CQUniversity Unit Profile
MGMT28002 Transformational Leadership and Mentoring
Transformational Leadership and Mentoring
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General Information

Overview

In today’s dynamic business environment, leadership and mentoring are game-changers—core skills that elevate consultants from competent to truly impactful. This unit empowers you to develop these essential capabilities, helping you influence change, guide others, and drive purpose-led outcomes. You will explore the power of transformational leadership, learning how to inspire collaborative teams and confidently navigate change. At the same time, you will delve into the art of mentoring—a powerful, long-term approach to supporting growth and development in others while sharpening your own leadership identity. Through real-world case studies and critical reflection, you will examine values, motivation, personality, and the use of power to shape individual and team performance. You will also discover how culture and context influence the effectiveness of different leadership and mentoring styles. Importantly, this unit connects leadership and mentoring to global impact. You will explore how business consultants and organisational leaders—both internal and external—can align with the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), turning businesses into catalysts for positive social change while still meeting stakeholder expectations. Whether you are looking to lead teams, grow talent, or drive sustainable business practices, this unit will give you the tools to lead with confidence, purpose, and impact.

Details

Career Level: Postgraduate
Unit Level: Level 8
Credit Points: 6
Student Contribution Band: 10
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load: 0.125

Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

Anti-requisite: MGMT29004 Transformational Leadership and Mentoring

Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).

Offerings For Term 1 - 2026

Online

Attendance Requirements

All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).

Website

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Class and Assessment Overview

Recommended Student Time Commitment

Each 6-credit Postgraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.

Class Timetable

Regional Campuses
Bundaberg, Cairns, Emerald, Gladstone, Mackay, Rockhampton, Townsville
Metropolitan Campuses
Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth, Sydney

Assessment Overview

1. Written Assessment
Weighting: 40%
2. Presentation
Weighting: 20%
3. Take Home Exam
Weighting: 40%

Assessment Grading

This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of 'pass' in order to pass the unit. If any 'pass/fail' tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully ('pass' grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the 'assessment task' section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%). Consult the University's Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades.

CQUniversity Policies

All University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.

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This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.

Previous Student Feedback

Feedback, Recommendations and Responses

Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.

Feedback from Personal reflection

Feedback

Improve the clarity in assessment material

Recommendation

Re-develop the assessment criteria, information, and marking rubric. Develop this in collaboration with head of course.

Feedback from Personal reflection

Feedback

Introduce an assessment item for group work

Recommendation

In-lieu of the take-home exam, group work assessment item can be introduced. This assessment can be linked to graduate attributes such as communication, leadership, research, and knowledge.

Unit Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
  1. Evaluate the impact of leaders and mentors in different organisational settings and actively reflect on how their practices can drive commitment to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
  2. Assess how mentoring and leadership approaches influence employee development and client outcomes in consultancy settings.
  3. Apply established mentoring and leadership theories—individually and in teams—to effectively identify and address performance challenges and organisational change.
  4. Demonstrate the ability to interpret and effectively apply knowledge, skills, and concepts related to leadership and mentoring when working with both internal and external stakeholders.
  5. Critically analyse and reflect on cultural differences in leadership and mentoring and evaluate their implications for followers.

The unit does not link to any specific external professional accreditation.

Alignment of Learning Outcomes, Assessment and Graduate Attributes
N/A Level
Introductory Level
Intermediate Level
Graduate Level
Professional Level
Advanced Level

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes

Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
1 2 3 4 5
1 - Written Assessment - 40%
2 - Presentation - 20%
3 - Take Home Exam - 40%

Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes

Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
1 2 3 4 5
1 - Knowledge
2 - Communication
3 - Cognitive, technical and creative skills
4 - Research
5 - Self-management
6 - Ethical and Professional Responsibility
7 - Leadership
8 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures
Textbooks and Resources

Information for Textbooks and Resources has not been released yet.

This information will be available on Monday 16 February 2026
Academic Integrity Statement

As a CQUniversity student you are expected to act honestly in all aspects of your academic work.

Any assessable work undertaken or submitted for review or assessment must be your own work. Assessable work is any type of work you do to meet the assessment requirements in the unit, including draft work submitted for review and feedback and final work to be assessed.

When you use the ideas, words or data of others in your assessment, you must thoroughly and clearly acknowledge the source of this information by using the correct referencing style for your unit. Using others’ work without proper acknowledgement may be considered a form of intellectual dishonesty.

Participating honestly, respectfully, responsibly, and fairly in your university study ensures the CQUniversity qualification you earn will be valued as a true indication of your individual academic achievement and will continue to receive the respect and recognition it deserves.

As a student, you are responsible for reading and following CQUniversity’s policies, including the Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure. This policy sets out CQUniversity’s expectations of you to act with integrity, examples of academic integrity breaches to avoid, the processes used to address alleged breaches of academic integrity, and potential penalties.

What is a breach of academic integrity?

A breach of academic integrity includes but is not limited to plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, cheating, contract cheating, and academic misconduct. The Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure defines what these terms mean and gives examples.

Why is academic integrity important?

A breach of academic integrity may result in one or more penalties, including suspension or even expulsion from the University. It can also have negative implications for student visas and future enrolment at CQUniversity or elsewhere. Students who engage in contract cheating also risk being blackmailed by contract cheating services.

Where can I get assistance?

For academic advice and guidance, the Academic Learning Centre (ALC) can support you in becoming confident in completing assessments with integrity and of high standard.

What can you do to act with integrity?