MPL700 Leadership Practice with Impact

Syllabus

• Week 1

  Orientation to your Leadership degree

  • Start your learning journey

    Let’s explore what you can expect from your degree and from your unit.

  • Supporting your success

    Meet your teaching team and find out more about what you'll be covering in this unit, what you hope to get out of it and start exploring basic leadership concepts.

• Week 2

  What is leadership?

  • Getting started

    Meet your education team and find out more about what you'll be covering in this course, what you hope to get out of it and start exploring basic leadership concepts.

  • Who do you see as a leader?

    Explore leaders as role models and reflect on what your choice of leader role models say about you.

  • What is leadership?

    Explore how leadership is defined by researchers and practitioners.

  • Introduction to assessments 1-3

    Introduction to assessments 1-3

  • Weekly wrap

    Reflect on the key principles covered this week and find out what's coming up next.

• Week 3

  Leadership in practice

  • Welcome back

    Find out what is in store for this week, and take a closer look at your first task for Assessment 1.

  • Power: leadership vs management

    Examine the difference between management and leadership by reflecting on sources of power and influence, and how these play out in the workplace.

  • Difference, perception and leadership

    Discover ways in which individual differences influence how people see leadership.

  • Weekly wrap

    Reflect on the concepts and frameworks we have explored so far, and find out what’s coming next.

• Week 4

  Early theories of leadership

  • Welcome back

    Get ready to explore more recent leadership theories and find out more about your second task for Assessment 1.

  • Leadership traits

    Explore the traits and theories associated with effective leaders.

  • Leadership behaviours

    Discover the theory behind which styles of leadership are considered to be the most successful.

  • Weekly wrap

    Reflect on what you've learned this week and find out what’s coming next.

• Week 5

  Leadership context

  • Welcome back

    Find out more about what we’ll be covering this week.

  • Situational leadership

    Investigate how your surroundings impact on leadership effectiveness.

  • Contingency leadership

    Explore how you can make leadership suit both the individual and the context.

  • Path-goal theory

    Identify how obstacles impact leadership effectiveness.

  • Weekly wrap

    Reflect on what you've learnt about charismatic and transformational leadership, how they differ from transactional approaches and find out what's coming up next.

• Week 6

  Charismatic and transformational leadership

  • Welcome back

    Find out more about what we’ll covering this week, plus details of your first task for Assessment 2.

  • Charismatic leadership

    Start exploring recent leadership theories beginning with charismatic approaches.

  • Transformational leadership

    Discover why transformational approaches to leadership dominate most contemporary research within this field.

  • Weekly wrap

    Reflect on what you’ve covered this week.

• Week 7

  Authentic and servant leadership

  • Welcome back

    Get ready to explore two more leadership theories.

  • Authentic leadership

    Determine if you're the 'real deal' when it comes to authentic leadership, including how this relates to your final task for Assessment 2.

  • Servant leadership

    Discover how to lead by serving others.

  • Weekly wrap

    Reflect on what you’ve learnt about leader-member exchange and path-goal theory and find out about what’s coming up next.

• Week 8

  Implicit leadership theories

  • Examine implicit theories

    Find out more about what we’re covering this week.

  • Global leadership and you

    Explore your views of leadership in a global context.

  • Weekly wrap

    Reflect on what we've addressed this week and look ahead to what's coming next.

• Week 9

  Critiquing leadership theories

  • Welcome back

    We’ll examine why some theories and conceptual frameworks endure, while others fall by the wayside.

  • Everyone’s a critic

    Explore how to apply critical thinking to your leadership practice.

  • The role of leadership theory in practice

    Examine how leadership theories inform your leadership practice.

  • Weekly wrap

    Review what you’ve learnt about lay theories followership and find out what’s coming up next.

• Week 10

  Contemporary leadership in a changing world

  • Welcome back

    In this section, you will delve into the actions leaders take to address critical challenges in our society, beginning with crisis leadership.

  • Crisis leadership

    Organisations may face diverse crises that demand effective leadership. In this section, you will explore some valuable frameworks of effective crisis leadership.

  • Digital leadership

    Digital technologies are enhancing organisational efficiency while simultaneously presenting challenges to leadership. In this section, you will discover how to be an effective leader in a rapidly digitising world.

  • Weekly wrap

    Reflect on what you’ve looked at this week and find out what’s on for next week (our final week of content).

• Week 11

  Contemporary leadership for a better world

  • Welcome back

    Get ready to explore how to lead for an inclusive and sustainable world.

  • Leading for inclusion

    Learn how to lead an increasingly diverse workforce and create an inclusive workplace.

  • Leading for sustainability

    Explore what a leader can do to make our world more sustainable.

  • It's a wrap

    Reflect on what you’ve covered this week.

  • Final assessment submission

    Use this step to submit your Assessment 3 report.

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