Handbook home
Leadership (BUSA90480)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 6.25On Campus (Parkville)
About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
- Timetable(opens in new window)
Contact information
Summer Term
June
September
Overview
Availability | Summer Term February April June September |
---|---|
Fees | Look up fees |
Part Time:
Organizations face many adaptive challenges to survive and thrive in a context of a complex and uncertain environment driven by forces such as globalization and technology. Managers maintain the status quo efficiently but leaders help individuals, teams, organizations, and societies to do adaptive work. Leadership has been defined as “the process of influencing others to understand and agree about what needs to be done, and how to do it, and the process of facilitating individual and collective efforts to achieve shared objectives” (Yukl, 2006). Leadership is not a position but a process and it is often emergent and shared by individuals who choose to be leaders and have developed leadership capability. Leadership is particularly important in new organization structures that are flat, flexible, diverse, and global rather than hierarchical, stable, and homogenous. There is substantial evidence that leadership can be learned and this introductory subject is aimed at developing the capability to lead individuals and teams through intrapersonal (i.e., self-awareness and self-management) and interpersonal (i.e., social awareness and social skill) development. This subject is a two and a half day intensive that includes theoretical and conceptual content alongside solo and group exercises designed to prepare students for leadership experiences in the MBA program and their future careers.
Full Time:
Organizations face many adaptive challenges to survive and thrive in a context of a complex and uncertain environment driven by forces such as globalization and technology. Managers maintain the status quo efficiently but leaders help individuals, teams, organizations, and societies to do adaptive work. Leadership has been defined as “the process of influencing others to understand and agree about what needs to be done, and how to do it, and the process of facilitating individual and collective efforts to achieve shared objectives” (Yukl, 2006). Leadership is not a position but a process and it is often emergent and shared by individuals who choose to be leaders and have developed leadership capability. Leadership is particularly important in new organization structures that are flat, flexible, diverse, and global rather than hierarchical, stable, and homogenous. There is substantial evidence that leadership can be learned and this introductory subject is aimed at developing the capability to lead individuals and teams through intrapersonal (i.e., self-awareness and self-management) and interpersonal (i.e., social awareness and social skill) development. This subject is a five day intensive that includes theoretical and conceptual content alongside solo and group exercises designed to prepare students for leadership experiences in the MBA program and their future careers.
EMBA:
Effective leadership provides direction, alignment and commitment for the collective. It is about courage, visibility and approachability. It is about learning to disappoint people a little less!
Intended learning outcomes
Part Time:
On completion of this subject, students should:
- Integrate into the MBS community and begin the creation of a cohort culture
- Appreciate and work with diversity and discover the value of collaboration
- Heighten their self-awareness and self-knowledge
- Learn skills to develop, lead and participate in teams
- Enhance their ability to relate to and influence others
- Improve their ability to communicate effectively and manage conflict
Full Time:
On completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- Integrate into the MBS community and begin the creation of a cohort culture
- Appreciate and work with diversity and discover the value of collaboration
- Heighten their self-awareness and self-knowledge
- Develop, lead and participate in teams
- Enhance their ability to relate to and influence others
- Improve their ability to communicate effectively and manage conflict
- Work effectively in cross cultural groups
- Enhance their ability to manage their emotions to more effectively interact with others
- Develop power bases and use influence tactics appropriately
- Intervene strategically in dyadic and group settings
EMBA:
On completion of this subject, students should have:
- A basic understanding of leadership and encourage critical evaluation of leadership concepts and theories, e.g. management vs. leadership, transformational leadership, emotional intelligence in leadership, authentic leadership, dark side of leadership.
- The ability to work and lead in diverse teams including influencing, communicating and presenting skills, managing cross-cultural and gender differences (in-group/out group effects), conflict management.
- Developed the capacity for self-awareness, looking back and understanding how one’s history and crucibles experiences shape strengths and challenges, single loop and double loop learning, understanding one’s impact on others, the emotional dimensions of leadership and emotional intelligence, strategies for managing stress such as resilience and self-care.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
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
Part Time:
- In class assessment (40%)
- Hurdle
- Throughout intensive teaching period
- Syndicate assignment (60%)
- Equivalent of individual 1,500 word assignment
- Hurdle
- End of subject
Full Time:
- In class assessment (40%)
- Hurdle
- Throughout intensive teaching period
- Syndicate assignment (60%)
- Equivalent of individual 2,500 word assignment
- Hurdle
- End of subject
EMBA:
- Class participation (10%)
- Attendance at lectures, peer and instructor evaluation of contribution to class learning
- Throughout first Residential Module
- Individual assignment 1 (10%)
- 300 words
- 2 weeks prior to first Residential Module
- Individual assignment 2 (15%)
-
- 300 words
- 2 weeks prior to first Residential Module
- Individual assignment 3 (15%)
- 300 words
- 1.5 weeks prior to first Residential Module
- Individual group discussion 1 (25%)
- 800 words
- Start of Day 1 of first Residential Module
- Individual group discussion 2 (25%)
- Hurdle requirement
- 800 words
- End of Day 1 of first Residential Module
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Dates & times
- Summer Term
Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 15 hours Pre teaching start date 6 January 2018 Pre teaching requirements students are required to complete approximately 5 hours of readings to prepare for the subject during pre-teaching period Teaching period 8 January 2018 to 10 January 2018 Last self-enrol date 5 January 2018 Census date 8 January 2018 Last date to withdraw without fail 13 January 2018 Assessment period ends 17 January 2018 Summer Term contact information
- February
Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 15 hours Pre teaching start date 22 January 2018 Pre teaching requirements students are required to complete approximately 15 hours of readings to prepare for the subject during pre-teaching period Teaching period 22 February 2018 to 25 March 2018 Last self-enrol date 29 January 2018 Census date 23 February 2018 Last date to withdraw without fail 2 March 2018 Assessment period ends 25 March 2018 - April
Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 15 hours Pre teaching start date 3 April 2018 Pre teaching requirements students are required to complete 5 hours of reading to prepare for the subject during pre-teaching period. Teaching period 5 April 2018 to 7 April 2018 Last self-enrol date 3 April 2018 Census date 5 April 2018 Last date to withdraw without fail 10 April 2018 Assessment period ends 14 April 2018 - June
Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 15 hours Pre teaching start date 19 June 2018 Pre teaching requirements students are required to complete approximately 5 hours of readings to prepare for the subject during pre-teaching period Teaching period 22 June 2018 to 24 June 2018 Last self-enrol date 19 June 2018 Census date 22 June 2018 Last date to withdraw without fail 24 June 2018 Assessment period ends 26 June 2018 June contact information
- September
Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 15 hours Pre teaching start date 5 September 2018 Pre teaching requirements students are required to complete approximately 5 hours of readings to prepare for the subject during pre-teaching period Teaching period 7 September 2018 to 9 September 2018 Last self-enrol date 5 September 2018 Census date 7 September 2018 Last date to withdraw without fail 12 September 2018 Assessment period ends 16 September 2018 September contact information
Additional delivery details
This subject is only available to students admitted to GD-BA, GD-MKTG, MC-BAPT, MC-BAPTME, or students with permission of the MBA Course coordinator
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
- Subject notes
This subject is only available to students admitted to GD-BA, GD-MKTG, MC-BAPT, MC-BAPTME, or students with permission of the MBA Course coordinator
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Last updated: 3 November 2022