{"id":32273,"date":"2026-08-15T10:24:23","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T16:24:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ribat.rabata.org\/riverstead\/?post_type=product&#038;p=32273"},"modified":"2026-08-15T13:17:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T19:17:06","slug":"the-discipline-of-following-and-leading","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/ribat.rabata.org\/riverstead\/product\/the-discipline-of-following-and-leading\/","title":{"rendered":"Fall 2026 &#8211; Introduction to Leadership Theory and Practice: The Discipline of Following and Leading"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- COURSE OVERVIEW --><\/p>\n<div style=\"background: linear-gradient(135deg, #33005c, #4b2366); color: #ffffff; padding: 32px; border-radius: 14px 14px 0 0;\">\n<h2 style=\"margin: 0; color: #ffffff; font-size: 30px;\">Course Information<\/h2>\n<p style=\"margin: 10px 0 0; color: #f5edf8;\">This is a 3-credit course that carries the academic commitment, workload, and tuition associated with university-level study. Please review the course details and tuition information carefully before registering. If completed with a passing grade, the credits may be eligible towards a future degree or certificate program.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- COURSE DESCRIPTION --><\/p>\n<div style=\"border: 1px solid #ded4e3; padding: 28px; background-color: #ffffff;\">\n<h3 style=\"margin: 0 0 12px; color: #33005c; font-size: 22px; padding-bottom: 8px;\">Course Description<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This course introduces students to foundational leadership theories with a strong focus on followership as an active and ethical dimension of leadership. Students study transformational, servant, and followership models alongside Islamic approaches to consultation, mentorship, and moral responsibility. Emphasis is placed on humility, integrity, self-awareness, and the ability to lead from any position within an organization. Through theory, case studies, and discussion, students examine how leadership and followership function together in healthy teams and mission-driven institutions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The course emphasizes ethical decision-making, relational leadership, and practical application. Students analyze real and simulated organizational cases, reflect on their own leadership and followership tendencies, and practice giving constructive support and challenge. Readings from leadership scholarship and Islamic perspectives guide students in developing intention-driven, values-based leadership practices. By the end of the course, students are equipped to apply leadership theory thoughtfully, contribute responsibly within organizations, and grow as principled leaders and followers committed to purpose, accountability, and service.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- LEARNING OUTCOMES --><\/p>\n<div style=\"border: 1px solid #ded4e3; padding: 28px; background-color: #faf8fb;\">\n<h3 style=\"margin: 0 0 12px; color: #33005c; font-size: 22px; padding-bottom: 8px;\">Course Learning Outcomes<\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 10px;\">By the end of this course, students will be able to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Identify and explain central leadership and followership theories, including transformational, servant, and followership models, and describe how they relate to consultative and mentoring practices.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Analyze the interdependence of leading and following roles within effective organizations and teams.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Demonstrate key competencies of effective followership\u2014integrity, initiative, independent judgment, and constructive feedback<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">through discussion and applied exercises.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Evaluate ethical responsibilities and decision-making processes from both leader and follower perspectives.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Assess personal strengths, challenges, and tendencies in leadership and followership, and outline strategies for professional growth.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Apply theoretical frameworks to real or simulated organizational contexts, using case studies and group projects to address practical leadership challenges.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- PREREQUISITES --><\/p>\n<div style=\"border: 1px solid #ded4e3; padding: 28px; background-color: #ffffff;\">\n<h3 style=\"margin: 0 0 12px; color: #33005c; font-size: 22px; padding-bottom: 8px;\">Course Prerequisites<\/h3>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f1fa; border-left: 5px solid #6f3b87; padding: 14px 18px; border-radius: 6px;\">This course is open to women ages 17 and above.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- COURSE MATERIALS --><\/p>\n<div style=\"border: 1px solid #ded4e3; padding: 28px; background-color: #faf8fb;\">\n<h3 style=\"margin: 0 0 12px; color: #33005c; font-size: 22px; padding-bottom: 8px;\">Course Materials<\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 18px;\">Students are responsible for purchasing all required textbooks before the start of class.<br \/>\nRib\u0101\u1e6d textbooks are available at the <a style=\"color: #5d2d76; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.rabata.org\/collections\/ribaat-texbooks-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rabata Bookshop<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 18px;\">\n<div style=\"flex: 1 1 300px; background-color: #ffffff; border: 1px solid #ded4e3; border-radius: 10px; padding: 20px;\">\n<h4 style=\"margin: 0 0 10px; color: #33005c; font-size: 18px;\">Required Readings<\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Drucker, P. F. (1990). <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Managing the nonprofit organization: Practices and principles<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. HarpNorthouse, P. G. (2026). Leadership: <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Theory and practice<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (10th ed.). SAGE Publications.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">erCollins.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h4 style=\"margin: 0 0 10px; color: #33005c; font-size: 18px;\">Additional Readings (provided through Canvas)<\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ellet, W. (2007). The case study handbook: How to read, discuss, and write persuasively about cases. Harvard Business School Press. (kindle)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Case &#8211; Healy, P. M., &amp; Palepu, K. G. (2003). The fall of Enron (HBS No. 9-104-039). Harvard Business School Publishing.- followership Failure<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Case &#8211; Roberto, M. A., &amp; Carioggia, R. (2003). Apollo 13 (Rev. ed., HBS Case No. 9-399-073). Harvard Business School Publishing. ( followership, leadership, teamwork, and crisis management)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Paper &#8211; Udin, U., &amp; Dananjoyo, R. (2023). Prophetic leadership: Lessons from the greatest leader, the Prophet Muhammad. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FWU Journal of Social Sciences, 17<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(4), 90\u201399. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.51709\/19951272\/Winter2023\/7\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.51709\/19951272\/Winter2023\/7<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Paper- Kelley, R. E. (1992). In praise of followers. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Harvard Business Review, 70<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(6), 142\u2013148.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h4 style=\"margin: 0 0 10px; color: #33005c; font-size: 18px;\">Recommended Readings<\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ibn Daud. (2025). A handbook of Prophetic characteristics. Ibn Daud Books.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- REGISTRATION --><\/p>\n<div style=\"border: 1px solid #ded4e3; padding: 28px; background-color: #ffffff;\">\n<h3 style=\"margin: 0 0 16px; color: #33005c; font-size: 22px; padding-bottom: 8px;\">Registration Information<\/h3>\n<div style=\"background-color: #33005c; color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10px; padding: 22px; margin-bottom: 18px;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 5px; color: #f4c95d; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 1px;\">Registration Fee<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0; font-size: 30px; font-weight: bold;\">$450.00<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 4px 0 0; color: #eee5f2;\">Course materials are not included.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow-x: auto;\">\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 30%; padding: 13px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e5dce9; font-weight: bold; color: #33005c;\">Late Registration Fee<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 13px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e5dce9;\">An additional $20.00 beginning September 11, 2026, if seats remain available<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #faf8fb;\">\n<td style=\"padding: 13px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e5dce9; font-weight: bold; color: #33005c;\">Registration Deadline<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 13px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e5dce9;\">September 28, 2026<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 13px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e5dce9; font-weight: bold; color: #33005c;\">Auditing Fee<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 13px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e5dce9;\">An additional $5.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #faf8fb;\">\n<td style=\"padding: 13px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e5dce9; font-weight: bold; color: #33005c;\">Course Access Ends<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 13px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e5dce9;\">January 10, 2027<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 20px; background-color: #fff8e5; border: 1px solid #edd88d; border-left: 5px solid #d2a62c; border-radius: 7px; padding: 16px;\"><strong style=\"color: #674f12;\">Important:<\/strong><br \/>\nRegistration fees are non-refundable and non-transferable. Before enrolling, please review the <a style=\"color: #5d2d76; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/ribat.rabata.org\/admissions\/tuition\/#riverstead_container\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Registration Fees &amp; Policies<\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 20px 0 0;\"><strong>Questions?<\/strong><br \/>\nContact <span style=\"color: #33005c;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #33005c;\" href=\"mailto:registration@rabata.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">registration@rabata.org<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- ATTENDANCE POLICY --><\/p>\n<div style=\"border: 1px solid #ded4e3; padding: 28px; background-color: #faf8fb;\">\n<h3 style=\"margin: 0 0 12px; color: #33005c; font-size: 22px; padding-bottom: 8px;\">Attendance Policy<\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin: 0;\">Students are expected to attend all scheduled class sessions and participate actively in their learning. Consistent attendance supports academic success and helps maintain a collaborative classroom environment. If an absence is unavoidable, students are responsible for communicating with their instructor, reviewing missed material, and completing any assigned work.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- TECHNOLOGY REQUIREMENTS --><\/p>\n<div style=\"border: 1px solid #ded4e3; padding: 28px; background-color: #ffffff;\">\n<h3 style=\"margin: 0 0 12px; color: #33005c; font-size: 22px; padding-bottom: 8px;\">Technology Requirements<\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 18px;\">To ensure a successful online learning experience, all students must have regular access to a personal computer and reliable high-speed internet. Courses at Rib\u0101\u1e6d University are delivered through Canvas and may include video lectures, interactive discussions, digital readings, and multimedia assignments.<br \/>\nStudents are responsible for maintaining the technology needed to participate fully.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"margin: 22px 0 12px; color: #33005c; font-size: 18px;\">Minimum Technical Requirements<\/h4>\n<div style=\"border: 1px solid #ded4e3; border-radius: 10px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 15px 18px; background-color: #faf8fb; border-bottom: 1px solid #ded4e3;\"><strong style=\"color: #33005c;\">Computer:<\/strong><br \/>\nA desktop, laptop, or similar device manufactured within the last five years and capable of running current software and updates. Students should not rely solely on a phone, as coursework requires a full computer interface and functionality.<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 15px 18px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ded4e3;\"><strong style=\"color: #33005c;\">Operating System:<\/strong><br \/>\nThe computer operating system should be kept current with all recommended security updates and upgrades.<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 15px 18px; background-color: #faf8fb; border-bottom: 1px solid #ded4e3;\"><strong style=\"color: #33005c;\">Internet:<\/strong><br \/>\nA high-speed broadband connection with a minimum speed of 5 Mbps download and 2 Mbps upload.<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 15px 18px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ded4e3;\"><strong style=\"color: #33005c;\">Web Browser:<\/strong><br \/>\nA current version of Chrome, Firefox, Safari, or Microsoft Edge.<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 15px 18px; background-color: #faf8fb; border-bottom: 1px solid #ded4e3;\"><strong style=\"color: #33005c;\">Software:<\/strong><br \/>\nMicrosoft Office, Google Workspace, or Apple productivity applications for word processing, presentations, and spreadsheets; a PDF reader such as Adobe Acrobat; and updated antivirus and security software.<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 15px 18px;\"><strong style=\"color: #33005c;\">Multimedia:<\/strong><br \/>\nA functional webcam, microphone, and speakers or headset for participating in live sessions and assessments.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h4 style=\"margin: 22px 0 12px; color: #33005c; font-size: 18px;\">Technology Skills<\/h4>\n<div style=\"border: 1px solid #ded4e3; border-radius: 10px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 15px 18px; background-color: #faf8fb; border-bottom: 1px solid #ded4e3;\">\n<p>Students should be comfortable with basic computer operations, including using email, browsing the internet, uploading and downloading files, and navigating an online learning platform. 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