Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Unit Convenor
Senia Kalfa
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Credit points |
Credit points
10
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
Admission to BBusLeadCom and 150cp at 1000 level or above including MGMT304 or MGMT3904
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
Leadership and Influence in Action examines decision-making challenges, managing difficult relationships and building successful ones, provides a range of competitive and cooperative negotiation strategies and develops students' ability to deliver a successful "sales" pitch. Through a series of practical workshops, the unit aims to enhance students' practical skills of influence and persuasion and further improve their effectiveness as leaders. Outcomes from this unit will help students understand influencing and negotiation techniques. This unit employs block teaching. |
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On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
Late Assessments must also be submitted through Turnitin. No extensions will be granted. There will be a deduction of 10% of the total available marks made from the total awarded mark for each 24 hour period or part thereof that the submission is late (for example, 25 hours late in submission incurs a 20% penalty). Late submissions will be accepted up to 96 hours after the due date and time.
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Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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Individual Online Presentation | 40% | No | Friday 10th July 23:59 |
Case Study/Analysis | 40% | No | Friday 7th August 23:59 |
Reflection | 20% | No | Friday 3rd July 23:59 |
Assessment Type 1: Presentation
Indicative Time on Task 2: 30 hours
Due: Friday 10th July 23:59
Weighting: 40%
The purpose of this assessment is for students to develop their influencing skills. Students will be presented with a fictional scenario and they will need to prepare a presentation, to be delivered via Zoom, using frameworks provided in class in order to convince their fictional manager of their point of view.
Assessment Type 1: Case study/analysis
Indicative Time on Task 2: 30 hours
Due: Friday 7th August 23:59
Weighting: 40%
Students will analyse a Harvard Business Publishing case study. The purpose of this assessment is to engage students in a scenario focused on the need to enact change and influence others. Students will draw on knowledge and skills developed in the unit to determine appropriate courses of action and propose recommendations for OR evaluate the actions of the protagonist of the case study.
Assessment Type 1: Reflective Writing
Indicative Time on Task 2: 20 hours
Due: Friday 3rd July 23:59
Weighting: 20%
The purpose of this assessment is to challenge students to critically and deeply think about how their learnings in this course are developing their knowledge, skills and abilities in leadership and, more broadly, are contributing to their professional and personal development. Students will be asked to reflect on their learning and development over the course of this unit, identify which areas are most important to them and why, and set feasible developmental goals to link their study to their careers.
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2 Indicative time-on-task is an estimate of the time required for completion of the assessment task and is subject to individual variation
Required Text |
No required text is assigned for this unit. |
Unit Web Page |
The web page for this unit can be found at: https://ilearn.mq.edu.au/login/ |
Technology Used and Required |
Students are required to have access to a personal computer and familiarise themselves with iLearn (https://ile arn.mq.edu.au/login/). iLearn will be used to post lecture slides, assessment details, student grades and as a means of communication between staff members and students. Students are expected to have knowledge of the Microsoft Office suite as well as Google Scholar and the Macquarie University Library and associated databases. |
Delivery Format and Other Details |
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Recommended readings |
Recommended readings are provided via the links on the iLearn Unit page |
Inherent Requirements |
None |
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