Credit Points 10

Legacy Code 200833

Coordinator Marion Cornish Opens in new window

Description This unit explores the processes and challenges encountered by leaders in contemporary organisations, taking into account rapidly changing environments. Through an in-depth appraisal of various leadership theories and concepts, it encourages students to reflect on the key competencies required for effective leadership. It also emphasises the importance of self-knowledge, values and ethics for contemporary leaders. Students will be required to design a leadership development program to address current and future leadership issues.

School Business

Discipline Business And Management

Student Contribution Band HECS Band 4 10cp

Level Postgraduate Coursework Level 7 subject

Restrictions

Students must be enrolled in a postgraduate Business program or 1850 - Master of Education (Leadership and Management).

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this subject, students should be able to:

1. Identify the key individual competencies, processes and challenges for effective leadership;
2. Justify the importance of values and ethics in leadership;
3. Apply critical, reflective and creative skills to leadership-related processes;
4. Forecast relevant issues and competencies in leadership for the future;
5. Design a leadership development program to address current and future leadership issues.

Subject Content

- The leadership/management dichotomy
- leadership as A ?eprocess of interaction?f in A social context
- individual and Collective leadership competencies
- leadership for self-knowledge
- leading in changing organisational and industry contexts
- leadership in diverse cultural contexts
- leading in A Global context
- leadership for The future