Leadership: Theory and Practice
PostgraduateUND-BUSN56202025
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- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 13 weeks
- Start dates
- 28 Apr 2025
- Loan available
- FEE-HELP available
Leadership: Theory and Practice
About this subject
At the completion of this course you should be able to:
1. Critique a range of leadership theories and styles
2. Analyse the relationships between leadership, culture and performance
3. Evaluate the values involved in leading and managing an organisation
4. Apply leadership theory and concepts to practical cases.
- Leadership practices
- Leadership theories and styles
- Leading and managing organisations
This course introduces students to a range of leadership theories in order to examine the impacts of leadership across organisations within the context of increasing external complexity. Students are encouraged to critically reflect upon leadership practices with a view to developing an awareness of their own leadership capacities.
- Essay 1 (30%)
- Case Study. (40%)
- Essay 2 (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:
Core
- UND-LDR-MAS-2025 - Master of Leadership
Elective
- UND-ELM-MAS-2025 - Master of Education (Leadership & Management)
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
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Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
PostgraduateUND-LDR-MAS
Master of Education (Leadership & Management)
PostgraduateUND-ELM-MAS