Detailed Lesson Plan of Leadership Paper: SLS PDPU

1. B.A./B.B.A./B.Com.
School of Liberal Studies, Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University
Semester – 1
Course Title – Leadership
Core/ Elective: Core for B.A./B.B.A.; elective for B.Com.
Faculty: Prof. Nigam Dave
Objectives : The objective of this paperisto enable studentstoreflect on the socio-political
aspects of a society and to understand the grass root problems of the Indian
community. The brainstorming in the class would enable collective efforts to
make the worlda better place and think about Individual responsibility for the
community.
Deliverables: It is expected that at the end of this course students would be able to:
1. apply their minds to the problems and challenges of the Indian society
2. find out practical and probable solutions to the challenges discussed
3. work in a team and think out of the box
4. have a sense of belongingness working towards inclusive society
Unit Topic Details
1 Leadership and Body Language Importance of non-verbal messages for the leader, positive-
negative impressionsaleadercanformwithsubtle messages
perceived by people, guidelines, how not to oversee body
language, synchronizationof verbal-nonverbal messages.This
unit involves pictorial demonstrations of different
gestures/postures/ signs and their interpretation.
2 Leadership Shield This is an activity based unit, which makes students draw an
imaginaryshield(asignof aprotection) anddraw withintheir
goals,aspirations,values,role modelsandtheirstrength.This
activity makes students look within and explore their
strengths and dreams.
3 Inclusive Education for the
leaders of tomorrow
Importance of inclusive society and equitable society. How
education can transform the nation, inclusive educational
model which is affordable and of a global standard.
4 Audit of an Independent India Analyzing the strengths and weaknesses of independent
India. Past legacy and future aspirations, brainstorming on
the challenges and solutions for the sustainable
development.
5 Art of Persuasion Skillsof persuasionforaleader.Thisis an activity based unit.
A movie ‘Ek Ruka Hua Faisala’ is shown and discussion
generated on how a leader is supposed to be open to new
waysof looking,neutral andhow the leadercandrive people
to the desired actions.
6 Importance of Freedom This unit focuses on the national spirit, how freedom is
essential but license is bad. This takes students back in
historyandexplainsthe movement of freedom for India and
how ‘India’ as an entity has retained its unique identity. A

2. documentary is shown and debate is generated.
7 Team Work This is an activity based unit. Students are given different
pictures that may make sense upside or down. They are
asked to arrange them in a order that makes the profile of a
business organization and that charts the journey of that
company. Students are divided in groups and encouraged to
explore differentpossibilities. This ends with presentations.
8 Story Story Die This is an activity based unit. Students are formed into
groups. They are given the first line of any possible story,
students in the order of their turn carry on the story
meaningfully without a pause till they are asked to stop and
then next picks up the story from where it stops. If the
studentfumbles,the classboossaying‘die..die’. An observer
from the group tries to remember the story and repeats the
entire storyat the end.Thisdevelopsqualitiesof fluency and
improvisation in students.
9 Letter to a grandchild. In this activity, students are asked to imagine that they are
octogenarians and they are writing a letter (yes, a letter in a
worldof mobile phones)totheir grandchildren explaining to
themvalue of life as they have realized. They are also asked
to think about a unique gift they can send to their
grandchildren and what that gift stands for. In a way, this
activity makes students look maturely at the values of life.
10 Leadership Quiz Like Television quiz shows, a quiz is conducted in a class,
involving questions related to leadership from areas like –
politics, mythology, audio round, women leaders and
business leaders. Class is divided into four groups and each
group nominates six students from the group to contest the
quiz. The activity is oriented to test the general knowledge
and makes students curious to explore various facts/myths.
11 Servant Leadership This unit tries to break the ‘leader – has- power’ myth and
orientsstudentstodevelopservantleadership. It establishes
the importance of ‘heart-to-heart talk’ and how a leader can
transformthe outlook of people through transparent way of
life.
12 History and lessons of history in
the context of leadership
This unit is a debate unit where in students debate whether
history can teach or history has not been able to change the
world. Students are encouraged to cite examples to support
their arguments.
13 Branding India, Indianness and
Indians
This unit focuses on the nation as a brand and exploring USP
of a nation. How and what India can brand in the years to
come , what makesfor‘Indianness’andwhatare the national
attributes.
14 Leader of my Choice Students are asked to prepare an open question for the
exams on the leader of their choice. They are asked to
explore leadershipstrengthsandstylesof the leaderthey are
selecting.The objective of this unit is to make student study

3. beyond the syllabus and define their idea of a leader.
15 Election Activitybased –studentsare formedintopolitical partiesand
theyprepare theirpartysymbol,manifestoetc.Spokesperson
speaks and Janta asks questions. At the end of the unit, the
class votes the party as in real election scenario.
16 Motivation In this unit a movie on Jonathan Livingston Seagull is shown
and students are asked to think about infinite possibilities
each individual carries. Leadership is nothing but exploring
the hidden talent and trying endlessly.
17 Leaderby Profession –Leader by
Practice
This unit differentiates the leaders who occupy leadership
roles for power or by accident and those who change the
worldpositivelythroughtheirpractice.The ideaof the unit is
to emphasize on the importance of action not chance.
18 Final Term Projects Planningandexecutingan activity that shows the team work
and leadership qualities and its presentation
Recommended Books:
1. Sham Lal. Indian Realities in Bits and Pieces, Rupa and Co. New Delhi 2003
2. Surendra Kumar & Pradeep Kapur. India of My Dreams, Academic Foundation, New
Delhi, 2008
3. Nissam, Urlah. India: Economic, Political and Social Issues
4. Drucker, Peter and Maciariello,Joseph. 366 Days of InsightandMotivationforGettingthe
RightThingsDone,Rutledge,2014
Session Plan:
Topics Session
Leaders and their body language 3
Leadership Shield (Activity based, identifying values and goals of life) 2
Inclusive Education for the leaders of tomorrow 3
Audit of Independent India 2
Art of Persuasion (Ek Ruka Hua Faisala movie and discussion) 2
Importance of Freedom (Shiv Khera documentary and discussion) 2
Team Work (Activity based) 2
Story Story Die (Activity based for art of improvisation and spontaneity) 2
Letter to a grand child (Activity based introspection on values of life) 2
Leadership quiz (activity) 2
Servant Leadership 2
History and lessons of History in Leadership Context (Debate and discussion) 3
Branding India, Indians and Indianness 3
Leader of my choice (Students select their leader and support their choice) 2
Election(Activitybased –studentsare formedintopoliticalpartiesandtheyprepare
their party symbol, manifesto etc. Spokesperson speaks and Janta asks questions)
3
Motivation (Based on Jonathan Livingston Seagull) 2
Leader by Profession and Leader by Practice 2
Wrapping up 3
Final Leadership Projects (Planning and executing an activity that shows the team 5

4. work and leadership qualities and its presentation)
Evaluation - Mid Sem Exam 30% weightage
End Sem exam 60% weghitage.
Internal Evaluation 10% weightage