Global Leadership
Duration
- One semester or equivalent
Contact hours
- 36 hours
Prerequisites
75 credit pointsAims and objectives
In a global economy, leaders of best-in-class organizations understand that successful management of diversity is essential for continued competitive advantage. The world's exploding diversity coupled with technological advancements demand effective collaboration among employees from different cultures, beliefs, and backgrounds. This unit provides an opportunity to explore the changing demographics as they impact organizations of today and in the future and to examine the business reasons underlying best-in-class organizations’ motivations to more fully appreciate a business goal orientation that incorporates the backgrounds, cultures, experiences, viewpoints, styles, and contributions of all workforce members. Students are asked to reflect on key ethical, legal, policy, and business implications of diversity and, from the course experience, to develop a personal model of effective diversity leadership.
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
1. Understand, identify, compare and contrast successful global leadership competencies both personal and in others
2. Enhance culture-specific awareness through powerful discussions and scenarios
3. Evaluate and critique global leadership development opportunities and barriers resulting from the role of nationality, ethnic background, gender and/or religious perspectives
4. Fashion a global mindset that transcends and incorporates the complexities, incongruities, risks and rewards inherent in and from globalization
5. Recognize the impact of culture and ways of learning on motivation and leadership
Courses with unit
This unit is part of the Global Leadership Program suite of coursesUnit information in detail
- Teaching methods, assessment, general skills outcomes and content.
Teaching methods
Face to Face Mode:
Scheduled hours: Class (12 x 3 hrs)
Online Mode: NEU
Engaging with online content and discussions
Student workload:
For all teaching and learning structures (both face to face and online), students are expected to spend an average of 150 hours per unit in total over the duration of the study period
This includes all:
• Scheduled teaching and learning events and activities (contact hours timetabled in a face-to-face teaching space) and scheduled online learning events (contact hours scheduled in an online teaching space), and
• Non-scheduled learning events and activities (including directed online learning activities, assessments, independent study, student group meetings, and research)
To be successful, students should:
• Read all prescribed materials and/or view videos in preparation for each class
• Attend and engage in all scheduled classes (face to face or online)
• Start assessment tasks well ahead of the due date, and submit assessments promptly
• Read / listen to all feedback carefully, and consider it for future assessment
• Engage with fellow students and teaching staff (don’t hesitate to ask questions)
Scheduled hours: Class (12 x 3 hrs)
Online Mode: NEU
Engaging with online content and discussions
Student workload:
For all teaching and learning structures (both face to face and online), students are expected to spend an average of 150 hours per unit in total over the duration of the study period
This includes all:
• Scheduled teaching and learning events and activities (contact hours timetabled in a face-to-face teaching space) and scheduled online learning events (contact hours scheduled in an online teaching space), and
• Non-scheduled learning events and activities (including directed online learning activities, assessments, independent study, student group meetings, and research)
To be successful, students should:
• Read all prescribed materials and/or view videos in preparation for each class
• Attend and engage in all scheduled classes (face to face or online)
• Start assessment tasks well ahead of the due date, and submit assessments promptly
• Read / listen to all feedback carefully, and consider it for future assessment
• Engage with fellow students and teaching staff (don’t hesitate to ask questions)
Assessment
1. Short Assignment (Individual) 20-30%
2. Case Analysis (Individual) 20-30%
3. Discussion Board, postings and presentation (Individual/Group) 40-60%
General skills outcomes
• Teamwork skills
• Analysis skills
• Problem solving skills
• Communication skills
• Ability to tackle unfamiliar problems
• Ability to work independently.
• Analysis skills
• Problem solving skills
• Communication skills
• Ability to tackle unfamiliar problems
• Ability to work independently.
Content
• Global leadership competencies
• Enhancing culture-specific awareness
• Global leadership development opportunities and barriers
• Complexities, incongruities, risks and rewards inherent in and from globalisation
• Impact of culture and ways of learning on motivation and leadership
• Enhancing culture-specific awareness
• Global leadership development opportunities and barriers
• Complexities, incongruities, risks and rewards inherent in and from globalisation
• Impact of culture and ways of learning on motivation and leadership
Study resources
- Reading materials.
Reading materials
Students are advised to check the unit outline in the relevant teaching period for appropriate textbooks and further reading.