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Composition of a Leader (DEVT90066)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5Not available in 2019
Overview
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This subject will focus on essential skills and techniques central to effective management and leadership. This very practical subject will feature a strong emphasis on ensuring students understand how to use the skills and techniques being discussed. The subject will encompass both hard and soft skills essential to developing strong leadership. Soft skills will include conflict resolution, decision making, confidence and communication. Hard skills will include project management, risk analysis and assessing performance and learning (both staff/team performance and projects). Students will be placed in small groups for the duration of the subject, and will liaise with their professional development mentor throughout the course via simulated challenges to test students’ learnings. This subject will provide practical learning opportunities to demonstrate that management and leadership practices can be learned and refined. Critical self-reflection will be a strong component of this subject.
Intended learning outcomes
Students who successfully complete this subject should be able to:
- Describe the soft and hard skills required in good management and leadership
- Reflect on their own strengths and weaknesses in relation to the scope of soft and hard skills and identify the steps that need to be taken to build on strengths and improve areas of weaknesses
- Design a program considering all the aspects of the design process including setting program objectives and outcomes, how success will be measured, how program will be staffed, and how risks will be assessed
- Make management and leadership decisions using industry tools and guidance
- Resolve conflict with a confident and structured approach
- Demonstrate confidence in their ability to inspire and lead others in a program setting
Generic skills
Students who successfully complete this subject should be able to:
- Develop cross-cultural communication skills
- Develop conflict resolution skills
- Illustrate and draw on self-reflection
- Gain skills in performance management
- Gain enhanced skills in program management
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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No longer available |
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
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Four reflective discussion posts
| Throughout the semester | 30% |
Tutorial Video (7 - 10 minutes)
| End of semester | 30% |
Project Risk Analysis
| During the examination period | 40% |
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Dates & times
Not available in 2019
Additional delivery details
The estimated hours required for this subject is between 15 -19 hours per week, but this varies for each student and depends on your task management and planning ability, familiarity with the material, and reading style and speed.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Further information
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Prescribed texts
There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
Last updated: 3 November 2022