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Leadership (BUSA90480)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 6.25On Campus (Parkville) and Dual-Delivery (Parkville)
Please refer to the return to campus page for more information on these delivery modes and students who can enrol in each mode based on their location.
About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
Summer Term
June
September
Overview
Availability | Summer Term - Dual-Delivery March - Dual-Delivery March - Dual-Delivery June - On Campus September - On Campus |
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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 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.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- Appreciate and work with diversity and discover the value of collaboration
- Heighten their self‐awareness and self‐knowledge
- Apply their leadership to individuals, groups and organisations
- Better relate to and influence others
- Communicate and manage conflict more effectively
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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BUSA90532 | Business Essentials | Not available in 2024 |
25 |
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
June
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Class participation; Attendance at lectures, peer and instructor evaluation of contribution to class learning throughout first Residential Module | Throughout the teaching period | 10% |
Individual assignment 1
| 2 weeks prior to first Residential Module | 10% |
Individual assignment 2
| 2 weeks prior to first Residential Module | 15% |
Individual assignment 3
| 1.5 weeks prior to first Residential Module | 15% |
Individual group discussion 1 start of Day 1 of first Residential Module
| Day 1 | 25% |
Individual group discussion 2 end of Day 1 of first Residential Module
| Day 1 | 25% |
September
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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In class assessment
| Throughout the teaching period | 40% |
Syndicate assignment equivalent of individual 1,500 word assignment
| End of the teaching period | 60% |
Summer Term
Description | Timing | Percentage |
---|---|---|
In class assessment
| Throughout the teaching period | 40% |
Syndicate assignment equivalent of individual 1,500 word assignment
| End of the teaching period | 60% |
Additional details
Part Time (Summer Term, September)
EMBA (June)
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Dates & times
- Summer Term - Dual-Delivery
Mode of delivery Dual-Delivery (Parkville) Contact hours 15 hours Total time commitment 70 hours Pre teaching start date 5 January 2021 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 2021 to 10 January 2021 Last self-enrol date 5 January 2021 Census date 8 January 2021 Last date to withdraw without fail 13 January 2021 Assessment period ends 17 January 2021 Summer Term contact information
- March - Dual-Delivery
Mode of delivery Dual-Delivery (Parkville) Contact hours 15 hours Total time commitment 70 hours Pre teaching start date 23 March 2021 Pre teaching requirements Students are required to complete approximately 5 hours of readings to prepare for the subject during the pre-teaching period Teaching period 26 March 2021 to 28 March 2021 Last self-enrol date 23 March 2021 Census date 26 March 2021 Last date to withdraw without fail 30 March 2021 Assessment period ends 2 April 2021 - March - Dual-Delivery
Mode of delivery Dual-Delivery (Parkville) Contact hours Total time commitment 70 hours Pre teaching start date 25 February 2021 Pre teaching requirements Students are required to complete approximately 30 hours of readings to prepare for the subject during pre-teaching period Teaching period 25 March 2021 to 2 May 2021 Last self-enrol date 2 March 2021 Census date 26 March 2021 Last date to withdraw without fail 9 April 2021 Assessment period ends 2 May 2021 - June - On Campus
Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 15 hours Total time commitment 70 hours Pre teaching start date 22 June 2021 Pre teaching requirements students are required to complete approximately 5 hours of readings to prepare for the subject during pre-teaching period Teaching period 25 June 2021 to 27 June 2021 Last self-enrol date 22 June 2021 Census date 25 June 2021 Last date to withdraw without fail 30 June 2021 Assessment period ends 4 July 2021 June contact information
- September - On Campus
Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 15 hours Total time commitment 70 hours Pre teaching start date 14 September 2021 Pre teaching requirements students are required to complete approximately 5 hours of readings to prepare for the subject during pre-teaching period Teaching period 17 September 2021 to 19 September 2021 Last self-enrol date 14 September 2021 Census date 17 September 2021 Last date to withdraw without fail 22 September 2021 Assessment period ends 26 September 2021 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
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Last updated: 3 November 2022