C. Dianne Martin
Abstract
Increasingly universities are placing student leadership as a central goal for education. Many seminal texts on leadership focus attention on the moral and transformative qualities of leadership, encouraging universities to become a site for leadership development. One way to operationalize this is for leadership development to become an integral part of the learning outcomes of the curricula within the student's major. In the context of the IT majors, such as computer science, information science, and information technology, the definition of leadership can be incorporated with the desired outcomes of teamwork and professionalism. Thus, the development of leadership capacity is combined with the development of high standards of professionalism and the ability to work well on teams in a variety of roles.
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- Leadership, teamwork, and ethics in the development of IT professionals
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