Explorations in Leadership

ITGS 400 Explorations in Leadership

Required Texts:

Mandela, Nelson. (1995) Long Walk to Freedom. New York: Little Brown and Company Paperback. ISBN: 0-31654818-9. (Make sure that you have the full version, not an abridged version, otherwise you’ll not be able to complete assignments).

Module 1

M1 Draft Research PPT - Identify topic only

Post one introductory slide to Discussion Board

Research Draft: Post one draft title slide only. Identify a leader in your own field of professional/personal interest on whom you hope to focus your research. Create a title specifying the name of the person plus the area in which the individual or group impacted social change. Include the title and your full name on the slide, saving the file under your last name only, followed by key words from the title (e.g., “Doe, Jane. Michelle Obama: Childhood Obesity”. For ideas on titles and what’s expected for the full project, view the sample projects and support on the Canvas course Module “Support for Research Project” provided.

Post one slide with your proposed title, your name as the author, and this course number ITGS 400. Have two components in the title, including:

(1) the name of the leader being investigated and

(2) the social impact identified.

Identify a specific leader in your own field of professional/personal interest on whom you plan to focus your individual research. You need to select a specific leader (or group of leaders) and a specific way in which they've impacted social change. Furthermore, you may want to limit the historical years covered and the scope of the person's achievements.

For ideas on titles and on is expected of the final project, sample research PPTs (attached)

Do a quick search for relevant literature through the on-line library BEFORE you finalize a topic, to be sure there are at least 5 relevant peer-reviewed journal articles that you could use (references will be included in your draft next week). Avoid book reviews - use the original source and follow the on-line guides provided. Here are a few past examples to inspire you. You may find a completely different topic. If you choose the same leader or social impact field as any of the following, you MUST create your own original title and NOT use exactly the same wording:

Michelle Obama: Tackling the challenge of child obesity.

Malala: the 21st-century suffragette fighting the Pakistani Taliban for the right of women to education

Tawakkol Karman: Leader in the struggle for human rights in the Middle East

Muhammad Ali: A Leader in the ring and a leader for civil rights

Greta Thunberg: The fight against the climate crisis

Business visionary, Henry Ford: US automotive production impacts society from 1908 - 1947

Socially responsible investment: Companies leading the way

King Abdullah: Leader for women’s education rights

Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Changing the status quo in the US justice system

Ashton Kutcher: Fight against sex trafficking

Cesar Chavez: The Farm Workers Movement

Florence Nightingale: Founder of nursing

Sudan Saleema: The fight to end female genital mutilation

Henry J. Kaiser: The interdisciplinary forefather of the modern American West

Kendrick Lamar: A modern - Day oral tradition of Black America: Messages, warnings, and lessons told through rap.

Mental Health Advocacy: Demi Lovato’s fight for self-care and self-love.

Nellie Bly: Investigative journalist triggers reform of psychiatric hospitals

Walt Disney: The power of dreaming and creativity to influence generations

Eleanor Roosevelt: Champion of universal human rights

Mahatma Gandhi’s influence on the medical and psychology Field

William Wilberforce: Fight to abolish slavery in the British Empire

Jamie Oliver: Fighting Childhood obesity

Malala Yousafzai: Standing up to the Taliban

Greta Thunberg: The environmental leader teaching the global community

Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Her fight for gender equality

Simone de Beauvoir: An advocate of gender equality