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Specialist Certificate in Leadership (Professional Services) (SC-LEADPS)
Specialist CertificateYear: 2020 Delivered: On Campus
About this course
Contact
Email: continuing-education@unimelb.edu.au
Phone: + 61 3 8344 0149 Monday to Friday 8am to 9pm. Weekends and University of Melbourne observed Public Holidays 10am to 5pm.
Coordinator
Simon Bell
Overview
Award title | Specialist Certificate in Leadership (Professional Services) |
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Year & campus | 2020 |
Fees information | Subject EFTSL, level, discipline and census date |
Study level & type | Graduate Coursework |
AQF level | Non-AQF |
Credit points | 25 credit points |
Duration | 12 months part-time |
This unique qualification is a practical leadership development course focused on the professional services industry, comprised of a targeted suite of specific leadership and management capability-building programs. The program design is highly flexible, allowing participants considerable autonomy in following their development needs.
The course is designed to offer life-long learning opportunities for professionals seeking to extend their business, managerial and leadership skills and knowledge. Programs are offered intensively in an executive education format to a diverse cohort of professionals ranging from early-career to senior leaders. The learning experience includes lectures, case studies, group discussions, simulations, and critically, participant-designed workplace interventions.
Entry requirements
- In order to be considered for entry, applicants must have completed:
• either
– an undergraduate degree or equivalent qualification, and three years of documented relevant professional experience, or
– ten years of documented relevant professional experience which demonstrates the capacity to undertake the course successfully.
Meeting these requirements does not guarantee selection.
2. In ranking and/or assessing applications, the Selection Committee will consider:
• prior academic qualification and performance; and/or
• the professional experience.
3. The Selection Committee may seek further information to clarify any aspect of an application in accordance with the Academic Board rules on the use of selection instruments
4. Applicants are required to satisfy the university’s English language requirements for graduate courses. For those applicants seeking to meet these requirements by one of the standard tests approved by the Academic Board, performance band 6.5 is required.
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
- The Specialist Certificate in Leadership welcomes applications from students with disabilities. It is University and degree policy to take all reasonable steps to minimise the impact of disability upon academic study, and reasonable adjustments will be made to enhance a student’s participation in the degree.
- For the purposes of considering requests for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), and Students Experiencing Academic Disadvantage Policy, academic requirements for this course are articulated in the Course Overview, Objectives and Generic Skills sections of this entry.
- It is University policy to take all reasonable steps to minimise the impact of disability upon academic study, and reasonable adjustments will be made to enhance a student's participation in the University's programs. Students who feel their disability may impact on meeting the requirements of this course are encouraged to discuss this matter with a Faculty Student Adviser and the Disability Liaison Unit: http://www.services.unimelb.edu.au/disability/
Intended learning outcomes
Learning goal
Graduates of this program will develop individual capacity for leadership and enhanced ability to maximise the effectiveness of their teams and departments in professional services firms. Participants will acquire new or improve their existing knowledge, skills and capabilities to drive increased performance.
Learning objectives to achieve this goal
On successful completion of this certificate students will be able to:
- Identify key issues related to leadership style(s) and team and overall firm performance
- Explain how leadership impacts on firm performance, both positively and adversely, and the critical role frontline service employees make to service quality
- Understand their role and personal ability to effect improvements to service processes, intra-organisational collaboration, and communication to achieve a client-centric firm
- Understand the different behaviours and actions required of leaders, vis-à-vis individual contributors
- Demonstrate the ability to coach and support others to maximise their service performance.
Generic skills
On successful completion of this program, students should have enhanced their skills in:
- Critically evaluating evidence in support of an argument or proposition.
- Problem solving in relation to leading teams and organisations in competitive environments through the application of appropriate relevant theories, principles and frameworks.
- Communicating ideas on organisational development to colleagues and the wider community
- Synthesizing ideas, theories and data when developing solutions to problems
- Understanding good governance and business ethics.
- Retrieving relevant information from a variety of sources and applying it to problems.
Graduate attributes
The Melbourne Graduate
The University of Melbourne educational experience prepares well-rounded graduates who are academically outstanding, practically grounded and socially responsible. Melbourne's graduates are distinguished by their broad outlook and openness to different perspectives.
The proposed Specialist Certificate is designed to directly address and deliver the attributes listed in the second paragraph of the Melbourne Graduate Mission:
“Melbourne's degrees develop research and reasoning skills that equip graduates to be influential citizens with high leadership potential. The University's graduates engage with national and global issues and are attuned to social and cultural diversity. They have high levels of self-awareness and value their personal integrity and well-being.”
This program will enable students to achieve the University of Melbourne graduate attributes in the following ways:
Academic excellence:
- Faculty facilitating the courses will provide research-led course material with an applied focus.
- The intense learning environment, small class sizes, and industry-relevant content will stimulate a high level of discussion and debate among participants.
Leaders in communities:
The focus on leadership skills in organisations will improve the self-awareness of participants which will enhance their capabilities as mentors and communicators within their organisations and the broader community.
Course structure
The Specialist Certificate in Leadership consists of three subjects comprising one core 12.5 point subject and two 6.25 point elective subjects.
Subject options
Specialist Certificate in Leadership (Professional Services)
Students must select one core subject:
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
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LAWS70350 | Management for Professionals | October (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Students must select two elective subjects selected from:
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
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BUSA90474 | Influence and Negotiation Strategies | Not available in 2020 | 6.25 |
BUSA90475 | Strategic Financial Analysis | Not available in 2020 | 6.25 |
BUSA90477 | Motivating & Managing Performance | Not available in 2020 | 6.25 |
BUSA90495 | Managing Innovation | Not available in 2020 | 6.25 |
BUSA90515 | Decision Making for Leaders | Not available in 2020 | 6.25 |
BUSA90516 | Resilient Leadership | Not available in 2020 | 6.25 |
MGMT90162 | Managing Customers for Competitive Advtg | Not available in 2020 | 6.25 |
MGMT90173 | Positive Leadership Development | Not available in 2020 | 6.25 |
MGMT90212 | Strategic Awareness and Business Acumen | Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
MGMT90213 | Strategic Human Resource Leadership | Not available in 2020 | 6.25 |
MGMT90217 | The Future of Leadership | Not available in 2020 | 6.25 |
MGMT90218 | Stakeholders and Internal Influence | Not available in 2020 | 6.25 |
MGMT90219 | Leading High Performance Teams | Not available in 2020 | 6.25 |
MKTG90020 | Market Leadership & Strategic Marketing | Not available in 2020 | 6.25 |
Last updated: 18 December 2020