EDU 2101/2102 Organizational Leadership, Fall 2009
Wednesdays, 11:00 am - 12:15 pm

Instructor:

Kristal Statler, M.Ed.
Director of Fraternity and Sorority Life
(214) 768-8466
kstatler@smu.edu

Course Learning Outcomes:

As a result of participating in the class, students will be able to:

  1. Evaluate ideal strengths necessary or desirable for a list of positions within organizational executive leadership;
  2. Compare and contrast three different leadership styles;
  3. Create a personal values statement with an emphasis on individual action;
  4. Describe a deeper meaning of what it means to be "Greek"

Course Policies:

  • One class absence will be allowed.  Five (5) points will be deducted from the student’s final grade for each additional absence. Two tardy arrivals will equal an absence. 
  • Late assignments will not be graded.  Students are expected to turn their work in on time.
  • Emergencies will be dealt with appropriately and on an individual basis.
  • All papers will be written in Times New-Roman 12 pt. font and must be double spaced.

Course Expectations:

  • Students will be respectful of the instructors and one another.
  • Students will arrive to class on time and prepared.
  • Students and the instructors will hold each other accountable, will learn a great deal, and will have fun doing so!

Required Books:

The required books were selected for the lasting impact they will impart on students.

The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership by John C. Maxwell
ISBN: 0785274316

Course Assignments:

  1. Journal: Each week students will be responsible for chronicling their experiences and reactions to topical issues both inside and outside the classrooms. Journal entries will be assigned at the end of a discussion and are to be turned in prior to the following class meeting via email to the instructor(s).

  2. Selected Readings: Over the course of the semester, students will read excerpts from literature discussing and assessing the fraternity and sorority lifestyle. Further, students will prepare one book review from the list below. Students will be prepared to discuss the relevancy of the material in the following class. 

    • Selected literature excerpts
    • Goat: A Memoir by Brad Land ISBN: 0812969685
    • Pledged: The Secret Life of Sororities by Alexandra Robbins ISBN: 0786888598
    • Black Greek 101: The Culture, Customs and Challenges of Black Fraternities and Sororities by Walter M. Kimbrough ISBN: 0838640249
    • Wrongs of Passage: Fraternities, Sororities, Hazing and Binge Drinking by Hank Nuwer ISBN: 025321498X
    • Brotherhood: Gay Life in College Fraternities by Shane Windmeyer ISBN: 0739461141
    • Secret Sisters: Stories of Being Lesbian and Bisexual in a College Sorority by Pamela Freeman & Shane Windmeyer ISBN: 1555835880
    • Good Guys: The Eight Steps to Limitless Possibility for Fraternity Recruitment by Matthew Mattson & Joshua Orendi ISBN: 1411671279
    • I Heart Recruitment: The Eight Steps to Limitless Possibility for Sororities by Jessica Gendron ISBN: 0615149529
    • The Radical Leap: A Personal Lesson in Extreme Leadership by Steve Farber ISBN: 1427797927
    • Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap...and Others Don't by Jim Collins ISBN: 0066620996
    • How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie ISBN: 0671027034


  3. Accountability Quizzes:  Students will be quizzed on the selected readings to encourage an understanding of the issues challenging the Greek community and personal development. 
  4. Personal Credo: Pulling from the information from the semester, students will develop a personal action plan utilizing a value-based continuum from their respective organization.

    Grading:

    1. Class Attendance & Participation: 56 points.
      Students will receive up to 4 points for each class meeting.  Involvement and participation in class will be taken into consideration.

    2. Journal Entries: 60 points.
      Students will receive up to 5 points for each Journal Entry.  Points will be awarded based on understanding of the issues chronicled and reflection of those issues.

    3. Accountability Quizzes: 70 points.
      An accountability quiz will occur during the class following selected readings.  Each quiz will be graded on a scale of 1-10 points.  There will be a total of seven quizzes.

    4. Personal Credo: 45 points
      Students will be held accountable for leadership development over the semester.  Points will be awarded for reflection of issues covered during the class and for understanding concepts for addressing those issues.

    5. Book Review: 50 points
      Students will be held accountable for reading and reviewing one book from the aforementioned list. Points will be awarded for understanding the conceptions mentioned and drawing parallel relevance to in-class material.

    6. Binder: 19 points
      Students are expected to maintain an organization system for class material.  Students should get a 1” binder and divider system based on class topics.

    Scale:

    P = 300-210
    F = 209-0

    Class Date

    In-Class Discussion

    Assignment Due

    For Next Week...

    Aug 26

    Expectations and class overview; Pre-test

    None.

    Journal 1: What are your expectations for the class and what do you hope to gain from this experience?

    Selected Readings:

    1. In the Beginning...
    2. The American Fraternity
    3. The Origin and Evolution...

    Laws: 1-2

    Sept 2

    History of fraternities and sororities

    Quiz 1

    Journal 1

    Journal 2: Founding dates and founder names of three organizations

    Selected Readings:

    1. StrengthsQuest Ref. Card
    2. ΛΛΛ Chapter Strengths

    Laws: 3-4
    Sept 9 No Class   Follows a Monday schedule

    Sept 16

    StrengthsQuest I

     

    Journal 2

    Journal 3: How can utilizing your strengths help you as a leader?

    Selected Reading: The Genius and Beauty...

    Laws: 5-6

    Sept 23

    StrengthsQuest II

    Quiz 2

    Journal 3

    Journal 4: How can you share your signature themes with others you work with?

    Laws: 7-8

    Selected Readings:

    1. In the Fell Clutch...
    2. Alcohol Use...

    Sept 30

    Alcohol and hazing

     

    Journal 4

    Journal 5: What did you learn today about alcohol or hazing which you could share with a fellow Greek?

    Laws: 9-11

    Selected Reading: Moving from Inaction...

    Oct 7

    		 Bystander behavior

    Quiz 3

    Journal 5

    Laws: 9-11

    Selected Readings:

    1. Why We Should Close...
    2. The Dilemma Facing...
    3. Should Black Fraternities...
    4. Questionable Value...
    5. Fraternal Relevancy...

    Oct 14

    		 The great debate

     

     

    Journal 6: What was the easiest part of making your argument? What was the most challenging?

    Selected Readings:

    1. Values & Action...
    2. Call for Values Congruence
    3. Branding + Values...

     

    Oct 21

    		 Values

    Quiz 4

    Journal 6

    Journal 7: Describe recent instances in which you've observed fellow Greek's trashing their values

    Selected Readings:

    1. Helping F&S Members...
    2. Secret Thoughts of Ritual

    Laws: 12-14

    Oct 28

    		 Ritual

     

    Journal 7

    Journal 8: What can you do to more closely make your chapter's Ritual a daily habit?

    Selected Readings:

    1. On Strategic Planning
    2. High Performing F&S
    3. Individual vs. Community

    Laws: 15-16

    Nov 4

    Strategic Planning

    Quiz 5

    Journal 8

    Journal 9: Based on the SMU Fraternity & Sorority Life strategic plan, identify three (3) ways your chapter helps accomplish this plans through their actions.

    Nov 11

    A call to action

     

    Journal 9

    Journal 10: Beginning next semester, what are the first three (3) things you are going to begin doing? What resources, information, or people do you need to obtain in order to be successful?

    Selected Readings:

    1. The Bonds of Brotherhood...
    2. The Future of Greek Exp...

    Law: 17

    Nov 18

    Celebrating diversity

    Quiz 6

    Journal 10

    Journal 11: Where do you see areas in our community or chapters where diversity is very apparent? Where could we improve our diversity?

    Selected Readings:

    1. Four Rules for Saving...
    2. On Becoming an Ethical...
    3. On Leaving a Legacy
    4. Obstacles to Ethical...

    Laws: 18-19
    Nov 25 HAPPY THANKSGIVING

    Dec 2

    		 Ethical leaders leave a legacy

     

    Journal 11

    Journal 12: Which topic had the most impact for you and why?

    Selected Reading: That's Fratastic..

    Laws: 20-21

    Dec 9

    		 Tying it all together; Post-test

    Quiz 7

    Journal 12

    Personal Credo

    Book Review

    Please have your binder and personal credo turned in by Dec 9 @ 5pm. 

    Your personal credo serves as your final exam.