Course Title: Leadership and Management
Part A: Course Overview
Course Title: Leadership and Management
Credit Points: 12.00
Terms
Flexible Terms
Course Code |
Campus |
Career |
School |
Learning Mode |
Teaching Period(s) |
BUSM1530 |
City Campus |
Postgraduate |
660H Graduate School of Business and Law |
Face-to-Face |
PGRDFlex23 (ZZZZ) |
BUSM4737 |
RMIT Online |
Postgraduate |
660H Graduate School of Business and Law |
Internet |
JanJun2019 (KP3) |
BUSM4737 |
RMIT Online |
Postgraduate |
660H Graduate School of Business and Law |
Internet |
JanJun2020 (KP1) |
BUSM4737 |
RMIT Online |
Postgraduate |
660H Graduate School of Business and Law |
Internet |
JulDec2020 (KP5) |
BUSM4737 |
RMIT Online |
Postgraduate |
660H Graduate School of Business and Law |
Internet |
JanJun2021 (KP2), JanJun2021 (KP3) |
BUSM4737 |
RMIT Online |
Postgraduate |
660H Graduate School of Business and Law |
Internet |
JulDec2021 (KP6) |
BUSM4737 |
RMIT Online |
Postgraduate |
660H Graduate School of Business and Law |
Internet |
JanJun2022 (KP1) |
BUSM4737 |
RMIT Online |
Postgraduate |
660H Graduate School of Business and Law |
Internet |
JulDec2022 (KP4) |
BUSM4737 |
RMIT Online |
Postgraduate |
660H Graduate School of Business and Law |
Internet |
JanJun2023 (All) |
BUSM4737 |
RMIT Online |
Postgraduate |
660H Graduate School of Business and Law |
Internet |
JanJun2024 (KP1) |
BUSM4737 |
RMIT Online |
Postgraduate |
660H Graduate School of Business and Law |
Internet |
JulDec2024 (KP4), JulDec2024 (KP5) |
Course Coordinator: Melissa Wheeler
Course Coordinator Phone: +61 3 9925 1881
Course Coordinator Email: Melissa.Wheeler@rmit.edu.au
Course Coordinator Location: Graduate School of Business and Law, Cnr of Victoria and Russell Streets, Melbourne, Victoria, 3000.
Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities
None.
Course Description
This course aims to develop understandings and skills adequate to the complexities of being a managerial leader. The course covers leadership and management from early theories to contemporary perspectives. The course provides you with a conceptually rich framework for designing managerial leadership effectiveness within organizational contexts. The course aims to enable you to think creatively about the capabilities required of professional managerial leaders, with an emphasis on self-development related to becoming workplace ready.
Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development
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Upon successful completion of this course you are able to:
- Recognise the appropriateness of different types of leadership styles in a range of organisational settings.
- Accurately assess your personal strengths and areas of challenge and effectively self-manage these towards improved practice.
- Explain how effective managerial leaders are able to diagnose and ethically improve the key areas of organisational functioning.
- Motivate and influence others in ways that contribute to sustainable organisational performance.
Overview of Learning Activities
This course may be delivered face-to-face and/or online through classes, lectures, seminars, workshops and tutorials. You will be expected to be an active participant and undertake the required preparatory work.
The following learning activities have been designed to assist you to develop the important capabilities outlined in this course guide.
While this list is not exhaustive, it provides you with an overview of some of the activities to be undertaken to successfully complete the course.
- Engage in research by means of searching texts, internet resources and journals (academic and profession).
- Read text material and selected articles.
- Prepare written answers to problems and topic questions.
- Resolve questions in case study problems.
- Participate in classroom discussions.
- Prepare and participate in class presentations.
- Complete quizzes.
Overview of Learning Resources
Various learning resources are available online through MyRMIT Studies\Canvas. The lecture notes and workshop notes are posted on Canvas.
Resources are also available online through RMIT Library databases and other facilities. Visit the RMIT library website for further details. Assistance is available online via our chat and email services, face to face at our campus libraries or via the telephone on (03) 9925 2020.
Additional resources and/or sources to assist your learning will be identified by your course coordinator and will be made available to you as required during the teaching period.
Overview of Assessment
The assessment tasks, their weighting and the course learning outcomes to which they are aligned are as follows:
Assessment Task 1: 20%
Linked CLOs: 1, 3, 4
Assessment Task 2: 30%
Linked CLOs: 1, 3, 4
Assessment Task 3: 50%
Linked CLOs: 2, 3, 4
Feedback will be provided throughout the semester in class and/or in online forums through individual and group feedback on practical exercises and by individual consultation.