Course Outline
EMB775 Developing Personal Leadership Capability
Course Coordinator:John Whiteoak (whiteoak@usc.edu.au) School:School of Business and Creative Industries
2022Session 1
UniSC Sunshine Coast |
Blended learning | Most of your course is on campus but you may be able to do some components of this course online. |
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teaching sessions and campuses where this course is usually offered.
What is this course about?
Description
The purpose of this course is to introduce leaders to important concepts and practices that mobilise others and help build successful organisations. The course is experiential in nature and includes group discussions and practical exercises that develop the skills and behaviours needed for effective leadership. An important goal of the course will be to help participants understand how to lead and work collaboratively in diverse organisational settings. Core issues that will be covered in the course include leadership and management, self-awareness, leadership characteristics and leading effective teams.
How will this course be delivered?
| Activity | Hours | Beginning Week | Frequency |
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| Tutorial/Workshop 1 – Delivered in an intensive mode over two weekends: 9 hours each weekend, a month apart | 9hrs | Week 1 | 2 times |
Course Topics
Course Introduction
Understanding the leadership challenge.
- Model the way – clarifying personal goals and values
- How to inspire a shared vision
- Challenging the process
- Enabling others to act
- Encourage the heart
Leadership reflection
Communication and coaching skills
What level is this course?
700 Level (Specialised)
What is the unit value of this course?
6 units
How does this course contribute to my learning?
| Course Learning Outcomes On successful completion of this course, you should be able to... | Graduate Qualities Completing these tasks successfully will contribute to you becoming... | |
| 1 | Describe, and critically analyse personal leadership style using contemporary approaches to leadership development. | Creative and critical thinker |
| 2 | Describe, discuss and reflect on personal areas for leadership development. | Empowered |
| 3 | Explain and expand on how personal leadership style can be developed and improved. | Engaged |
| 4 | Analyse personal approach to leading effectively in contemporary organisations using experiential activities. | Ethical |
Am I eligible to enrol in this course?
Refer to the UniSC Glossary of terms for definitions of “pre-requisites, co-requisites and anti-requisites”.
Pre-requisites
Enrolled in Program BU791
Co-requisites
Not applicable
Anti-requisites
MBA725 or MGT702
Specific assumed prior knowledge and skills (where applicable)
Not applicable
Microcredential Information
Not applicable
How am I going to be assessed?
Grading Scale
Standard Grading (GRD)
| High Distinction (HD), Distinction (DN), Credit (CR), Pass (PS), Fail (FL). |
Details of early feedback on progress
In the week three feedback is available of a draft copy of your journal.
Assessment tasks
| Delivery mode | Task No. | Assessment Product | Individual or Group | Weighting % | What is the duration / length? | When should I submit? | Where should I submit it? |
| All | 1 | Journal | Individual | 40% | Written and/or equivalent visual or recorded content of 2000 words. |
Refer to Format | Online Assignment Submission with plagiarism check |
| All | 2 | Oral | Individual | 20% | 10 minutes |
Refer to Format | In Class |
| All | 3 | Portfolio | Individual | 40% | 2,000 words |
Refer to Format | Online Assignment Submission with plagiarism check |
| All - Assessment Task 1:Leadership Journal | |||||||||||||||||||
| Goal: | The goal of this assignment is for you to develop a stronger awareness of your personal leadership style and explain underlying areas that may influence your current behaviour as leaders. |
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| Product: | Journal | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Format: | Submit: 21st of Feb 2022 The leadership self-analysis journal requires you to reflect on your current leadership strengths and weakness and complete a reflective journal that integrates activities and experiential exercises. |
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| All - Assessment Task 2:Presentation | |||||||||||||||||||
| Goal: | The goal of this assessment is to encourage you to behave charismatically and develop skills in presenting to a group. |
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| Product: | Oral | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Format: | Submit: Last day of class. You are required to deliver a 10-minute inspirational presentation on a leadership related topic. |
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| All - Assessment Task 3:Developmental Goal-setting Worksheet and Rationale | |||||||||||||||||||
| Goal: | The goal of this assessment is to support you in identifying specific areas for leadership development. |
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| Product: | Portfolio | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Format: | Submit: 25th of Feb 2022 You are required to complete a detailed goal-setting worksheet that will focus on your personal leadership development with a supporting documentation that includes a research based rationale. . |
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Directed study hours
A 12-unit course will have total of 150 learning hours which will include directed study hours (including online if required), self-directed learning and completion of assessable tasks. Student workload is calculated at 12.5 learning hours per one unit.
What resources do I need to undertake this course?
Please note: Course information, including specific information of recommended readings, learning activities, resources, weekly readings, etc. are available on the course Canvas site– Please log in as soon as possible.
Prescribed text(s) or course reader
Specific requirements
Not applicable
How are risks managed in this course?
What administrative information is relevant to this course?
Assessment: Academic Integrity
Academic integrity is the ethical standard of university participation. It ensures that students graduate as a result of proving they are competent in their discipline. This is integral in maintaining the value of academic qualifications. Each industry has expectations and standards of the skills and knowledge within that discipline and these are reflected in assessment.
Academic integrity means that you do not engage in any activity that is considered to be academic fraud; including plagiarism, collusion or outsourcing any part of any assessment item to any other person. You are expected to be honest and ethical by completing all work yourself and indicating in your work which ideas and information were developed by you and which were taken from others. You cannot provide your assessment work to others. You are also expected to provide evidence of wide and critical reading, usually by using appropriate academic references.
In order to minimise incidents of academic fraud, this course may require that some of its assessment tasks, when submitted to Canvas, are electronically checked through Turnitin. This software allows for text comparisons to be made between your submitted assessment item and all other work to which Turnitin has access.
Assessment: Additional Requirements
Eligibility for Supplementary Assessment Your eligibility for supplementary assessment in a course is dependent of the following conditions applying: The final mark is in the percentage range 47% to 49.4% The course is graded using the Standard Grading scale You have not failed an assessment task in the course due to academic misconductAssessment: Submission penalties
Late submission of assessment tasks may be penalised at the following maximum rate: - 5% (of the assessment task's identified value) per day for the first two days from the date identified as the due date for the assessment task. - 10% (of the assessment task's identified value) for the third day - 20% (of the assessment task's identified value) for the fourth day and subsequent days up to and including seven days from the date identified as the due date for the assessment task. - A result of zero is awarded for an assessment task submitted after seven days from the date identified as the due date for the assessment task. Weekdays and weekends are included in the calculation of days late. To request an extension you must contact your course coordinator to negotiate an outcome.Links to relevant University policy and procedures
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For more information, visit https://www.usc.edu.au/explore/policies-and-procedures#academic-learning-and-teaching
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