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Leadership (BUSA90480)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 6.25On Campus (Parkville)
About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Overview
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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: 9 February 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Prerequisites
Admission into the MC-BA218 Master of Business Administration, GD-BA Graduate Diploma in Business Administration, MC-BAPTME Master of Business Administration, GC-BA Graduate Certificate in Business Administration, PR-BA Professional Certificate in Business Administration, 294PN Master of Marketing, GD-MKTG Graduate Diploma in Marketing
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Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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BUSA90552 | Business Essentials |
September (On Campus - Parkville)
January (On Campus - Parkville)
April (On Campus - Parkville)
Summer Term (Online)
July (On Campus - Parkville)
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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 February 2024
Assessment
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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In-class assessment (F2F teaching mode)
| Throughout the teaching period | 40% |
Syndicate assignment equivalent of individual 1,500 word assignment (F2F teaching mode)
| End of the teaching period | 60% |
Individual written assignment (EMBA modular teaching mode)
| Throughout the teaching period | 80% |
Class participation; Attendance at lectures, peer and instructor evaluation of contribution to class learning throughout first Residential Module (EMBA modular teaching mode)
| Throughout the teaching period | 20% |
2 x individual assignments (Online teaching mode)
| From Week 2 to Week 3 | 30% |
Individual assignment (Online teaching mode)
| Week 6 | 30% |
Final assignment (Online teaching mode)
| End of the teaching period | 40% |
Last updated: 9 February 2024
Dates & times
- Summer Term
Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Total time commitment 70 hours Pre teaching start date 9 January 2024 Pre teaching requirements students are required to complete approximately 15 hours of readings to prepare for the subject during the pre-teaching period Teaching period 12 January 2024 to 14 January 2024 Last self-enrol date 9 January 2024 Census date 12 January 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 17 January 2024 Assessment period ends 21 January 2024 - April
Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Total time commitment 70 hours Pre teaching start date 2 April 2024 Pre teaching requirements students are required to complete approximately 15 hours of readings to prepare for the subject during the pre-teaching period Teaching period 5 April 2024 to 7 April 2024 Last self-enrol date 2 April 2024 Census date 5 April 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 9 April 2024 Assessment period ends 12 April 2024 - April
Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Total time commitment 70 hours Pre teaching start date 4 March 2024 Pre teaching requirements Students are required to complete approximately 30 hours of readings to prepare for the subject during pre-teaching period Teaching period 4 April 2024 to 5 May 2024 Last self-enrol date 11 March 2024 Census date 5 April 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 19 April 2024 Assessment period ends 5 May 2024 - June
Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 15 hours Total time commitment 70 hours Pre teaching start date 14 June 2024 Pre teaching requirements students are required to complete approximately 5 hours of readings to prepare for the subject during pre-teaching period Teaching period 21 June 2024 to 23 June 2024 Last self-enrol date 14 June 2024 Census date 21 June 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 25 June 2024 Assessment period ends 30 June 2024 June contact information
- September
Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 15 hours Total time commitment 70 hours Pre teaching start date 6 September 2024 Pre teaching requirements students are required to complete approximately 5 hours of readings to prepare for the subject during pre-teaching period Teaching period 13 September 2024 to 15 September 2024 Last self-enrol date 6 September 2024 Census date 13 September 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 17 September 2024 Assessment period ends 22 September 2024 September contact information
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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: 9 February 2024
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:
Type Name Course Master of Marketing Course Master of Business Administration Course Master of Marketing Course Master of Business Administration Course Graduate Diploma in Business Administration Course Graduate Diploma in Marketing Course Master of Marketing
Last updated: 9 February 2024