Leadership in the Professions

3 credits · Graduate School

Professions are distinct from ordinary occupations in that professional work involves the application of unique abstract knowledge as part of practice and doing so with integrity and a commitment to particular values that transcend any particular job or organization. Leadership in such contexts must go beyond generic leadership theories that focus solely individual or organizational performance to include theories that incorporate broader commitments to public, professional, and social values. In this course, leadership will be explored and supporting the dual roles of professionals as autonomous knowledge workers and as stewards of broader social values. [3]