Part A: Course Overview
Course Title: Leadership & Intersectionality
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
Some assumed prior learning or knowledge has informed the development of this course. If you have any questions, please contact the Course Coordinator.
Course Description
This course examines leadership from intersectional lenses, i.e., the overlap of various social identities that one holds including: ethnicity, gender, culture, class, age, nationality, etc. You will discuss implicit bias, unconscious bias, structural bias, and micro-aggressions. These biases will be benchmarked against the Sustainable Development Goals that feature inclusivity, equality, and justice (4, 5, 10, 16). This course builds on content delivered in BUSM2573.
Under-explored perspectives and cultures in Business Management literature, such as Asian, Muslim, and Indigenous perspectives, will be critically compared to traditional Business Management perspectives in a constructive way. This course equips you to be connected, adaptive, and inclusive leaders who can expertly lead teams comprised of individuals who embody multiple identities.
This course is a component of the Leadership and Strategy major.
Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development
Ethical Global Citizens (1A, 1B, 1C), Connected (2A), Adaptive (3B), Expert (5)
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 – Discuss the role of leadership from an intersectional perspective
CLO2 – Develop cultural and diversity frameworks actionable by business leaders suitable for designing inclusion strategies to create a positive commercial environment.
CLO3 – Evaluate the impact of under-explored perspectives and cultures in business management literature in comparison to traditional business management and leadership practices
CLO4 – Design an adaptive leadership approach using your collaboration skills to contribute to an organisational change strategy for specific commercial environments.
CLO5 – Discuss how to de-escalate workplace conflicts related to implicit bias, unconscious bias, structural bias, and micro-aggressions and reframe them to achieve the sustainable development goals of inclusivity, equality and justice.
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, 2
Assessment Task 2 – 50%
Linked CLOs: 4, 5
Assessment Task 3 – 30%
Linked CLOs: 3
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.