Part A: Course Overview
Course Title: Leadership, Self & Identity
Credit Points: 12.00
Course Coordinator: Dr Carol Janson Bond
Course Coordinator Phone: +61 3 9925
Course Coordinator Email: carol.bond@rmit.edu.au
Course Coordinator Location: 080.09.065
Course Coordinator Availability: On appointment
Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities
None
Course Description
Self-awareness has been identified as the most important characteristic of leader and leadership development. This course will focus on identifying students’ personality traits. You will analyse the implications of those traits on your own leadership development trajectories. In order to help you lead from your own sense of self, you will be guided to reflect on leadership in history, across cultures and contexts.
You will be guided to map your leadership development trajectory through this major. This course aligns your strengths and passions with resonant leadership theories. Students will also identify and reflect on the possible effects emerging technologies may have on leadership styles. By considering technology alongside leadership, you will be able to reflect critically on what it means to use technology ethically to achieve social, environmental, and economic organisational goals that take into consideration Indigenous perspectives. You will develop the foundation for a strong sense of life-long leadership identity.
This course is a component of the Leadership and Strategy major and minor.
Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development
Ethical Global Citizens (1A, 1B), Adaptive (3B), Expert (5), Critically Engaged (6)
If you are taking this course as part of a major, this course will complement the learning outcomes you are developing in your program.
CLO1 – Critically analyse and apply leadership theories and models in various organisational and historical settings with your peers.
CLO2 – Analyse current issues in leadership across a range of historical and contemporary organisational settings and workplace models.
CLO3 – Critically evaluate your own leadership style and development aspirations.
CLO4 – Incorporate feedback to enhance your leadership awareness.
CLO5 - Identify and analyse the ethical implications of emerging technologies on global commerce and appraise their ethical, social, environmental, and economic impacts.
Overview of Learning Activities
This course is delivered as a blend of face-to-face activities and online learning. Learning will be supported through in-class and online activities such as: personal development activities, guest speakers/expert commentators, case studies, prescribed readings, practical tasks, seeking and providing peer feedback, and reflective praxis.
Overview of Learning Resources
Various learning resources are available online through MyRMIT Studies/Canvas: https://www.rmit.edu.au/students/my-course/canvas
The lecture notes and workshop notes are posted on Canvas. RMIT Library provides extensive resources, services and study spaces. All RMIT students have access to scholarly resources including course related material, books, e-books, journals and databases.
Contact: Ask the Library for assistance and information on Library resources and services: http://www.rmit.edu.au/library.
Study support is available for assistance with assignment preparation, academic writing, information literacy, referencing, maths and study skills.
Additional resources and/or sources to assist your learning will be identified by your course coordinator and will be made available to you as required during the teaching period.
Overview of Assessment
The assessment tasks, their weighting, and the course learning outcomes to which they are aligned are as follows.
Assessment Task 1 - 20%
Linked CLOs: 1, 5
Assessment Task 2 – 30%
Linked CLOs: 2
Assessment Task 3 – 50%
Linked CLOs: 3, 4
Feedback will be provided throughout the semester in class and/or in online forums through individual and group feedback on progress, outcomes and approaches, and by individual consultation.
If you have a long-term medical condition and/or disability it may be possible to negotiate to vary aspects of the learning or assessment methods. You can contact the program coordinator or Equitable Learning Services if you would like to find out more.
Your course assessment conforms to RMIT assessment principles, regulations, policies, procedures, and instructions.