Details for LEA535 Organisational Leadership

In today’s rapidly evolving landscape, leaders need tools to rethink and redefine how they achieve goals and inspire teams. This unit focuses on analysing and enhancing organisational structures to lead change effectively. You will delve into systems thinking, develop high-performance work systems, and navigate the complexities of organisational culture.

Quick Stats

  • Currently offered by Alphacrucis: Yes
  • Course code: LEA535
  • Credit points: 10

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Prerequisite

Nil

Unit Content

Outcomes

  1. Describe the process whereby organisations form and evolve over time.
  2. Critically analyse the importance of organisational structures, which are possible, to empower and provide opportunities for leadership development.
  3. Identify and distinguish the levels of complexity existing within organisations and their implications in staff selection and development.
  4. Create an effective ‘real team’ of leaders.
  5. Illustrate an advanced abilityto create and modify the beliefs (values), which give rise to an organisations culture.
  6. Explain the processes involved in leading through change and the obstacles normally encountered within an organisation.

Subject Content

  • Systems Thinking
  • Organisations and Organisational Life Cycle
  • The Nature of Work
  • Holistic Approaches to Leadership
  • Systems Leadership
  • Organisational Culture
  • High Performance Work Systems
  • Human Capabilities
  • Decision Making
  • Managing Conflict and Negotiation
  • Leading and Managing Change
  • Organisational Aud

This course may be offered in the following formats

  • Face to Face (onsite)
  • E-learning (online)

Please consult your course prospectus or enquire about how and when this course will be offered next at Alphacrucis University College.

Assessment Methods

  • Leadership Journal (15%)
  • Minor Essay (35%)
  • Case Study Analysis (50%)

Prescribed Text

  • Macdonald, I., Burke, C., and Stewart, K. (2019) Systems Leadership (2nd ed.). Routledge.

Please consult your instructor before purchasing any textbooks.