Leadership is a special function in the organization which provides direction, stimulations and coordination to organizational activities. Good leadership provides motivation for group members to do what is necessary to achieve organizational goals. To ensure that students understand the dual role of being both a leader and manager, the purpose of this course is to expound the basic concepts of leadership and the essentials skill required to become an effective leader or manager in a variety of settings. Other major topics include leadership, environment and organization, leadership and their immediate groups, leadership, task and technology, stress and leadership, leadership in different cultures, assessment and forecasting of leaders and managers performance and leadership issues for the twenty-first century. Ultimately students will gain the applied aspects of leadership and how all this applies to real world situations and synthesize their learning into a coherant philosophy of leadership to serve as a foundation upon which they can build and improve their personal leadership style.