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Leadership (25%): MSL420 is the ROTC capstone leadership course, and as such, cadet leadership will be<br />
evaluated extensively. MSIV’s will be evaluated on their successful planning, organization, coordination and<br />
effectiveness of Staff Calls, Leadership Labs, Mentoring of their assigned Battle Groups, applying the MDMP<br />
process, and their overall leadership performance. A subjective assessment of your performance in your<br />
assigned duty position will be made at the end of the semester.<br />
Presentations & Briefings (12.5%): Throughout this course students will give and be evaluated on a number<br />
of presentations and briefings both individually and in a group. These will include Coordinated Staff OPORD<br />
briefs for a VBS2 Exercise, Military Ball, the Joint FTX, and a Battle Analysis Briefing. Additionally you will<br />
prepare a capstone final group project in the form of a Digital Story and present this on the last day of class, and<br />
again at the May Commissioning Ceremony. As future Army leaders, students are expected to continually<br />
improve their presentation skills with research and rehearsal in areas such as:<br />
- Voice inflection (can you be heard; do you project confidence)<br />
- Body Language (are you doing something distracting; are you animated)<br />
- Organization (basic organization, logical flow, supported by facts)<br />
Papers/Projects (15%): There are four writing requirements for record in the course, as well as several group<br />
projects. You will write a 2-3 page essay reviewing the Five Temptations of a CEO. This essay will evaluate<br />
the concepts in the book and their applicability to platoon level leadership. You will research and conduct a<br />
formal battle analysis of a famous historical battle. The written product will be 5-7 pages. A Comprehensive<br />
briefing and presentation of your Battle Analysis will comprise the second half of the requirement. Details on<br />
the format will be provided separately. You will research, identify and select a current Company or Field Grade<br />
Officer to conduct a personal interview assessing his/her leadership styles, challenges, lessons learned and<br />
meaningful experiences from which you can draw on in your own leadership development. Finally, you will be<br />
required to keep a Leadership Journal for the duration of the semester and submit four posts from your journal<br />
for review, of which the final post will consist of your Personal Leadership Philosophy.<br />
Quizzes & Exams (15%): There will be two Quizzes and a Comprehensive Exam. Combined they will be<br />
worth 15% of your grade. Graded quizzes will be unannounced.<br />
Final Term Projects (20%): There will be two term projects for this course – one individual and the other as<br />
part of a group. You will submit a Personal ROTC Leadership E-Portfolio via D2L at the end of the<br />
semester, which will be available for review during the Spring Commissioning Ceremony. The second Project<br />
will consist of a MSIV Group Digital Story, designed and created as a team to tell your story as this past<br />
year’s class leadership. The final product will be shown during the Spring Commissioning Ceremony. Detailed<br />
requirements for both projects will be provided via D2L.<br />
GRADING SCALE:<br />
100 -93% A, 92-90% A-<br />
89-87% B+, 86-83% B, 82-80% B-<br />
79-77% C+, 76-73% C, 72-70% C-<br />
69-67% D+, 67-73% D, 62-60% D-<br />
59% and below Failing<br />
1000 total points are possible. Grading is based on absolute points, no curve will be used.<br />
MS420 Leadership in a Complex World, Spring 2013 Syllabus Page 4 of 8
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