Course Title: Leadership and Management

Part A: Course Overview

Course Title: Leadership and Management

Credit Points: 12.00

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	Sem 1 2006, Sem 2 2006, Spring2006, Sem 1 2007, Sem 2 2007, Spring2007, Sem 1 2008, Sem 2 2008, Spring2008, Sem 1 2009, Sem 2 2009, Sem 1 2010, Sem 2 2010, Sem 1 2011, Sem 2 2011, Sem 1 2012, Sem 2 2012, Sem 1 2013, Sem 2 2013, Sem 1 2014, Sem 2 2014, Sem 1 2015, Sem 2 2015, Sem 1 2016, Sem 2 2016, Sem 1 2017, Sem 2 2017, Sem 2 2018, Sem 1 2019, Sem 2 2019, Sem 1 2020, Sem 2 2020, Sem 1 2021, Sem 2 2021, Sem 1 2022, Sem 2 2022, Sem 1 2023, Sem 2 2023, Sem 1 2024, Sem 2 2024
BUSM2411	RMIT University Vietnam	Postgraduate	660H Graduate School of Business and Law	Face-to-Face	Viet1 2007, Viet2 2007, Viet3 2007, Viet1 2008, Viet2 2008, Viet3 2008, Viet1 2009, Viet2 2009, Viet3 2009, Viet1 2010, Viet2 2010, Viet3 2010, Viet1 2011, Viet2 2011, Viet3 2011, Viet1 2012, Viet2 2012, Viet3 2012, Viet1 2013, Viet3 2013, Viet2 2014, Viet3 2014, Viet1 2015, Viet2 2015, Viet3 2015, Viet1 2016, Viet2 2016, Viet3 2016, Viet3 2017, Viet2 2018, Viet3 2018, Viet2 2019, Viet3 2019, Viet1 2020, Viet3 2020, Viet2 2021, Viet1 2022, Viet3 2022, Viet1 2023, Viet3 2023, Viet2 2024, Viet3 2024
BUSM4000	RMIT Vietnam Hanoi Campus	Postgraduate	660H Graduate School of Business and Law	Face-to-Face	Viet1 2007, Viet2 2007, Viet1 2008, Viet2 2020, Viet1 2021, Viet3 2021, Viet2 2022, Viet3 2022, Viet2 2023, Viet3 2023, Viet2 2024
BUSM4345	Open Learning Australia	Non Award	660H Graduate School of Business and Law	Distance / Correspondence	OUAS1PG19, OUAS2PG19, OUAS1PG20

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: Stephan Hitchins

Course Coordinator Phone: +61 3 9925 1731

Course Coordinator Email: Stephan.Hitchins2@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:

1. Recognise the appropriateness of different types of leadership styles in a range of organisational settings.
2. Accurately assess your personal strengths and areas of challenge and effectively self-manage these towards improved practice.
3. Explain how effective managerial leaders are able to diagnose and ethically improve the key areas of organisational functioning.
4. 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.