Responsible Leadership

Course Level Postgraduate

Year

Area/Catalogue
BUSS 5389

Course Level
Postgraduate

Offered Externally
Yes

Note: This offering may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Course ID
151100

Unit Value
4.5

University-wide elective course
No

Course owner
School of Management

Future Student Enquiry Current UniSA Student Enquiry

Course aim

The aim of this course is to prepare students for senior leadership roles (nationally and internationally); specifically to lead in a multi- stakeholder context and cope responsibly with social leadership challenges at different levels (individual, organizational and beyond). Students will acquire theoretical and practical knowledge of leadership, explore what it means to be an effective and responsible leader and develop advanced leadership competencies.

Course content

Topics covered in the course include:

Leadership and context
Leadership decision making
Transformational leadership
Leadership roles and styles
The inner theatre of leaders
Leadership vision
Leadership development
Self leadership

Textbook(s)

Daft, Richard, L 2015, The Leadership Experience, 6th edn, Cengage Learning

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, CITY WEST
Seminar	3 hours x 10 weeks
EXTERNAL, CITY WEST, ONLINE
External	30 hours equiv. x N/A
INTERNAL, CITY WEST (INTENSIVE)
Seminar	30 hours x N/A
INTERNAL, OFFSHORE, HONG KONG MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION
Seminars 15 hours AND online 15 hours equiv.	30 hours equiv. x N/A
EXTERNAL, CITY WEST, ONLINE (INTENSIVE)
External	30 hours equiv x N/A

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Continuous assessment, Essay, Presentation, Report

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 3)
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Fee-paying program for domestic and international students
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.