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Leadership in Practice (MGMT90233)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5Online
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
- Timetable(opens in new window)
Contact information
Term 3
Melbourne School of Professional and Continuing Education
Email: continuing-education@unimelb.edu.au
Phone: + 61 3 8344 0149
Monday to Friday 8am to 9pm AEST/AEDT. Weekends and University of Melbourne observed Public Holidays 10am to 5pm AEST/AEDT.
Further information: https://study.unimelb.edu.au/find/courses/graduate/professional-certificate-in-workplace-leadership/what-will-i-study/
Dr Belinda Allen allenbc@unimelb.edu.au
Please refer to the LMS for up-to-date subject information, including assessment and participation requirements, for subjects being offered in 2020.
Overview
Availability | Term 3 - Online |
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Fees | Look up fees |
Leadership in practice, as part of the Professional Certificate in Workplace Leadership, is designed to offer significant practical learning opportunities for a diverse range of early career professionals seeking to extend their business, managerial and leadership skills and knowledge. It is also suitable for emerging leaders, or those who have been promoted, or seek promotion and wish to develop their leadership capabilities to complement their technical knowledge and expertise, in order to get the most out of themselves and their teams.
Following the Foundations of Leadership subject, in Leadership in Practice, students will extend their development by learning and applying more advanced knowledge and skills in order to exercise and foster leadership within more complex organisational environments and systems. Drawing on theories and empirical evidence students will devise a plan to overcome a complex personal leadership conundrum. Students will also undertake more complex collaborative leadership challenges, in order to develop their critical analysis and strategic thinking, decision making, coaching and supporting skills.
This subject includes lectures with leading experts, case studies, leadership diagnostics, contemporary readings and resources, and facilitated group discussions.
Intended learning outcomes
On successful completion of this subject students will be able to:
- Analyse a workplace scenario and critique examples of effective and ineffective leadership;
- Demonstrate the ability to listen, coach and support others to maximise their workplace performance;
- Work collaboratively to make decisions and solve a complex leadership challenge;
- Implement a personal leadership development plan;
- Interpret and apply new leadership skills and knowledge in the workplace;
- Reflect upon and evaluate his or her personal leadership development
Generic skills
On successful completion of this program, students should have enhanced their skills in:
- Systems thinking
- Self-knowledge and regulation
- Wise and effective decision making
- Taking values-based action
- Understanding good governance and business ethics
- Reflecting critically on their own learning and development
- Understanding and demonstrating ethical behaviour in leadership
- Analysis and problem solving
- Written and oral communication
- Giving and receiving effective feedback
- Strategic thinking and decision making.
- Effective teamwork and interdisciplinary collaboration (including online).
Last updated: 9 April 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Students must have completed Foundations of Leadership MGMT90232 prior to undertaking this subject.
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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MGMT90232 | Foundations of Leadership | Term 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
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: 9 April 2024
Assessment
Due to the impact of COVID-19, assessment may differ from that published in the Handbook. Students are reminded to check the subject assessment requirements published in the subject outline on the LMS
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Individual reflection on leadership plan (1000 words) (20%) Due midway through term.
| Mid term | 20% |
Personal leadership conundrum (2500 words in total). Part A: Plan (750 words), Part B: Final Paper.( 1750 words) 50% (in total; plan 15%, final paper 35%); Plan due in first half of term. Final paper at end of assessment period
| End of the assessment period | 35% |
Individual weekly online discussion board contributions. (equivalent 1500 words in total) (30%); Due weekly throughout term.
| From Week 1 to Week 8 | 30% |
Personal leadership conundrum (2500 words in total). Part A: Plan (750 words), Part B: Final Paper.( 1750 words) 50% (in total; plan 15%, final paper 35%); Plan due in first half of term. Final paper at end of assessment period
| Early term | 15% |
Additional details
Last updated: 9 April 2024
Dates & times
- Term 3 - Online
Coordinator Belinda Allen Mode of delivery Online Contact hours Pre teaching start date 13 July 2020 Pre teaching requirements During the pre-teaching period, students should familiarise themselves with the online platform and may like to take the opportunity to read through preliminary information about the subject and the services and support that is available to them. Students are encouraged to use this time to also introduce themselves to peers and teaching staff and to learn about those they will be studying with throughout the term. Teaching period 20 July 2020 to 13 September 2020 Last self-enrol date 14 July 2020 Census date 7 August 2020 Last date to withdraw without fail 28 August 2020 Assessment period ends 20 September 2020 Term 3 contact information
Melbourne School of Professional and Continuing Education
Email: continuing-education@unimelb.edu.au
Phone: + 61 3 8344 0149
Monday to Friday 8am to 9pm AEST/AEDT. Weekends and University of Melbourne observed Public Holidays 10am to 5pm AEST/AEDT.
Further information: https://study.unimelb.edu.au/find/courses/graduate/professional-certificate-in-workplace-leadership/what-will-i-study/
Dr Belinda Allen allenbc@unimelb.edu.au
Time commitment details
Estimated total time commitment of 170 hours per semester Note: About half (80hrs) is "contact" i.e. 10 hours per week. The remaining time is spent on readings and assessments. Of the 10 contact hrs per week about half in didactic instruction (viewing content, either text, video, animation, etc.), and the other half is more student-centred and interactive, either - asynchronous (discussion boards) or - synchronous (1hr webinars at appropriate times throughout the term; students are encouraged but not mandated to attend live webinars and recordings are available).
Last updated: 9 April 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
This subject will use a Course Pack approach and provide students with relevant just-in-time readings from refereed journals, current academic monographs, industry and grey literature as well as relevant audio and video resources.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Professional Certificate in Workplace Leadership - 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.
- Available to Study Abroad and/or Study Exchange Students
This subject is available to students studying at the University from eligible overseas institutions on exchange and study abroad. Students are required to satisfy any listed requirements, such as pre- and co-requisites, for enrolment in the subject.
Last updated: 9 April 2024