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The course addresses the topic of leadership in relation to the responsibility of the leader towards various stakeholders (e.g. employees, shareholders, community, suppliers, and environment) in both national and international context. In the course we evaluate advanced leadership theory and build practical leadership capabilities.
This course investigates core leadership theories, including their development, measurement, and application to real world situations. A primary focus is understanding your own strengths, as the foundation of authentic leadership. This course will help you recognize leadership characteristics and contextual factors that contribute to effective leadership, and can help you diagnose leadership situations to make interventions.Learning Philosophy: This course is designed as a student-centered, not instructor-centered, learning experience. What this means is that everyone – instructors and students – needs to be an active participant in whatever is going on in class, and that we all are interconnected and responsible for facilitating learning. Class time involves “hands on” activities and discussions based on outside-of-class reading and assignments. In order for everyone to learn, please come prepared for class.
The MCom learning goals are as follows: 1. Graduates can demonstrate in-depth knowledge and understanding of current theoretical concepts and frameworks within their major discipline2. Graduates are able to think logically, analytically and critically with respect to the academic literature in their major discipline3. Graduates can plan and carry out a supervised programme of academic research that shows a sound understanding of ethical practice.4. Graduates are able to synthesise academic or professional literature and effectively communicate research orally and in written form.The learning objectives for this course align with the above MCom learning goals, such that at the end of the course:Students will have an in-depth knowledge and understanding of core leadership models.Students will learn to critically analyse different leadership styles, behaviours, and approaches through application to a specific leader.Students will be able to synthesise academic literature and critique this literature as it applies to organisational settings.
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MGMT416
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Assessment Information1. Leadership Interview Interview a leader about her/his perceptions of leadership. What has allowed them to succeed as a leader? What do they see as the essence of leadership? Consider their responses in light of the three initial leadership approaches we have investigated in class: strengths, traits/skills, and behaviours. How might you analyse their success, and which of the model or models best fits their interpretation of their success? It is unlikely that your participant will be aware of the frameworks of strengths, traits, and behaviours, so you will need to listen to make your own assessment of how they think about leadership. Your paper should be 5 to 7 pages, double spaced. Include a brief description of the person’s job role to establish some context. Submit to LEARN by 10.00AM March 20 (just before our class), and bring a copy of your paper to class. We will begin class on March 20 by briefly sharing what we found from these interviews. 2. Leadership Case AnalysisFind an example in the news that related to ethical leadership. It can be an example of ethical or unethical leadership, and it should be from 2015 or later. Apply the Baird decision making model to the situation to diagram the ethical issues and approaches involved in the example. Your goal is to develop a case that looks like the ethics exercise we completed in class. An example has been posted on LEARN.3. Review of Academic ArticleIdentify an academic article that relates to course concepts and write-up a 2000 word review of the article answering some basic questions: (1) What is the purpose of the article (research report, theory development, critique? (2) What is the question or focus of the article, and why does the author argue that it is important? (3) What evidence or support is used to convince readers? (4) How does the article relate to other leadership literature? Where does it conflict with other literature? (5) Does the article inform your understanding of leadership? If so, how? If not, why not? (6) Would you recommend the article to someone else? If so, who and why? If not, why not?4. Preparation and ParticipationThis course relies on student participating and preparation. Please complete the assigned reading prior to class, and be prepared to discuss any assigned cases. You will also need to complete some leadership assessments. Please complete prior to class and bring your assessment results with you.
Available on the MGMT616 Learn webpage. Course hand-outs of selected readings and articles plus self-selected reading by students.
MGMT616S1 Course Outline LEARN
Departmental Academic Policies for the MCom Programme 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 General Course and Examination Regulations Dishonest PracticeThe University of Canterbury considers cheating and plagiarism to be serious acts of dishonesty. All assessed work must be your own individual work unless specifically stated otherwise in the assessment guidelines. Material quoted from any other source must be clearly acknowledged. You must not copy the work of another person (student or published work) in any assessment including examinations, tests and assignments. Any person, who is found to have copied someone else's work, or to have allowed their work to be copied, will receive a fail grade for that piece of assessment and may face disciplinary action which may lead to a fine, community service or exclusion from the university.IMPORTANT: Where there are concerns regarding the authorship of written course work, a student can be required to provide a formal, oral explanation of the content of their work.Coversheets - Group and Individual
Domestic fee $925.00
International Postgraduate fees
* 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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