MGMT208-08S1 (C) Semester One 2008

Principles of Leadership

11 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 25 February 2008
End Date: Sunday, 29 June 2008
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 9 March 2008
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 25 May 2008

Description

This course takes a holistic look at leadership during times of change. It examines the key tasks of leadership and the personal skills, journeys, and qualities required to perform them.

The course takes a holistic look at leadership. It begins with an exploration of the changing global environment and it’s implications for leadership. It then examines the key tasks of leadership and the skills required to perform them. The course then moves beyond tasks and skills and looks at personal leadership. Flow, emotion and spirituality are examined as leadership issues and Joseph Campbell’s “hero’s journey” is used as a guide to the integration of personal and organisational capabilities within the leadership process. The course also looks at the “dark side” of leadership, the forces that drive pathological leadership and the personal characteristics that provide an antidote to the pathological pressures of leadership.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course, you should have:

1. An understanding of the current global environment and its implications for leadership.
2. An understanding of the task and skill requirements of leadership.
3. An understanding of the role of personal alignment, emotion and “flow” in leadership.
4. An understanding of spirituality and its application to leadership.
5. An understanding of the pathological potential of leadership and the forces that create that potential.  
6.   An understanding of the importance of character in leadership.
7. A sense of your personal values and purposes and how they might be enacted within the leadership of your life and work.

Prerequisites

(1) MGMT101; (2) 18 points 100-level MGMT or MSCI courses.

Restrictions

MGMT315, BSAD315, MGMT302

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Peter Cammock

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Personal Development Plan 19 May 2008 30% Personal Development Plan
Developmental Scrapbook 10% Developmental Scrapbook
Final Examination 60% Final Examination

Textbooks / Resources

Required Texts

Cammock, Peter; The dance of leadership : the call for soul in 21st century leadership ; 2nd ed; Prentice Hall, 2003.

Recommended Reading

Cammock, Peter; The spirit of leadership : exploring the personal foundations of extraordinary leadership ; Leadership Press, 2008 (Both books are available from the University Book Shop).

Notes

Departmental Academic Policies
If you want a hard copy of this document, please ask the course co-ordinator. The Department assumes that you have read this document. You should also read the “Information related to courses and assessment” on page 364 of the Enrolment Handbook 2008 (also in UC Calendar under “General Course and Examination Regulations”).

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $394.00

International fee $1,641.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

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All MGMT208 Occurrences

  • MGMT208-08S1 (C) Semester One 2008