Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College · Courses
OLEAD
15 courses with the subject OLEAD, 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.
OLEAD 100Introduction to Leadership3
The ability to lead others is increasingly valued in today's world of work, and this course introduces key leadership concepts and practices based on current theory and research from both a social science and humanities perspective to prepare students for either the Bachelor of Science or the Bachelor of Arts as well as serve as a general education social science requirement. Whether or not a person is in a formal position of leadership, Introduction to Leadership will help students to discover the knowledge and skills necessary for effective leadership. The course will view leadership from an interactional framework that analyzes leadership from the perspective of the leader, the followers, and the situation. In particular, the unit on the leader will introduce traits, behaviors, gender, leadership development, personal strengths, developing leadership skills, creating a vision, addressing ethics, power, influence, and character. The unit on the leader-follower dynamic will introduce the concepts of followership, motivation, job performance, job satisfaction, engagement, embracing diversity and inclusion, listening to out-group members, managing conflict, overcoming obstacles, as well as leading group and teams. The final unit will focus the impact of the situation on leadership and will introduce students to organizational culture and climate, contingency theories of leadership, change, innovation, and will revisit the interactional framework in total to have students reflect on what they have learned. Bachelor of Arts: Humanities Bachelor of Arts: Social and Behavioral Sciences General Education: Social and Behavioral Scien (GS) GenEd Learning Objective: Crit and Analytical Think GenEd Learning Objective: Integrative Thinking GenEd Learning Objective: Soc Resp and Ethic Reason
The ability to lead others is increasingly valued in today's world of work, and this course introduces key leadership concepts and practices based on current theory and research from both a social science and humanities perspective to prepare students for either the Bachelor of Science or the Bachelor of Arts as well as serve as a general education social science requirement. Whether or not a person is in a formal position of leadership, introduction to leadership will help students to discover the knowledge and skills necessary for effective leadership. The course will view leadership from an interactional framework that analyzes leadership from the perspective of the leader, the followers, and the situation. In particular, the unit on the leader will introduce traits, behaviors, gender, leadership development, personal strengths, developing leadership skills, creating a vision, addressing ethics, power, influence, and character. The unit on the leader-follower dynamic will introduce the concepts of followership, motivation, job performance, job satisfaction, engagement, embracing diversity and inclusion, listening to out-group members, managing conflict, overcoming obstacles, as well as leading group and teams. The final unit will focus the impact of the situation on leadership and will introduce students to organizational culture and climate, contingency theories of leadership, change, innovation, and will revisit the interactional framework in total to have students reflect on what they have learned. The honors version of this course will explore these topics more in depth through expanded instructional interactions as well as more rigorous assignments. Bachelor of Arts: Humanities Bachelor of Arts: Social and Behavioral Sciences General Education: Social and Behavioral Scien (GS)
OLEAD 201Organizational Theory and Functions for Leaders3
Organizational theory and functions will explore the various functions of organizations in order to prepare students for future coursework. In particular the nature of organizations themselves will be examined along with various functions such as leadership, financial, communications, technology, production, sales, etc. Students will then use organizational theory to see how the various functions interconnect and support the overall goals of the organization. General Education: Social and Behavioral Scien (GS) GenEd Learning Objective: Creative Thinking GenEd Learning Objective: Integrative Thinking GenEd Learning Objective: Key Literacies
Leadership across industries compares and contrasts leadership in different types of industries. In this course students will learn about the various types of organizations and examine why leadership in those organizations have some leadership characteristics that are similar and others that are different. Industries such as private sector, government, education, healthcare, military, law enforcement, small business, and others will be used as examples to demonstrate those similarities and differences. This comparative analysis will help students learn about other styles of leadership that they may access for their own organizations as well as allow for some career exploration.
OLEAD 409Leadership Development: A Life-Long Learning Perspective3
The course examines the continuing influence of social and environmental factors in shaping leadership and leadership development. LHR (OLEAD) 409 Leadership Development: A Life-Long Learning Perspective (3)(BA) This course meets the Bachelor of Arts degree requirements. Current social conditions, such as financial crises, ineffective solutions to local, national, and international problems and corrupt leaders, call for more effective and ethical leadership on a broad scale. The positive and moral transformation of social institutions requires active participation and leadership of more authentic transformational leaders. This course will discuss authentic transformational leadership development from a life span developmental perspective. More specifically, it will focus on how an individual develops his/her leadership skills, potential, and capacity in his/her childhood, school, social organizations, colleges, and work organizations. The primary purpose of this course is to help students understand how family, educational, and other environmental factors have helped and/ or will help them develop their transformational leadership potential and leadership effectiveness, in addition to gaining a better understanding of their strengths and weaknesses in respect to personality, individual difference, motivation, values, emotions, self-awareness, and identity. The fundamental objectives of this course are to help students 1) increase self-awareness; 2) to help students to know more about their sense of self, including self-identity, self-awareness, self-efficacy, and other types of self-concepts; 3) to understand the effect of life span influences in an individual's leadership development. Cross-listed with: LHR 409 Undergraduate - The Pennsylvania State University 2026-2027 4669 Bachelor of Arts: Social and Behavioral Sciences
OLEAD 100 or 5th Semester Standing or any other OLEAD
OLEAD 410Leadership in a Global Context3
This course explores the science and practice of leadership around the globe through pertinent scholarly literature and related instructional resources. OLEAD 410 Leadership in a Global Context (3) (IL)(BA) This course meets the Bachelor of Arts degree requirements. This course will explore the science and practice of leadership across the globe. In particular, cross-cultural differences in leadership styles and methods from around the planet will be examined. Emphasis will be made on gaining knowledge of various cultural perspectives from around the world. That knowledge will then be used to examine successful leadership interactions between diverse cultures. Upon completion of Leadership in a Global Context, students will be able to understand differences within and between cultures, understand how diversity can impact an organization; recognize there are various sources of information to learn about culture; utilize various sources of information to gain knowledge of culture; develop the ability to recognize cultural differences in leadership situations, and think about developing leadership in global situations based on culture. Bachelor of Arts: World Cultures
/Maximum of 3 Skills and competencies needed for effective leadership may change/ vary from one era to another, one culture to another and one industry to another. Researchers and leaders themselves do not agree on a definition of "leader" or the skills/competencies that establish an effective leader. One might say that "what it takes to be an effective leader" is relative to the situation. Through the review of literature and research on leadership in general; review of literature and research on women in leadership; problem-solving in leadership scenarios; and self-assessment, students will develop a working definition of leadership and identify and develop leadership traits/competencies to encourage more women to be successful future leaders.
Old Listing Effective Through Summer 2026: Creative projects, including research and design, which are supervised on an individual basis and which fall outside the scope of formal courses. Changes Effective Fall 2026: • Changed Prerequisites
/Maximum of 9 Formal courses given infrequently to explore, in-depth, a comparatively narrow subject which may be topical or of special interest. Petroleum and Natural Gas
