Leadership and Change Management

Course aim

This course provides students with theoretical and practical knowledge of organisational leadership and what it means to be an effective leader. Students will acquire advanced skills to:

• Develop a vision for the future of an organisation.
• Align the organisation and its members to that vision.
• Motivate people to achieve an organisation's vision, goals and objectives.
• Design and lead effective and efficient organisations.
• Implement change to achieve superior performance and competitive advantage.

Course content

Topics covered in the course include:

• Why leaders matter.
• Leadership traits and characteristics.
• Increasing leader effectiveness.
• Adaptive leadership approaches.
• Leader-member exchange.
• Motivation, influence and empowerment.
• Leading change.
• Goal setting.

 

Textbook(s)

Humphrey, RH 2014, Effective Leadership: Theory, Cases and Applications, Sage Publications, Virginia Commonwealth University, USA

Prerequisite(s)

Common to all relevant programs
Subject Area & Catalogue Number	Course Name
BUSS 5244	Contemporary Management Skills

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, CITY WEST
Seminar (Compulsory Introductory Seminar)	4 hours x N/A
Seminar	3 hours x 11 weeks
EXTERNAL, CITY WEST, ONLINE
External (Asynchronous Online Discussion plus 1 hour per week of Compulsory Synchronous Discussion)	37 hours equiv. x N/A
EXTERNAL, OFFSHORE, HOPKINS TRAINING AND EDUCATION GROUP, ONLINE
External (Asynchronous Online Discussion plus 1 hour per week of Compulsory Synchronous Discussion))	37 hours equiv. x N/A
INTERNAL, CITY WEST (INTENSIVE)
Seminar	37 hours x N/A
EXTERNAL, CITY WEST, DISTANCE EDUCATION
External	37 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, Reflective report, Report

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 3)
To determine the fee for this course as part of a Commonwealth Supported program, go to:
How to determine your Commonwealth Supported course fee. (Opens new window)

Fee-paying program for domestic and international students
International students and students undertaking this course as part of a postgraduate fee paying program must refer to the relevant program home page to determine the cost for undertaking this course.

Non-award enrolment
Non-award tuition fees are set by the university. To determine the cost of this course, go to:
How to determine the relevant non award tuition fee. (Opens new window)

Not all courses are available on all of the above bases, and students must check to ensure that they are permitted to enrol in a particular course.

* 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.