ideas or decisions. You dont
want to brag also for the same reason we used for blaming your other
members. Also, you want to listen actively to other people in your
organization or chapter.
119. Student will describe personal BUS 441 Student Teaching Group Working in any group you need to have effective communication, otherwise,
examples of membership skills Project said group project will end up failing miserably. Effective listening and
in use communication came into play during a group project I did in the fall of 2016.
Our project was to student teach on a topic for the class. We chose to do
adaptive leadership because out of the list of topics left to choose from, that
was the most interesting. To make this project succeed, we created a google
docs, took down each others phone numbers and emails and began
working. When we would meet up in person in the library we went around to
each person so all ideas were heard. When we would have an idea it was
always consulted with the rest of the group. Hearing each other out and
accepting new creative ideas is what made our project to be as great as it
was.
121. Student will describe personal HDF 413 NWCC At the beginning of each course we demonstrate a few things in the
examples of using the theory of beginning and one of those includes Challenge by choice. Challenge by
Challenge and Support choice is similar to challenge by support because in order to choose your
(Sanford) own challenge you have to know your comfort zone and the amount of
support surrounding you by other colleagues. The participant whether they
be approaching an element, or climbing the rock wall, decide whether they
are comfortable with embarking on the challenge. If they dont feel
comfortable, what I do as a facilitator is give them another task to do so they
dont sit on the sidelines and watch everyone else have fun. I let them help
me with consequences to their colleagues when need be, help me create
code breakers to challenge their colleagues, etc.
122. Student will show knowledge of COM 100 In COM 100 we learned about different types of speeches. A couple were
the construction / elements of informative and persuasive ones. The construction of each speech is a
informative and persuasive learning objective, key points, and what the speech actually means. Your
speeches learning objectives would be discussing the goals of the informative or the
persuasive speech. Your key points are what organizes your speech. You
want to determine what your broad purpose is, to either inform or to
persuade. Then you want to keep that piece in mind when putting your
speech together. Different structures fit different speeches, so you have to
find which structure fits your speech the best. When you give an informative
speech, youre informing your audience about your topic. For instance you
want to educate people about planned parenthood, which would be informing
the audience. When you give a persuasive speech, youre creating a
convincing case for your viewpoint or position on a topic. For example, if you
were for legalizing marijuana.
The Forbes article reads,1. Clear roles, team leadership and individual
ownership. People struggle to be accountable when roles and processes
are ambiguous. Removing as much confusion as possible about who is doing
what and how they will proceed is an important step. If a team is truly
accountable, members will identify gaps, learn new roles and processes, and
ultimately build a more capable team. 2. A sense of ownership for team
results. How does team accountability work? Focus on team processes.
How is the team working toward goals and outcome? Are team members
effective? Do they feel 100 percent accountable to improving the process?
Each member should have the obligation to seek information, give and
receive feedback and point out the need for corrective action at any time. 3.
Freedom, support and control to navigate competing priorities. Most
problems have multiple right answers, so give people the freedom and
control they need to make decisions. The first solutions your teams and direct
reports come up with will probably be pretty good. Improve upon them
instead of inserting your own. Support is the key be sure people have the
resources, knowledge and assistance they need. With this approach, team
members increase their skills, confidence and ownership. 4. Its not about
punishment. If your goal in fostering accountability is to know who to punish
when revenue targets are not met or budgets are missed, you will only
succeed in creating fear. No one will be willing to step up, speak out or try
something new. Innovation and risk taking will be lost. Once the rumor mill of
an organization circulates a story of someone stepping out and being
punished, hundreds, even thousands, of other employees will be skittish
about taking initiative to find solutions.
My mentee experience is working with kids at the YMCA. I work in both the
teen center and the child watch center, as well as extended care for Camp
Watchaug. The motto for Camp Watchaug is to be a mentor for the kids of
the future. To mold their minds to become the future leaders of the
community. Although thats my job with both the camp and working with the
teens and younger kids.
Im hoping to further my mentee experience with a future job at Richmond
Recreation Day Camp and with future jobs I will acquire after graduation.
142. Student will describe principles HDF 413 Personal Research Discipline would be the first effective principle to being a peer leader. You
of effective peer leadership, as have to know your role, honor the fact that youre not in charge, and
well as problems particular to understand where you fit in as a whole. You listen and accept, a great
peer leadership follower is someone who listens to direction, accepts criticism without
rebuttal, and acts on these items to be the person they are needed to be.
Next, you serve the overall goal, each move you make is done selflessly.
You stay humble, you learn to do what it right instead of looking for the
spotlight. You stay loyal and committed to those who you are leading. The
next principle would be character. You have to have the ability to accept
your faults and learn from them, having humility. You want to be a
compassionate leader, someone who cares. And you want to have courage,
say what needs to be said, dont hold back. The third principle would be to
communicate effectively. You want to be clear and concise and make your
words matter. The fourth principle would be lead from the front. This means
you lead by example, you must have a commanding presence and lead with
confidence. Inspiring your followers would be the fifth principle, which means
you empower, show you are human, and always look at the bright side,
cutting the negative out. The sixth principle is We not Me, meaning you
selflessly lead as a whole, not too self-absorbed. Seventh, you make the
choice, this means that you make the choice to lead and positively impact
others. Finally, peer leadership is leadership, meaning you listen, do you and
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stay you, own your role, and have respect. Now the problems would start if
the peer leader lacks confidence, effective communication skills and is too
self-absorbed. Lacking just one of the principles Ive previously mentioned
could take your peer leadership down a couple notches. You want to be the
best leader you can be for those who are following you.
143. Student will describe personal HDF 413 Leadership Institute In 2013 I attended something called the Leadership Institute. Here is where i
examples related to being a got my interest sparked into becoming a leader and interested in the
peer leader and being led by leadership minor at URI. We had two peer leaders, mine were the amazing
peers Caitie Runyon and Paul Knott. They guided us through various activities that
challenged us to great lengths. During each activity, they gave each of us as
a team to lead and share our own ideas, basically being the leader of the
team in general. I liked that because it gave me a chance to voice my
opinions on how we could get things done easier and more efficiently. We
also did smaller in depth activities that brought us closer together as a team
while bringing tears at the same time. But overall the experience was life
changing and overpowering in ways. It was something Ill never forget. In the
future before I graduate, I plan on applying a second time to become a peer
leader for institute.
Evidence- pictures from institute
144. Student will describe the four The frames help change agents conceptualize different approaches to an
frames of organizations by issue. Depending on the circumstances, one approach may be more
Bolman and Deal appropriate than another. Or, most likely, several approaches in combination
will be most successful. Bolman & Deal's four frames are as follows:
Source: http://bigthink.com/articles/bolman-deal-frameworks
145. Student will describe personal
application of organizational
analysis using the four frames of
organizations (Bolman and
Deal)