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WORK2222: Leadership

2025 unit information

Leadership is increasingly seen to be a key factor affecting the performance of contemporary organisations and is an important area of study in the fields of management and organisational behaviour. While leadership principles are often associated with the work of senior management, they also have potential application to all members of organisations, including people at the beginning of their career. This unit explores conventional and alternative perspectives on leadership and provides a range of leadership case studies. Further, this unit of study challenges students to engage in self-reflection on their own leadership values, strengths and areas for development. Finally, this unit helps students to develop their skills in perspective-taking, problem-solving, decision-making and having influence, so as to effectively leverage these skills at the outset of their career.

Unit details and rules

Managing faculty or University school:

Business (Business School)

Study level Undergraduate
Academic unit Work and Organisational Studies
Credit points 6
Prerequisites:
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Completion of 24 credit point of 1000-level units
Corequisites:
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None
Prohibitions:
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WORK3202
Assumed knowledge:
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WORK1003 and WORK1004

At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:

  • LO1. Analyze several major theories driving the leadership strategies of organisations and individual leaders
  • LO2. Apply a range of empirical examples to demonstrate the complexity of leadership in various economic, historical and geographical contexts
  • LO3. Engage in self-reflection and use this to engage in communicating, problem-solving, and negotiating, to solve contemporary leadership challenges.

Unit availability

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Session MoA ?  Location Outline ? 
Semester 1 2024
Normal day Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Semester 2 2024
Normal day Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Session MoA ?  Location Outline ? 
Semester 1 2025
Normal day Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Outline unavailable
Semester 2 2025
Normal day Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Outline unavailable
Session MoA ?  Location Outline ? 
Semester 1 2023
Normal day Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Semester 1 2023
Normal day Remote

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