A608: Leadership, Entrepreneurship, and Learning

This course focuses on how leaders of organizations, both large and small, public and private, translate good ideas into action. These ideas may be entrepreneurial in nature and entail starting new ventures, or they may be intrapreneurial in nature and entail implementing new initiatives within existing organizational structures. We will focus on how leaders can shape and influence complex decision processes regarding innovative and entrepreneurial ideas most effectively. We will examine both those decisions that were flawed and those that were successful in order to derive lessons about leadership and learning in dynamic, complex, and highly uncertain organizational environments, including the education sector, among others. The course will be largely discussion-based and include cases, exercises, and multimedia materials with examples of leadership from a diverse range of contexts. Students will be expected to come to class prepared and ready for discussion, and, if called upon, to role-play their recommendations and take a stand as well. Enrollment is open to all graduate degree candidates at HGSE. For students in the ELOE program, this course fulfills the ELOE Program Core Experience (PCE) requirement if taken for a letter grade and may also be taken as an ELOE elective. This is a required course for EdLD students. A few spaces may be reserved for cross-registration. Auditors of the course are not permitted.