Graduate Diploma of Leadership and Management (Policing and Security)

Upon completion of this course, graduates will be able to:

1. Demonstrate an advanced understanding of intelligence and analytical concepts and underpinnings relevant to the challenges facing operational police and security management.
2. Demonstrate a critical understanding of the key ethical and professional issues associated with management and leadership in policing, and the ways these should inform and shape practice at a personal, professional and organisational level.
3. Identify challenges to policing and security, and how solutions to these may be facilitated by strategic use of communication strategies and plans.
4. Critically evaluate how communication strategies may be able to enhance transparency, organisational cohesiveness, community consultation and operational effectiveness.
5. Review, analyse, consolidate, and synthesise research relating to communication theory and critically reflect on how this can assist in the management of operational issues in a policing and security context.
6. Transfer and communicate complex knowledge and ideas to a variety of audiences including police, security personnel and other stakeholders.

The Graduate Diploma of Leadership and Management (Policing and Security) from Charles Sturt University will meet your educational needs and enhance your skills, preparing you for senior management roles.

Designed and delivered by industry leaders, this course provides university recognition for professional training and university accredited programs relevant to industry.

Charles Sturt's Graduate Diploma of Leadership and Management (Policing and Security) ensures you'll be able to initiate, plan, implement and evaluate policing leadership activities and policies across your areas of responsibility.

Build advanced communication skills

Develop your approach to increase the public's understanding and engagement, and gain the tools to work constructively and cooperatively with the media. To operate effectively, police organisations need to communicate both internally and with the community. The public 'know' about crime and the work of the police from the media, and it is essential that police at every level in the organisation learn how to use communication to increase public understanding.

Align your knowledge with current practice

You'll explore the theoretical foundation of contemporary management thinking in the unique context of law enforcement, emergency service and security organisations. This will draw on the history of management theory, the evolution in thinking about management in the public sector and major developments in governance and accountability in law enforcement and security organisations in Australia and overseas. You'll refine your skills and knowledge towards the revision, analysis, consolidation and synthesis of knowledge and understanding of law enforcement and security and identify and provide appropriate responses to complex challenges.

Australian Graduate School of Policing and Security

Established in 1993, Charles Sturt's Australian Graduate School of Policing and Security (AGSPS) is the leading provider of postgraduate research and education for professionals in law enforcement, emergency management and security. As a graduate of this course, you will secure an internationally recognised postgraduate qualification through a world-class program and join an international network of security, counter-terrorism and law enforcement graduates.

Recommended study pattern

Due to the flexible nature of the program, and intake across all three academic sessions, there is no prescribed enrolment pattern whilst working through the course structures of the articulated set. Students may choose the order in which they study the subjects, taking into account subject availability across the year.

Charles Sturt University is Australia’s most experienced online uni, and has the country’s highest graduate employment rate. From agriculture, arts, healthcare and IT, to business, law, social work and teaching—you’ll get the latest skills in your field, and learn from academics who are connected to industry. Add in 24/7 IT support, scholarships and a vibrant student community, and you can take your next, or first, career step with confidence.

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Applicants for admission must be employed in a leadership or management role (policing, security, or private sector), and have one of the following: An undergraduate degree or equivalent in a relevant and related field. OR An unrelated undergraduate degree or equivalent, together with at least 5 years experience in policing or security. OR Successful completion of the Graduate Certificate in Leadership and Management (Policing and Security).

Applicants for admission must be employed in a leadership or management role (policing, security, or private sector), and have one of the following: An undergraduate degree or equivalent in a relevant and related field. OR An unrelated undergraduate degree or equivalent, together with at least 5 years experience in policing or security. OR Successful completion of the Graduate Certificate in Leadership and Management (Policing and Security).

Recognition of prior learning (RPL) and credit for current competencies will be granted to eligible applicants.