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Leadership and Management

Unit code: LTE302

Credit points12.5 Credit Points
Duration

One semester

Contact hours36 hours over the teaching period, normally 3 hours per week
CampusLilydale, Singapore
Prerequisites

Introduction to Management (LTE100)

Related course(s)

*From July, 2013 this unit will be taught at the Hawthorn Campus

Effective from 2010,
current students refer to unit outline
This is a prescribed unit of study in the Business Major/s. It may also be undertaken as a unit of study in any other Swinburne degree program, subject to the prerequisite and degree requirements.

Aims and objectives

• Explain the importance of effective leadership and management in contemporary organisations
• Describe and discuss critically theories and concepts and leadership and management
• Critically employ a model of leadership effectiveness to analysis the effectiveness of individual leaders
• Identify and discuss leadership and management behaviours and skills and discuss the interrelatedness of the function of leadership and management
• Critically asses one’s own personal leadership and management behaviour and sills, identify those behaviours and skills which need further development and plan a development program



Teaching methods

This unit will be taught in a variety of modes including face to face, online, distance and blended modes. Delivery of this unit may be through a mixture of lectures, tutorials, laboratories, seminars and online.

Assessment

Individual essay 30-40%
Tutorial/group activities 10-20%
Formal examination 40-50%

Generic skills outcomes

This unit will provide discipline-based knowledge and professional capabilities and experiences contributing to students’ progress in attaining generic skills such as:
• teamwork skills
• analysis skills
• problem solving skills
• communications skills
• ability to tackle unfamiliar problems
• ability to work independently

Text books

DuBrin, A.J., 2012, Leadership: Research Findings, Practice, and Skills, 6th Edition. South-Western Cengage Learning, Mason, OH, USA.