Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Unit Convenor
Deborah Howlett
Contact via deborah.howlett@mq.edu.au
Lecturer / Tutor
Joseph McIvor
Contact via joseph.mcivor@mq.edu.au
contact via email to arrange a mutually suitable time
Tutor
Christine Sinclair
Contact via christine.sinclair@mq.edu.au
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Credit points |
Credit points
3
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
39cp including (BBA111 or HRM107)
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
Today's workforce continues to diversify, and the tasks to be accomplished have become more complex. They say that leaders are born with the ability to enthuse. A good leader knows how to motivate people, get the best out of them, and be proud of what they can achieve. Students in this unit evaluate a series of alternative perspectives of leadership, including contemporary collaborative models. After a careful analysis of these perspectives, students can develop a personal model of leadership adaptable to any workplace. The unit utilises a range of assessment criteria including analysis of case studies, informal presentations and group activities. An understanding of key leadership criteria in management will enable students to be capable of professional and personal judgement and initiative.
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On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
Name | Weighting | Due |
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Group Project | 30% | Written Report in week 12 |
Final Examination | 40% | University Examination Period |
Individual essay | 30% | Week 7 Tutorial |
Due: Written Report in week 12
Weighting: 30%
Each report is made up of a written report ( 20%) and an oral presentation (10%).
The group comprising 5 students, are required to prepare a case study report on a Corporate leader and how they have influenced their organisation. ( details will be available on Ilearn)
Submission:
In class to tutor, with assessment marking sheet and turnitin report and receipt attached to each report
Presentation will be presented in desiginated tutorial.
Report to be handed to tutor in Week 12.
Peer assessment will be conducted in week 13.
Extension:
No extension will be granted without prior approval and a Special Consideration request lodged and recieved by LIC
Penalties:
Late submissions will be penalised at 20% of the grade for the first day and 10% each day thereafter.
What is required to complete the unit satisfactorily:
Students must attempt all assessment components to register a Pass grade or bbetter.
Due: University Examination Period
Weighting: 40%
Examination Conditions:
A three (3) hour final examination under closed book conditions within the University formal examination period
Due: Week 7 Tutorial
Weighting: 30%
The student will select a leader of their choice, which needs to be mutually agreed upon by the tutor. A question will be set (available on Ilearn) and the student will do secondary research to answer the question in an essay format (1200 words)
Submission:
In class to tutor, with assessment marking sheet and turnitin report and receipt attached to each essay
Extension:
No extension will be granted without prior approval and a Special Consideration request lodged and recieved by LIC
Penalties:
Late submissions will be penalised at 20% of the grade for the first day and 10% each day thereafter.
What is required to complete the unit satisfactorily:
Students must attempt all assessment components to register a Pass grade or bbetter.
Number and length of classes: 3 hours face-to-face teaching per week, consisting of 1 x 2 hour lecture and 1 x 1 hour tutorial.
The timetable for classes can be found on the University web site at: http://www.timetables.mq.edu.au/
A Certificate Prize will be awarded to the highest achieving student/s
·Prescribed text: Mckee, Kemp & Spence (2013) Management: A Focus on Leaders. Pearson Australia
Supplementary Texts:
Lussier & Achua (2013) Leadership: Theory Application and Skill Development (5th ed) South Western Publishing.USA
Clawson,J. (2012) Level Three Leadership: Getting Below the Surface (5th ed) Prentice Hall USA
NOTE:
·It is imperative that students keep abreast of current developments both in Australia and abroad via the public and popular media in respect to leadership issues. At the beginning of each lecture, students will be asked to participate in a discussion of the preceding week’s newsworthy items, this may well be examinable
Students are required to learn how to use power point, word processing and iLearn.
Unit Web Page
The web page for this unit can be found at:iLearn http://ilearn.mq.edu.au
Pre-requisites were updated.hanges have been made to tutorial activities.
Week No |
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Lecture Topic |
Tutorial Activities |
1 |
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Introduction to Leadership Chapters 1 |
No tutorials |
2 |
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Leadership Theories Chapter 2 |
Case Study Analysis Case Study: |
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Leadership Behaviours Chapter 3 (Lussier) |
Discussion Questions: Discussion of selection of leader chosen for essay |
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Leadership. Culture, Chapter 13
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Case Study: |
5 |
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Ethical Dimensions of Leadership Chapter 6 (Clawson)
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Discussion Questions:
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6 |
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Team Leadership Chapter 10 |
Prepare short 2 minute presentation on leader selected (verbal only)
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Mid Semester Break |
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Mid Semester Break |
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7 |
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Influencing Power Chapter 5 (Lussier) |
Essay Due Prepare short 2 minute presentation on leader selected (verbal only) |
8 |
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Charismatic and Transformational Leadership Chapter 9 (Lussier) |
Case Study: |
9 |
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Leadership and the Virtual team Chapter 11
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Discussion Questions:
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10 |
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The Global Business Leader Chapter 14 (Clawson) |
Group Presentations |
11 |
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Guest lecturer- Vice Chancellor (day lecture only) Crisis Leadership Chapter 12 ( Lussier)
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Group Presentations |
12 |
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Leadership and Change Management Chapters 7 |
Group Presentations Group Report Due: |
13 |
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Revision / Exam briefing Peer Assessment |
Discussion of Case study / questions
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Disruption to Studies Policy http://www.mq.edu.au/policy/docs/disruption_studies/policy.html The Disruption to Studies Policy is effective from March 3 2014 and replaces the Special Consideration Policy.
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We want our graduates to have emotional intelligence and sound interpersonal skills and to demonstrate discernment and common sense in their professional and personal judgement. They will exercise initiative as needed. They will be capable of risk assessment, and be able to handle ambiguity and complexity, enabling them to be adaptable in diverse and changing environments.
This graduate capability is supported by:
Our graduates will take with them the intellectual development, depth and breadth of knowledge, scholarly understanding, and specific subject content in their chosen fields to make them competent and confident in their subject or profession. They will be able to demonstrate, where relevant, professional technical competence and meet professional standards. They will be able to articulate the structure of knowledge of their discipline, be able to adapt discipline-specific knowledge to novel situations, and be able to contribute from their discipline to inter-disciplinary solutions to problems.
This graduate capability is supported by:
We want our graduates to be capable of reasoning, questioning and analysing, and to integrate and synthesise learning and knowledge from a range of sources and environments; to be able to critique constraints, assumptions and limitations; to be able to think independently and systemically in relation to scholarly activity, in the workplace, and in the world. We want them to have a level of scientific and information technology literacy.
This graduate capability is supported by:
Our graduates should be capable of researching; of analysing, and interpreting and assessing data and information in various forms; of drawing connections across fields of knowledge; and they should be able to relate their knowledge to complex situations at work or in the world, in order to diagnose and solve problems. We want them to have the confidence to take the initiative in doing so, within an awareness of their own limitations.
This graduate capability is supported by:
This unit uses research from external sources and Macquarie academics. This unit gives you practice in applying research findings in your assignments'
The following Journals are used within this Unit:
1. Pyschological Review
2. Harvard Business Review
3. Journal of Management Development
4. Academy of Management
Other sources used include:
1. Fortune
2. Leadership Excellence
3. McKinsey Quarterly
4. Time
5. Wall Street Journal
6. Leader to Leader
Date | Description |
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14/02/2014 | The Prerequisites was updated. |
14/01/2014 | The Prerequisites was updated. |