Leadership and Management
PostgraduateRMI-OMBA7902019
Course information for 2019 intake
Compare early theories of management with modern approaches to leadership.Think critically about the qualities typically associated with people in leadership positions. Understand the importance of being self-aware and emotionally aware.
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- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 14 weeks
- Loan available
- FEE-HELP available
Leadership and Management
About this subject
Upon successful completion of this subject you are able to:
- recognise the appropriateness of different types of leadership styles in a range of organisational settings
- accurately assess your personal strengths and areas of challenge and effectively self-manage these towards improved practice
- explain how effective managerial leaders are able to diagnose and ethically improve the key areas of organisational functioning
- motivate and influence others in ways that contribute to sustainable organisational performance.
- Managerial leadership and sound reasoning
- The paradoxes of management
- The complexities of business
- The challenges of leadership
- The lessons of practice
- Self awareness
- Emotional awareness
- Cultural awareness
- Setting goals and objectives
- Motivating and developing
- Influencing and communicating
- Improving and mastering
This subject aims to develop understandings and skills adequate to the complexities of being a managerial leader. The subject covers leadership and management from early theories to contemporary perspectives. The subject provides you with a conceptually rich framework for designing managerial leadership effectiveness within organisational contexts. The subject aims to enable you to think creatively about the capabilities required of professional managerial leaders, with an emphasis on self-development related to becoming workplace ready.
- Problem Solving Task (50%)
- Case Study (35%)
- Weekly Online Participation (15%)
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Entry requirements
To enrol in this subject, you must be admitted into a degree.
Prior study
To help set you up for success before you start this subject, we suggest completing or having equivalent knowledge in:
one of
RMI-OMBA770-Introduction To Business Management (no longer available)
- RMI-BUSM4536-Design Thinking for Business
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.
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