Special Topics (395-0-1)

Topic

The Psychology of Entrepreneurial Leaders

Instructors

Jennifer Tackett

Meeting Info

Ford ITW Auditorium 1350: Mon, Wed 11:00AM - 12:20PM

Overview of class

This course will integrate current research on leadership and personality science within the context of entrepreneurialism. We will review current models of personality and leadership and extend this work to entrepreneurial leadership to better understand the characteristics and mechanisms underlying the ability of successful entrepreneurs to disrupt, innovate, and transform. In this course, we will define entrepreneurial leadership and examine aspects of personality that promote effective entrepreneurial leadership as well as those aspects that derail it. The full context of leadership personality will incorporate research on personality traits, motivations, identity, culture, the personality of teams, and the personality of companies. Assignments will include a series of self-assessments that encourage students to apply content from the course to their own leadership style, as well as personality-based analyses of successful founders.

***This course has been renamed from Entrepreneurial Leadership. The course contents have not changed, so if you have taken ENTREP 395: Entrepreneurial Leadership, you should not take this course.***

Registration Requirements

PSYCH 110 recommended but not required

Class Materials (Required)

All class materials will be available on Canvas at NO cost to the student