MSCI 411Leadership and Influence
- Faculty
- Engineering
- Last listed
- Spring 2024
No longer offered. It was in Waterloo’s course catalog since at least Winter 2020 (as far back as Open Data goes) to Spring 2024 and last ran in Spring 2023. It isn’t in the 2024–25 or later calendars.
When it ran
- S20
- S21
- S22
- S23
Ran in 4 terms, Spring 2020 to Spring 2023.
This course will provide students with an overview of how management, psychology, marketing, and related fields have approached the topics of leadership, influence, and power. The first section of the course will address the antecedents of leadership (e.g., How do specific leaders emerge? What are the qualities of good leaders?). The second section of the course will address the act of leadership (e.g., How do leaders influence their followers? What limitations are inherent to leadership positions?) Specific topics covered include leadership styles, persuasion, social influence, evolutionary perspectives, motivating others, and managing conflict. [Offered: S]
Requirements, as last listed
Antireq: BET 450
In today’s calendar
- BET 450 lists it as an antirequisite
Discussed on r/uwaterloo
5 posts and comments in 5 threads mention MSCI 411, March 2018 to December 2024. Quoted word for word, newest first; each reply sits under the post and the comment that started its branch. Search r/uwaterloo for newer posts.
Spring 2022
Anyone take MSCI 263 or 411? 1 point, 0 comments
u/linkluke18: “Considering taking msci 263 or msci 411. Has anybody taken these courses? How are they?”
Fall 2019
What’s an elective course that you found super enjoyable? 31 points, 41 comments
“It doesn’t have to be a bird course. Just any course you didn’t have to take but ended up liking it.”
u/imveryveryangry: “MSCI 411, required discussion participation in class and woke leadership ideas make for some hilarious entertainment. Would be worth if you could pay 5 bucks a class just to sit in and listen to the shitshow.”
Spring 2018
MSCI 211 Spring 2018 3 points, 2 comments
“Is there a final for this course? If you know any ez courses offered in Spring and that has no final pls let me know thx..”
u/PM_ME_DICK_GRAYSON: “I know two of my friends are taking MSCI 411 (leadership). It has no final but almost every class you have to read some articles and write relections prior to coming to class (aka weekly assignment), and you are expected to discuss those in class. …”
Help! I have a crush on my professor (not a joke) 0 points, 10 comments
u/Theblastmaster: “Your gonna have to drop a name or at least subject code fam, don't leave us hanging”
u/minutemaidpeach: “Op recently posted about MSCI411. Maybe that one? Seems to have a young prof for it...”
Winter 2018
Has anyone taken MSCI 411 before? 1 point, 0 comments
u/JoyousMonkey: “Contemplating whether to take this course or not. It's taught by Kejia Zhu. It seems interesting. If you've taken it before, what your review? Thanks”
Check it elsewhere
- Undergraduate Calendar, 2023–24Its last calendar entry, on ucalendar
- Course outlinesSyllabi from past terms (UW login)
- UW FlowStudent ratings and reviews
- WClassesPast sections back to 2004, and who taught them