Strategic Leadership
Duration
- One Semester or equivalent
Contact hours
- 36 Hours
2020 teaching periods
Hawthorn
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Dates: Results: Last self enrolment: Census: Last withdraw without fail: |
Prerequisites
Aims and objectives
• Differentiate the strategic nature of leadership
• Define strategy and understand that personal and an organization’s strategy is a dynamic process
• Become familiar with key strategic concepts and tools
• Learn fundamentals of analysing industry dynamics, responding to competitive challenges, and improving organizational performance
• Define strategic decisions and understand appropriate processes to overcome strategic decision-making challenges
• Understand key factors necessary to execute a strategy
• Enhance strategic leader competence and mindset by applying strategic tools to a personal and/or organizational development plan
• Assess the impact of culture and gender on leadership style and advancement
Courses with unit
Unit information in detail
- Teaching methods, assessment, general skills outcomes and content.
Teaching methods
Online:
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
2. Class participation (Individual) 20-30%
3. Mid-term exam (Individual) 20-40%
4. Final paper (Individual) 20-30%
General skills outcomes
• Problem solving skills
• Communication skills
• Ability to tackle unfamiliar problems
• Ability to work independently.
Content
• The future isn’t what it used to be
• What does ethics have to do with strategy?
• Strategic decision making
• Strategy as a dynamic process
• Competitive challenges
• Gender and culture
• Strategic leader
Study resources
- Reading materials.