AG362:
Meeting Times, Location, & Course Delivery Details
Face to Face Courses
Wilmington College defines a Face-to-Face course as one which meets in a physical space on a regular weekly schedule. All students enrolled in a Face-to-Face course are expected to physically attend and participate in all class sessions.
Contact Information
Upon successful completion of this course...
1. The student will appraise and argue the characteristics of agricultural leadership as it relates to the
farm, the firm, and society.
2. The student will support arguments of developed agricultural leadership based on the principles of
sustainability.
3. The student will weigh the aspects of agricultural leadership as they relate to people, planet, and
profit.
4. The student will analyze multiple disciplines with an emphasis on servant leadership.
Textbook (Required): Images of Organization
Edition: Any
ISBN: 1412939798
Author: Gareth Morgan
Publisher: Thousand Oaks
Textbook (Optional): Leadership: Theory and Practice
Edition: Any
ISBN: 1483317536
Author: Gareth Morgan
Publisher: Sage
Upon successful completion of this course...
- The student will appraise and argue the characteristics of agricultural leadership as it relates to the farm, the firm, and society.
- The student will support arguments of developed agricultural leadership based on the principles of sustainability.
- The student will weigh the aspects of agricultural leadership as they relate to people, planet, and profit.
- The student will analyze multiple disciplines with an emphasis on servant leadership.
Tentative Schedule
Subject to change during the semester at the Professor's discretion.
| August 19, 2025 | Introduction |
| August 21, 2025 | How Great Leaders Inspire Action / Organizational Analysis & Service-Learning Activity Introduction |
| August 26, 2025 | The Legend of Bagger Vance |
| August 28, 2025 | The Legend of Bagger Vance |
| September 2, 2025 | Exploring Implicit Leadership Theories |
| September 4, 2025 | Chad out of town - NO CLASS |
| September 9, 2025 | Trait Approach |
| September 11, 2025 | Organizations as Machines (2 groups present) |
| September 16, 2025 | Skills Approach |
| September 18, 2025 | Organizations as Organisms (2 groups present) |
| September 23, 2025 | Behavioral Approach |
| September 25, 2025 | Organizations as Brains (2 groups present) |
| September 30, 2025 | Situational Approach |
| October 2, 2025 | Organizations as Cultures (2 groups present) |
| October 7, 2025 | In service Professor Development Day - NO CLASS |
| October 9, 2025 | Path-Goal Theory |
| October 14, 2025 | Organizations as Political Systems(2 groups present) |
| October 16, 2025 | Leader-Member Exchange Theory |
| October 21, 2025 | Organizations as Psychic Prisons(2 groups present) |
| October 23, 2025 | Transformational Leadership Theory |
| October 28, 2025 | (Dis)honesty - The truth about lies |
| October 30, 2025 | Authentic Leadership Theory |
| November 4, 2025 | Servant Leadership Theory |
| November 6, 2025 | Adaptive Leadership Theory |
| November 11, 2025 | Psychodynamic Approach |
| November 13, 2025 | Leadership Ethics Approach |
| November 18, 2025 | Team Leadership |
| November 20, 2025 | Gender and Leadership |
| November 25, 2025 | Final Presentation assistance |
| November 27, 2025 | Thanksgiving Holiday - NO CLASS |
| December 2, 2025 | Student Presentations - 10 students |
| December 4, 2025 | Study Day - NO CLASS |
| December 9, 2025 | Final Exam - Student Presentations - 10 students (1:00 - 3:00 p.m.) |
This course will have a weekly formal writing assignments that will be included as part of the course requirements. These formal writing assignments will structured reflections upon course content.
A minimum of two formal papers, all together totaling at least 15 finished pages will be required. This will be completed through the establishing your playing field, (dis)honestly, and comparative analysis essays.
A minimum of one formal paper will be completed at a minimum of 7 pages in length and include a research component and integration of secondary source materials. This will be completed through the service learning essay.
A minimum of one formal paper will undergo a guided revision. This will be completed via the service learning essay.
All formal papers will involve draft review by faculty or peers.
The grading scale will be as follows:
| Grading | A = Above95.99% | A- = 95.98-91% |
| B+ = 90.99-88% | B = 87.99-85% | B- = 84.99-82% |
| C+ = 81.99-79% | C = 78.99-76% | C- = 75.99-72% |
| D+ = 71.99-69% | D = 68.99-65% | F =Below 65% |
Instructor Course Policies
The College accepts these four categories of excused absences (2021-2022, p.46):
- Activities in which the student serves as an official representative of the College (e.g., musical performances, athletic contests, field trips)
- Personal illness, with documentation by the College nurse or a physician, if possible.
- Family or personal emergencies
- When severe weather makes travel to campus dangerous
After the third unexcused absence, the student will receive a 5-percent reduction in total points in the course for each day missed. I do recognize that students may occasionally encounter irresolvable scheduling conflicts. Absence due to illness or family emergency cannot always be anticipated in advance and does not require prior notification. Should a student be absence for illness, a doctor’s note will make the absence excused and not count toward the allotted three absences.
See the current Student Handbook for the college’s Attendance policy, especially as it pertains to excused absences.
This policy is directly related to the first Testimony, which is part of the Student Code of Conduct: “I will practice personal and academic integrity.” The College believes that it is important for students to develop high ethical and scholarly standards and accept responsibility for maintaining these standards.
Students who engage in academic misconduct receive sanctions from the faculty member of the course in which the misconduct occurs. In addition, students with multiple offenses or who commit a serious violation are required to appear before the Academic Standards and Appeals Committee and may be subject to additional sanctions as determined by the committee.
Examples of Academic Misconduct
- Examination offenses include, but are not limited to, the following:
-Taking unauthorized materials into or out of the examination room.
-Leaving the examination room without authorization before completing an examination.
-Talking in the examination room without authorization.
-Discussing the examination outside the examination room during the course of the examination.
-Attempting to observe the work of another student.
-Taking an examination for another person or permitting someone else to do so.
Collaborating improperly by discussion, joint research, or joint effort in any way expressly prohibited by the instructor. This includes using a cell phone or other device to access information from another source or another student.
Acquiring unauthorized knowledge of an examination or any part of an examination, or solicit, offer, or give information about any part of an examination.
- Student work offenses include, but are not limited to, the following, which are expressly prohibited in the absence of prior written approval of the instructor or instructors involved:
-Resubmission of work – Submitting work which has been previously submitted for credit.
-Plagiarism – Submitting work done wholly or partly by another, including the unattributed copying of all or parts of a published work or internet document.
-Prohibited sources – Consulting material or persons contrary to the directions of the instructor.
-Improper collaboration – Engaging in any discussion, joint research, or joint effort of any kind expressly prohibited by the instructor.
-Deception – Misrepresenting the authenticity of sources, citations, or principles in any written work.
-Sharing work – Students who share their work with others are responsible for how that work is
used. For example, if a student shares a paper with another student to help him or her understand an assignment, and that student submits the work as their own, the author of the paper shares responsibility for the plagiarism.
- Other misconduct – Engaging in any other improper conduct as specified by the instructor.
- Lying – Deliberately providing false information relevant to academic matters, such as misrepresenting the inability to take an examination because of illness.
- Disruptive or disrespectful classroom behavior – Causing a disturbance in the classroom, interrupting instruction, speaking rudely or threatening students or faculty. This includes use of a cell phone during class.
Institutional and Program-Level Policies
All exams will follow the Final Exam Schedule. Students scheduled to take three or more final examinations on one day may request to arrange their examination schedule, so no more than two exams occur on one day.
Requests for early or late exams are considered only under extreme circumstances. Prior to the exam period, the student must file a written request on the Early/Late Exam Form available in the Student One Stop Center, Academic Records, and on the WC portal. The form must be signed by the Instructor and the Academic Dean, approving the alternate exam time. This process must be completed prior to the scheduled exam period.
Undergraduate: SP25 Final Exam Schedule Graduate:
Out-of-class Work Expectation A minimum of 2 hours of out-of-class student work is expected for each hour of in-class time for traditional face-to-face courses. For online and hybrid courses, the combination of face-to-face time and out-of-class work should be equal to 3 hours per credit hour per week. |
Instructional Course Delivery |
Academic Integrity Policy The use of generative AI is prohibited except where expressly allowed in assignment instructions. |
Academic Misconduct - Examples [10/24]
ACADEMIC CODE OF CONDUCT
This policy is directly related to the first Testimony, which is part of the Student Code of Conduct. “I will practice personal and academic integrity.” The initial responsibility for dealing with academic misconduct lies with the individual faculty member in whose classroom or course of study the offense occurs. The responsibility includes determination of the consequences for the offense. The goal is for faculty to confront cheating and plagiarism, to teach ethical behavior, and to provide an appropriate consequence based on the nature of the incident. Faculty are encouraged to explicitly address academic misconduct and its consequences in the course syllabus.
EXAMPLES OF ACADEMIC MISCONDUCT
A. Examination offenses include, but are not limited to, the following:
1.Taking unauthorized materials into or out of the examination room.
2.Leaving the examination room without authorization before completing an examination.
3.Talking in the examination room without authorization.
4.Discussing the examination outside the examination room during the course of the examination.
5.Attempting to observe the work of another student.
6.Taking an examination for another person or permitting someone else to do so.
7.Collaborating improperly by discussion, joint research, or joint effort in any way expressly prohibited by the instructor. This includes using a cell phone or other device to access information from another source or another student.
8.Improper knowledge of contents of an examination - No student shall knowingly acquire unauthorized knowledge of an examination or any part of an examination, or solicit, offer, or give information about any part of an examination.
B. Student work offenses include, but are not limited to, the following, which are expressly prohibited in the absence of prior written approval of the instructor or instructors involved:
1.Resubmission of work - Submitting work which has been previously submitted for credit.
2. Plagiarism - Submitting work done wholly or partly by another, including the unattributed copying of all or parts of a published work or internet document. Using generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) sources to produce work (when not expressly permitted) is also a form of plagiarism. Some instances of plagiarism are the result of ignorance rather than dishonesty. When plagiarism is encountered, the instructor should be sure that the student knows proper procedures for attributing content.
3.Prohibited sources - Consulting material or persons contrary to the directions of the instructor.
4.Improper collaboration - Engaging in any discussion, joint research, or joint effort of any kind expressly prohibited by the instructor.
5.Deception - Misrepresenting the authenticity of sources, citations, or principles in any written work.
6. Sharing work – Students who share their work with others are responsible for how that work is used. For example, if a student shares a paper with another student to help him or her understand an assignment, and that student submits the work as their own, the author of the paper shares responsibility for the plagiarism committed by the other student.
D. Other misconduct - Engaging in any other improper conduct as specified by the instructor.
E. Lying – deliberately providing false information relevant to academic matters, such as misrepresenting the inability to take an examination because of illness.
F. Disruptive or disrespectful classroom behavior – causing a disturbance in the classroom, interrupting instruction, speaking rudely or threatening students or faculty.
Class Attendance Policy |
Accessibility and Disability Services
Accessibility and Disability Services
Wilmington College provides accommodations and services for student with a variety of disabilities, including chronic illnesses, psychological, physical, medical, learning, and sensory disability amongst others. If you anticipate or experience barriers based on disability and feel you may need a reasonable accommodation to fulfill the essential functions of this course, you are encouraged to contact:
Spencer Izor, Associate Vice President of Compliance - Title IX/ADA Coordinator at spencer.izor@wilmington.edu or 937-481-2365 or Nathan Flack, Academic Resource Manager at 937-481-2208 to learn more about the process and procedures for requesting accommodations, or by visiting College Hall Room 306a or the Robinson Communication Center, Room 103.
Religious Accommodations
Wilmington College strives for an inclusive climate and welcomes students from all backgrounds, faiths, and experiences. If religious observance impedes your ability to participate fully in classroom activities or a principal holiday from your religious tradition occurs during the semester and conflicts with class meetings or activities, please make the professor aware of this immediately to determine if a reasonable accommodation is possible.