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Leadership and Partnership in Business_076

Leadership and Partnership in Business_076

COURSE ANNOTATION

Leadership and Partnership in Business

Recommended for students pursuing a first (bachelor’s) level of higher education

Course Objective

This course aims to develop an understanding and practical skills in leveraging business opportunities through the realization of leadership and partnership potential by entrepreneurs and companies.

Only business leaders "by spirit" can elevate their enterprises and organizations to leading positions in a post-industrial economy. Alongside entrepreneurial leadership capabilities—manifested primarily through well-developed emotional intelligence, the ability to establish relationships, teamwork skills, and goal-setting competence—well-established partnerships are a key success factor. Concepts such as "clusters," "outsourcing," "franchising," "strategic alliances," "joint ventures," and "team collaboration" reflect the everyday market practices of leading businesses and entrepreneurs across various sectors.

Interdisciplinary Connections

Before studying "Leadership and Partnership in Business," students should have a foundational understanding of economic theory (macro- and microeconomics), entrepreneurship, management, and marketing, as well as skills in information management (data collection, synthesis, systematization, and critical evaluation).

Learning Outcomes, Teaching Methods, and Assessment Tools

Table 1 – Teaching Methods and Assessment Tools for "Leadership and Partnership in Business" Aligned with Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes	Teaching Methods	Assessment Tools
Knowledge
1.1 Key leadership theories, the interdependence of entrepreneurial and enterprise leadership characteristics	Lectures, discussions	Oral questioning, testing, independent assignments
1.2 Approaches to identifying and developing entrepreneurial leadership potential	Discussions, case studies
1.3 Methods of establishing and maintaining business partnerships	Case studies, training
1.4 Factors determining the success of business partnerships	Brainstorming
1.5 Business partnership formats	Lectures, mind-mapping
Skills
2.1 Establishing personal communications in a business environment	Role-playing, training	Analysis of independent work (projects, reports), reflection
2.2 Identifying factors influencing entrepreneurial leadership characteristics and partnership dynamics over time	Case studies, brainstorming
2.3 Analyzing the impact of external and internal environmental changes on business partnership formats	Brainstorming, report preparation
2.4 Predicting the impact of leadership types in organizations on performance outcomes	Brainstorming, foresight
Communication
3.1 Ability to maintain professional communication (public speaking, negotiations, meetings, business correspondence, electronic communication, etc.)	Role-playing, training	Analysis of independent work (projects, reports), self-analysis, reflection
3.2 Ability to work in teams and interact with individuals in the course of entrepreneurial activities	Training
3.3 Ability to establish business partnerships with key stakeholders	Discussions, brainstorming
Responsibility and Autonomy
4.1 Ability to make independent decisions regarding the implementation of leadership qualities and partnership intentions in business activities and demonstrate an understanding of personal responsibility for their execution	Case studies, brainstorming	Presentation and analysis of completed work, reflection

Course Content by Topics

Module 1: Leadership in Business

1. The nature of modern business: Characteristics of the new economy

2. The leader enterprise: Features and strategies for success

3. Leadership in business: Stories of success and failure

4. Organizational leadership: Concepts, strategies, and techniques

5. Self-leadership tools for personal and professional growth

Module 2: Partnership in Business

6. The phenomenon of business partnerships

7. Strategic partnership formats for enterprises

8. Team-based partnership interactions

9. Networking as a business partnership tool

10. Corporate social responsibility as a philosophy of business partnership

Faculty Members Teaching the Course

Olena Hrebeshkova, PhD in Economics, Associate Professor, Department of Business Economics and Entrepreneurship, olena.hrebeshkova@kneu.ua

Iryna Kubareva, PhD in Economics, Associate Professor, Department of Business Economics and Entrepreneurship, iryna.kubareva@kneu.ua

Olha Maliarchuk, PhD in Economics, Associate Professor, Department of Business Economics and Entrepreneurship, olha.maliarchuk@kneu.ua

Recommended Information Sources

1. Hrebeshkova O. M., Maliarchuk O. G., Kubareva I. V. Leadership and Partnership in Business: Practical Guide. Kyiv: KNEU, 2021.

2. Hrebeshkova O. M. Video Lecture Course on “Leadership and Partnership in Business”. URL: https://cutt.ly/2YHgvpO

3. Covey Stephen R. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. Kharkiv: Family Leisure Club, 2012.

4. Goleman Daniel. Emotional Intelligence in Business: How to Succeed in Life and Career. Kharkiv: Vivat, 2021.

5. Lehavi Dorene. Business Partnership Essentials. Boston/Berlin: Walter de Gruyter Inc., 2018.

Course Promo Video

Watch here https://youtu.be/00lUlufj-gs

Last redaction: 18.02.25

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