PSCI 575 - US Foreign Policy Leadership

Institution:

The Citadel

Subject:

Political Science

Description:

This course examines the various principles and models of leadership and applies them to US Foreign Policy decision making with an emphasis on the leadership styles exhibited by different US presidents, secretaries of state, and national security advisers. The course covers leadership and decision making from the individual and group level perspectives and includes factors related to personal psychology, group dynamics, models of bureaucracy, evaluation of inputs, and interpretation/misinterpretation of information. The course applies these factors to a series of major US foreign policy decisions covering topics that include deploying the military, political negotiations, and economic bargaining. The case studies also range from those where a leadership decision must be made within hours or days to those where the decision required a year or more for formulation. In each case study, the leadership styles of the US president, secretary of state, and national security adviser (and in some cases the secretary of defense) are analyzed in terms of the principles and models of leadership and decision making.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.citadel.edu

Phone Number:

(843) 225-3294

Regional Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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