Leadership
UndergraduateLTU-MGT3LWM2025
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- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 12 weeks
- Start dates
- 3 Mar 2025
- Loan available
- HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
Leadership
About this subject
On successful completion you will be able to:
- Critically analyse key leadership theories and approaches and evaluate their impact on organisational outcomes.
- Develop and apply practical leadership skills to create positive changes in a diverse range of organisational contexts.
- Research and apply evidence-based leadership theories and findings to address real-world management challenges, fostering sustainable individual and organisational growth.
- What Does it Mean to Be a Leader?
- Traits and Behaviours
- Approaches to Leadership
- Leading With the Head and Heart
- Motivation and Empowerment
- Communication to Persuade and Influence
- Leading Teams
- Power and Influence
- Leading Change
- Shaping Culture and Values
Leaders have recently had their assumptions challenged about how organisations succeed. Additionally, leaders are struggling to make sense of the shifting environment and learning how to lead the people in their companies effectively and successfully in the midst of turmoil. In this subject, you will examine key leadership theories and the current trends in responsible leadership across a range of workplace contexts. You will apply these theories to critically address these issues that are directly relevant to the current turbulent environment. In this subject, you will have the opportunity to examine, discuss and solve real-world leadership problems.
- Leadership style evaluation (1200 words) (30%)
- Leadership case study analysis (1500 words) (40%)
- Leadership reflection video (1200 words equivalent) (30%)
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Entry requirements
Part of a degree
To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Elective
- LAT-BUS-DEG-2025 - Bachelor of Business
- LAT-ART-DEG-2025 - Bachelor of Arts
- LAT-PYS-DEG-2025 - Bachelor of Psychological Science
Others
Prerequisites: Students must have completed 120 credit points.
Past La Trobe University students who have previously completed MGT3LWX (Leadership) are ineligible to enrol in this subject.
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.
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Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
UndergraduateLAT-BUS-DEG
UndergraduateLAT-ART-DEG
Bachelor of Psychological Science
UndergraduateLAT-PYS-DEG