LDSH 726 - PROFILING LEADERS

3 Credit Hour(s)
The focus of this course is the examination and application of operational code analysis to profile political leaders from divergent societies. Operational code analysis (OCA) is a fairly static conceptualization used to build indexes of philosophical and instrumental beliefs to create a continuum measuring mainly cooperation and conflict behavior. Students will also be introduced how to use other indicators of OCA such as leader’s risk orientation, belief in role of chance, predictability of the future, use of strategies and tactics like oppose, appeal, threat, reward, and punish. Three graduate hours of lecture or equivalent.