3 courses with the subject LD, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
LD 320Leaders & Leadership in Pre-Mdrn World3
This course will examine theories and examples of leadership from the ancient and the medieval worlds. Beginning with a dicussion of what the Rule of St. Benedict has to say about the subject, especially in its depiction of the role and duties of the abbot, the course will then survey texts from a variety of premodern cultures, including ancient Greece and Rome, medieval Europe, and non-Western cultures such as ancient China. The examples to be surveyed will be drawn from political, religous, and cultural realms and will reflect a wide range of attitudes towards leadership, while maintaining a link with the Benedictine ideal outlined in the Rule and other texts. Students will learn about different theories of leadership, about successful leaders and their leadership styles, and about both the qualities of good leadership that have remained constant over time and those that have changed. Finally, they will consider how best they might embody leadership qualities in their own personal and professional lives.
This course will pick up where the other left off, examining leaderes and leadership theory in the modern world. In addition to examples drawn from the worlds of religion, culture and politics, this course will include case studies of leaders and leadership in the business world, looking at figures who have revolutionized individual corporations and the economy at large. In doing so, it will examine the continuing relevance in the twenty-first century of the Benedictine ideal of leadership as outline in the Rule, and will provide students with a foundation upon which they will be able to build their own leadership style.
This course, the foundational course for the Leadership Minor, will examine theories and examples of leadership covering the long span of history, from the ancient and the medieval worlds to the modern. The course will begin with a discussion of what the Rule of St. Benedict has to say about the subject, especially in its depiction of the role and duties of the abbot. The course will then survey texts from a variety of pre-modern cultures, including ancient Greece and Rome, as well as medieval Europe. Students will then move forward, examining leaders and leadership theory in the modern world. In addition to examples drawn from the worlds of religion, culture and politics, this course will include case studies of leaders and leadership in the business world, looking at figures who have revolutionized individual corporations and the economy at large. This combined approach will allow students to examine the continuing relevance in the twenty-first century of ideas about leadership developed in earlier times, particularly the Benedictine ideal of leadership as outlined in the Rule, and will provide students with a foundation upon which they will be able to build their own contemporary leadership style for their future lives and careers. N.B. This course will be offered once every two years/four semesters.
