Description
Unit 1: Overview of Diplomatic Missions and Leadership Roles
Provides foundational understanding of mission mandates and leadership functions.
Learning Objectives:
– Define the structure and mandate of diplomatic missions and country teams.
– Evaluate leadership roles and responsibilities of heads of mission.
Content: Provides foundational understanding of mission mandates and leadership functions.
Activity: Write a reflection on ambassadorial leadership styles.
Assessment: Reflection paper and leadership profile rubric.
Unit 2: Strategic Vision and Planning for Mission Success
Guides development of long-term strategies and mission objectives.
Learning Objectives:
– Evaluate leadership roles and responsibilities of heads of mission.
– Apply strategic planning and visioning tools to mission operations.
Content: Guides development of long-term strategies and mission objectives.
Activity: Draft a mission strategy framework for a fictional post.
Assessment: Strategy framework peer and instructor review.
Unit 3: Managing Interagency Country Teams
Covers collaboration among embassy sections, attachés, and agencies.
Learning Objectives:
– Apply strategic planning and visioning tools to mission operations.
– Manage personnel, budgets, and security with transparency and accountability.
Content: Covers collaboration among embassy sections, attachés, and agencies.
Activity: Facilitate a mock interagency coordination meeting.
Assessment: Meeting simulation and collaboration rubric.
Unit 4: Security, Crisis Response, and Contingency Planning
Trains leaders in emergency preparedness and threat response.
Learning Objectives:
– Manage personnel, budgets, and security with transparency and accountability.
– Foster interagency coordination and shared mission performance.
Content: Trains leaders in emergency preparedness and threat response.
Activity: Create an emergency operations plan and alert protocol.
Assessment: Emergency plan assessment and security checklist.
Unit 5: Public Engagement and High-Level Representation
Explores representational roles, speeches, and diplomatic events.
Learning Objectives:
– Foster interagency coordination and shared mission performance.
– Support morale, inclusion, and performance across diverse teams.
Content: Explores representational roles, speeches, and diplomatic events.
Activity: Develop a public speaking calendar and engagement script.
Assessment: Engagement script scoring guide.
Unit 6: Budgeting, Operations, and Resource Management
Examines operational oversight, budgeting, and reporting responsibilities.
Learning Objectives:
– Support morale, inclusion, and performance across diverse teams.
– Navigate crises, threats, and political transitions effectively.
Content: Examines operational oversight, budgeting, and reporting responsibilities.
Activity: Review a mission’s resource allocation and propose revisions.
Assessment: Budget critique and operational review.
Unit 7: Personnel Leadership: Inclusion, Wellness, and Performance
Focuses on team development, diversity, and conflict resolution.
Learning Objectives:
– Navigate crises, threats, and political transitions effectively.
– Lead public outreach and high-level representation for the mission.
Content: Focuses on team development, diversity, and conflict resolution.
Activity: Role-play staff feedback and performance development conversations.
Assessment: Feedback role-play and leadership reflection.
Unit 8: Leadership Transitions and Political Change
Teaches succession, handover, and adaptability under shifting politics.
Learning Objectives:
– Lead public outreach and high-level representation for the mission.
– Coordinate policy messaging and bilateral or multilateral engagement.
Content: Teaches succession, handover, and adaptability under shifting politics.
Activity: Simulate a leadership handover during political uncertainty.
Assessment: Handover scenario evaluation.
Unit 9: Simulation: Leading a Mission During a National Emergency
Engages students in decision-making during a complex emergency.
Learning Objectives:
– Coordinate policy messaging and bilateral or multilateral engagement.
– Develop a leadership plan for managing a country team in a complex environment.
Content: Engages students in decision-making during a complex emergency.
Activity: Lead a real-time response to an embassy threat scenario.
Assessment: Crisis simulation leadership performance rubric.
Unit 10: Capstone: Country Team Leadership Strategy
Students create a comprehensive country team leadership plan.
Learning Objectives:
– Develop a leadership plan for managing a country team in a complex environment.
– Define the structure and mandate of diplomatic missions and country teams.
Content: Students create a comprehensive country team leadership plan.
Activity: Present a leadership strategy tailored to a foreign mission.
Assessment: Capstone submission and oral strategy presentation.
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