SVKM’s Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies

Name of School – SBM, Bangalore

Program: MBA Trimester VI

Course/Module : Personal Mastery and Leadership Module Code:

Teaching Scheme Evaluation Scheme
Lecture Practical Term End
Tutorial Internal Continuous
(Hours (Hours Examinations (TEE)
(Hours per Credit Assessment (ICA)
per per (Marks-40)
week) (Marks-60)
week) week) in Question Paper)
Marks Scaled to Marks Scaled to
3 0 - 3
-60- -40-
Pre-requisite:

Objectives:
The single point objective of this course to enable the participants to reflect, and to learn more about
themselves at a deeper level.

Outcomes: After completion of the course, students would be able to :

1. Discover the interconnections between personal mastery, inspired leadership and reinvention of the
individual.
2. Apply the discoveries to enhance their leadership skills.
3. Interpret their own personal frameworks and issues that hold them back from achieving their full
potential.
4. Apply their understanding of concepts and frameworks for reinventing themselves.
The course seeks to be transformational at a personal level.

Detailed Syllabus: ( per session plan )

Session Description Duration

in Hours
1-2 Understanding the forces at play in the contemporary world taking ownership 3
of our lives
Articles
 The five minds of a manager
 Building your company’s vision
 The heart of entrepreneurship

 Understanding the larger context and relevance of personal mastery.

 Understanding the significance of self in managerial context
3 Building a vision of our lives 1.5
Articles
 The Myth of the Generic Manager
 How to know your life’s purpose
 Understanding the need for a personal vision
 Building a personal vision document

4-5 Discovering your passion 3

Reading
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The passion test

 Discovering one’s own passion
6 The Power of thought 1.5
Reading
As a man Thinketh

 Discovering thought patterns and understanding one’s own patterns.

7 Understanding the defining moments 1.5
Article
 The Discipline of building character
 The work of Leadership : Ronald Heifetz and Donald Laurie

Navigating through dilemmas and paradoxes

8 Recognizing my life’s drama 1.5
Reading
 Yuganta : The end of an epoch
Understanding the unfolding events in one’s life
9-10 Bridging the Knowing-doing gap 3
Readings
Book : The Executive and the Elephant
Evaluating the gaps between what we know and what we actually do and
figuring out our own ways to bridge
11 Result Orientation 1.5
Article
a. Leadership that gets results
b. Leading enterprise : What western leaders can learn from the Indian
way

Appreciate the need for results driven approach, while keeping one’s self in
perspective in view
12-13 Moving from IQ to EQ towards SQ – Examples of leaders who demonstrate 3
high SQ both in ancient and contemporary types

Cases/Readings
 Lessons from Buddhist Literature 3 caselets from Jataka Tales
 Life of Leaders from “ A new vision for a New Earth”

A peek into the need for a spiritual quotient, in addition to IQ and EQ, for
effective leadership.

14 What type of organizations do you want to be a part of and what type of 1.5
organizations do you want to build?
Discussion on two previewed movies:

Understanding what drives us to align with the organization and the conflict
with the individual values.
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15 Developing metrics for assessing our lives 1.5

Figuring out where one stands when one’s life is viewed holistically
16-20 Body work/Life story work in a work shop mode 7.5

Total 30

Text Books:
Not Applicable

Reference Books:
 The Executive And The Elephant : A Leader’ Guide For Building Inner Excellence, Richard L. Daft
 The Passion Test: The Effortless Path to Discovering Your Destiny By Janet Bray Attwood and Chris
Attwood
 How Will You Measure Your Life, Clayton M Christensen
 As a Man Thinketh, James Allen
 The Myth of the Generic Manager, Christopher A Bartlett & Sumantra Goshal
 Building Your Company’s Vision, James C. Collins and Jerry I. Porras
 Leadership That Gets Results, Daniel Goleman
 The Discipline of Building Character, Joseph L. Badaracco Jr.
 How To Know Your Life’s Purpose And How You Can Make A Big Difference?, Buckminister Fuller,
Internet downloadable article
 Power of Now, by Eckhart Tolle
 Select biographies of some inspired leaders
 Letting Go: The Pathway of Surrender, David Hawkins

Any other information :

Total Marks of Internal Continuous Assessment (ICA) : 60 Marks
Distribution of ICA Marks :

Description of ICA Marks

Final Reflection Paper 40
Assignments 30
In Class Exercises 30
Total Marks : 100

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