Contemporary Issues in Organisational Leadership
PostgraduateTAS-BMA7262025
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- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Enrol by
- 13 July 2025
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 14 weeks
- Price from
- $3,128
- Upfront cost
- $0
- Loan available
- HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
Contemporary Issues in Organisational Leadership
About this subject
On successful completion of this subject, the student will be able to:
- Review and critique organisational responses to current challenges faced by organisations in local, national and global contexts.
- Critically analyse the relevance and effectiveness of reported leadership behaviours and approaches in responding to current internal and external challenges.
- Generate and communicate practical responses to contemporary business challenges by melding relevant extant theory, non-traditional and context-based approaches associated with leadership and organisational capability.
- Communicate well reasoned arguments utilising an academic writing style and appropriate referencing.
- Module 1: The Fundamentals
- Module 2: Current Issues and Approaches
- Module 3: Where to from here - application
No organisation operates in a vacuum. Developing an appreciation of global issues and the capacity to determine regional or local consequences for organisations is imperative for good leadership and appropriate management. Leaders, therefore, must be cognisant of contemporary issues that are or will impact the organisation, its people and the communities in which they operate. Leaders must make informed decisions as to the most appropriate response to mitigate risk, leverage opportunity and maintain relevance.
As part of a suite of subjects examining leadership and the central function of organisational capability development, the premise of this subject is to generate curiosity about global issues and local consequence for leaders. It aims to connect current affairs to the development of capability to respond appropriately to identified or possible consequences. The subject encourages you to think more expansively about contemporary issues, particularly those on a global scale but with local or regional impact utilising learning generated from other subjects in the Leadership and Organisational Capability suite.
- Case Study (40%)
- Forum Discussion (20%)
- Podcast (40%)
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Entry requirements
Part of a degree
To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Core
- TAS-LOC-GCE-2025 - Graduate Certificate in Leadership and Organisational Capability
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
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Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
Graduate Certificate in Leadership and Organisational Capability
PostgraduateTAS-LOC-GCE