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Leadership and Team Dynamics (MGMT90013)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
Semester 1
Email: daejeong.choi@unimelb.edu.au
Overview
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One of the main challenges for today's managers is effectively communicating vision and inspiring employees to achieve that vision within team-based work structures. This subject deals with this challenge by examining the interaction of leadership and team processes. A focus will be on critically evaluating the role of leaders in organisations with high involvement work practices (for example, employee involvement and empowerment) and the role of human resource practices in identifying and developing organisational leaders. Topics considered will include: contemporary theories of leadership; the role of managers as organisational leaders; human resources and leadership challenges of the team-based organisational structure; managing team dynamics; the effectiveness of shared leadership; human resource strategies for developing organisational leaders; and the impact of high involvement work practices on leading and managing teams.
Intended learning outcomes
On successful completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- Examine and evaluate the integrated nature of HRM strategy, policy and practice across the individual, group/team and organisational levels;
- Explore the interaction of human systems and processes across these three levels;
- Analyse the role played by stakeholders in the development of organisational policy and practice; and
- Develop a critical appreciation of the nature of organisational leadership and the role of leaders.
Generic skills
On successful completion of this subject, students should have improved the following generic skills:
- The ability to examine their own ideas and beliefs about team dynamics and leadership and compare them with the theories and observations of others;
- An appreciation of the integrated nature of HRM and group processes associated with team dynamics and leadership; and
- An understanding of a range of ideas concerning the role played by HRM in the emergence of effective leaders.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Entry into the Master of Management (Human Resources) or the Master of Management.
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Assessment
Additional details
- In-class activities. Throughout semester (10%);
- 2500 word individual personal leadership assessment & analysis. Due Week 11 (30%);
- Group assignment totalling no more than 4000 words (usually in groups of 3-5). Due Week 5-10 (40%);
- Peer evaluation surveys Due Week 5-12 (10%); and
- 20 minute group case presentation (usually in groups of 3-5). Due week 12 (10%).
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Dates & times
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Daejeong Choi Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours One 3-hour seminar per week Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 27 February 2017 to 28 May 2017 Last self-enrol date 10 March 2017 Census date 31 March 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 5 May 2017 Assessment period ends 23 June 2017 Semester 1 contact information
Email: daejeong.choi@unimelb.edu.au
Time commitment details
Estimated total time commitment of 170 hours per semester
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
None
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Master of Public Administration (Enhanced) Course Master of Public Administration Course Master of Management Course Master of Management (Human Resources) Informal specialisation EMA 200 point program - full time over 2 years Major EMA 150 point program - full time over 1.5 years Informal specialisation EMA 200 point program - full time over 1.5 years - Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
Last updated: 3 November 2022