2022 Special graduate degree programs Specially Offered Degree Programs for Graduate Students Tokyo Tech Academy for Leadership
The Psychology of Leadership
- Academic unit or major
- Tokyo Tech Academy for Leadership
- Instructor(s)
- Lorinda Robertson Kiyama
- Class Format
- Lecture (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 3-4 Mon (H114)
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- TAL.C603
- Number of credits
- 100
- Course offered
- 2022
- Offered quarter
- 4Q
- Syllabus updated
- Jul 10, 2025
- Language
- English
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
This course aims to educate students on cutting-edge research in the
psychology of leadership. Students will learn the 5R (Readying, Reflecting,
Representing, Realizing, and Reporting) tools of Identity Leadership and
analyze a real-life world leadership situation through this lens, which they will
report on in a short presentation and discussion at a symposium to which we
will invite a leadership psychologist researcher as an online keynote speaker.
Course description and aims
Participate in a symposium on the Psychology of Leadership as a panel
presenter and discussant
Keywords
leadership, communication, psychology
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
Classes will involve discussion of written and audiovisual materials with roleplays and small presentations.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Fundamentals of Identity Leadership; Compare and contrast recent leadership psychology with that of the past | Compare and contrast recent leadership psychology with that of the past |
| Class 2 | Fundamentals of Identity Leadership; Compare and contrast recent leadership psychology with that of the past | Compare and contrast recent leadership psychology with that of the past |
| Class 3 | Tools of Identity Leadership: Readying, Reflecting, Representing | Apply the tools of Identity Leadership |
| Class 4 | Tools of Identity Leadership: Realizing & Reporting | Apply the tools of Identity Leadership |
| Class 5 | Prepare a short presentation on Identity Leadership in Global Contexts; Rehearse for Symposium panel presentations and discussions | Apply the tools of Identity Leadership in global contexts |
| Class 6 | Rehearse for Symposium panel presentations and discussions | Prepare a short presentation on Identity Leadership in Global Contexts |
| Class 7 | Symposium on Leadership Psychology; Lecture by overseas leadership psychologist;Short panel presentations and discussion by students | Deliver a short presentation on Identity Leadership in Global Contexts |
Study advice (preparation and review)
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.
Textbook(s)
The New Psychology of Leadership: Identity, Influence, and Power (2 nd
edition), by S. Alexander Haslam, Stephen D. Reicher & Michael J. Platow
(2020, London: Routledge)
Reference books, course materials, etc.
New Thinking on Leadership: A Global Perspective, edited by Hilarie Owen
(2012: London, Keegan Page) 等
Evaluation methods and criteria
participation in class 60%
presentation and participation in symposium 40%
Related courses
- TAL.C601 ： Strategic Debate
- TAL.C602 ： Creative Discussion
- TAL.C402 ： Global Communication
Prerequisites
Conversational ability in English