Overview
Organisations are social entities and as such require the coordination and alignment of activities undertaken by people to achieve organisational goals. Management is defined as working with and through others whilst leadership is defined as the ability to influence others in a goal directed path. In this unit you will develop an understanding of the differences between management and leadership. You will address specific aspects of different management and leadership styles, including delegation and performance management, their appropriateness and impact given people and cultural context. You will critically examine the individual attributes such as values, personality, motivation and the use of power and how they affect individual and team performance. You will also gain an appreciation of the key role played by organisational leaders in the implementation and alignment of the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals and how organisations and businesses can become institutions of positive social change as well as meeting the needs of shareholders and/ or stakeholders.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Students enrolling in this unit must be undertaking the CL84 Master of Business Administration (International).
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 2 - 2022
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).
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
Assessment Overview
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.
All University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
You may wish to view these policies:
- Grades and Results Policy
- Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework)
- Review of Grade Procedure
- Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure – Domestic Students
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure – International Students
- Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
- Student Feedback – Compliments and Complaints Policy and Procedure
- Information and Communications Technology Acceptable Use Policy and Procedure
This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
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 Student evaluation and self-reflection
Assessment feedback needs to be detailed
Make use of the Feedback Studio features to provide detailed feedback to students
- Analyse and critically reflect on the contribution made by leaders and managers in different organisational settings, in particular their role in fostering commitment to sustainable development goals
- Evaluate the impact of different approaches to managing and leading on employees
- Apply established management and leadership theories both independently and collaboratively to effectively identify and manage organisational and individual performance issues
- Interpret and successfully apply knowledge, skills and ideas related to leading and managing people to a range of internal and external stakeholders
- Analyse critically and reflect on cultural differences in leadership and the implication for followers.
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment - 50% | |||||
| 2 - Presentation - 30% | |||||
| 3 - Case Study - 20% | |||||
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 | |||||
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment - 50% | ||||||||
| 2 - Presentation - 30% | ||||||||
| 3 - Case Study - 20% | ||||||||
Textbooks
There are no required textbooks.
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
- Zoom (both microphone and webcam capability)
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: American Psychological Association 7th Edition (APA 7th edition)
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
p.hutapea@cqu.edu.au
s.macht@cqu.edu.au
Module/Topic
Introduction to Management and Leadership:
Differentiating management and leadership. Reviewing the history of managerial thought. Management Models and approaches:
- Fayol’s Administrative Model
- Mintzberg’s 10 Managerial Roles
Management and Leadership in Indonesia.
Chapter
Essential: Daft (2015) Ch 1 & 2
Recommended: Schermerhorn et al. (2020) Ch 2
Refer to the eReading list in Moodle for full citations as well as additional recommended readings
Events and Submissions/Topic
Workshop requirements are provided in Moodle each week. Please prepare for these by accessing the recommended readings in the eReading list.
Start thinking about forming a group for Assessment 2. Groups need to be formed no later than Week 6.
Module/Topic
Professionalism, Ethics and Decision Making:
What is a professional manager or leader?
What are the ethical duties of management and leadership? Ethical decision making: How do we make informed and ethical decisions using a simplified approach.
Chapter
Essential: Daft (2015) Ch 6
Recommended: Schermerhorn et al. (2020) Ch 5
Refer to the eReading list in Moodle for full citations as well as additional recommended readings
Events and Submissions/Topic
Workshop requirements are provided in Moodle each week. Please prepare for these by accessing the recommended readings in the eReading list.
Module/Topic
Emotional Intelligence and Self Awareness:
Distinguishing EI from IQ
The input based approaches to competency
Review of the ESCI model Self-awareness and the importance of reflection in management and leadership.
Chapter
Essential: Daft Ch 5
Recommended: Scan the book by Goleman (2017)
Refer to the eReading list in Moodle for full citations as well as additional recommended readings
Events and Submissions/Topic
Workshop requirements are provided in Moodle each week. Please prepare for these by accessing the recommended readings in the eReading list.
Module/Topic
Leadership 1: Situational Leadership:
Understanding leadership styles based on context, situation and task.
Situational Leadership:
- Fielder’s contingency model
- Hershey and Blanchard
- Vroom’s Expectancy Model
Chapter
Essential: Daft (2015) Ch 3
Recommended: Schermerhorn et al. (2020) Ch 13
Refer to the eReading list in Moodle for full citations as well as additional recommended readings
Events and Submissions/Topic
Workshop requirements are provided in Moodle each week. Please prepare for these by accessing the recommended readings in the eReading list.
Module/Topic
Authentic Leadership and genuinenes:
Transformational vs transactional leadership
Authentic leadership and followership
Kouzes and Posner’s 5 Exemplary leadership practices.
Chapter
Essential: Daft (2015) Ch 5 & 7
Recommended: Schermerhorn et al. (2020) Ch 13
Refer to the eReading list in Moodle for full citations as well as additional recommended readings
Events and Submissions/Topic
Workshop requirements are provided in Moodle each week. Please prepare for these by accessing the recommended readings in the eReading list.
Finalise Group formation by choosing a Group from the list provided in Moodle
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Understanding Others: Motivation:
Intrinsic vs extrinsic motivation
Content-based theories of Motivation:
Needs approaches: Maslow and Hertzberg, McClelland.
Chapter
Essential: Daft (2015) Ch 8
Recommended: Schermerhorn et al. (2020) Ch 15
Refer to the eReading list in Moodle for full citations as well as additional recommended readings
Events and Submissions/Topic
Workshop requirements are provided in Moodle each week. Please prepare for these by accessing the recommended readings in the eReading list.
Groups are finalised and locked this Friday; no late changes are permitted.
Module/Topic
Effective Delegation and Empowerment:
Strategies for effective delegation. Authority and Responsibility: The Tannenbaum and Schmidt continuum and Leadership.
Sources of poor performance
Types of performers and strategies for dealing with employees (the Potential Productivity Matrix).
The importance of process and procedural fairness in performance management.
Chapter
Essential: Daft (2015) Ch 12
Recommended: Schermerhorn et al. (2020) Ch 12
Refer to the eReading list in Moodle for full citations as well as additional recommended readings
Events and Submissions/Topic
Workshop requirements are provided in Moodle each week. Please prepare for these by accessing the recommended readings in the eReading list.
Assessment 1 is due by this week on 1 September 2022 at 6 PM AEST.
Results and feedback will be provided via Moodle on Week 9.
Assessment 1: Effective Management and Leadership Due: Week 7 Thursday (1 Sept 2022) 6:00 pm AEST
Module/Topic
Developing Power and Influence:
Understanding and developing power bases
Individual and organisational sources of power.
French and Raven’s 5 power bases
Ethical use of power
Influence strategies
Chapter
Essential: Daft (2015) Ch 12
Refer to the eReading list in Moodle for full citation as well as additional recommended readings
Events and Submissions/Topic
Workshop requirements are provided in Moodle each week. Please prepare for these by accessing the recommended readings in the eReading list.
Module/Topic
Managing Conflict and Negotiation:
Understanding the sources of conflict
Conflict as a process: Robbins vs Quinn Models
Conflict handing behaviours Integrative and distributive negotiation
Chapter
Essential: Whetten & Cameron (2016) Ch 9
Refer to the eReading list in Moodle for full citations as well as additional recommended readings
Events and Submissions/Topic
Workshop requirements are provided in Moodle each week. Please prepare for these by accessing the recommended readings in the eReading list.
Module/Topic
Managing Up and Understanding Dysfunctional Leaders:
Identifying the 6 managerial styles and behaviours and the impact on others.
Types of ineffective and dangerous leaders and managers:
- corporate psychopaths
- narcissist
- incompetents
Coping strategies.
Different Types of Narcissists
Developing "managing up strategies"
Chapter
Essential: Rosenbach et al. (2012) Ch 16, 19 & 20
Recommended: Gabarro, J. J. and John P. Kotter, J. P. (2005), ‘Managing Your Boss’, Harvard Business Review, 83(1), pp. 92 - 99.
Refer to the eReading list in Moodle for full citations as well as additional recommended readings
Events and Submissions/Topic
Workshop requirements are provided in Moodle each week. Please prepare for these by accessing the recommended readings in the eReading list.
Module/Topic
Global perspectives on leadership and international business:
Global leadership competencies
The "Globe" studies of international leadership
Leadership in cultural contexts.
International business challenges: bribery and corruption and International legislation.
Chapter
Essential: Daft (2015) Ch 11
Recommended: Schermerhorn et al. (2020) Ch 4
Refer to the eReading list in Moodle for full citations as well as additional recommended readings
Events and Submissions/Topic
Workshop requirements are provided in Moodle each week. Please prepare for these by accessing the recommended readings in the eReading list.
Module/Topic
Group Presentations, Unit Review and Case Preparation
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Preparation for group presentations and case analysis.
Assessment 2 is due by this week on 6 October 2022 at 6 PM AEST.
Results and feedback will be provided via Moodle on Exam Week.
Assessment 2: Leadership and Management in Practice Due: Week 12 Thursday (6 Oct 2022) 6:00 pm AEST
Module/Topic
Reviewing all chapters/modules learned.
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
The Take-home case study is due by this week on 20 October 2022 at 1 AM AEST.
Results and feedback will be provided on the Certification of Grades.
Take Home Case Study Due: Exam Week Thursday (20 Oct 2022) 1:00 am AEST
1 Written Assessment
The purpose of the assignment is to increase your understanding of what constitutes effective management and leadership practice within an organisational context. You will also increase your own level of self-awareness by reflecting on your level of management and leadership capability. You will need to complete three diagnostic tools, at least one related to management and at least one related to leadership, and reflect on the results in the light of the better practices identified in the first part of the assignment. To get the most value from this task, you are expected to use examples from your own practice or observations to illustrate key aspects of effective management and leadership practice.
Week 7 Thursday (1 Sept 2022) 6:00 pm AEST
Please submit your report as a Word document via Moodle.
Week 9 Thursday (15 Sept 2022)
Feedback is provided via Moodle.
As a Masters-level student, you are required to engage in research as per the Australia Quality Framework (AQF) guidelines. Two specific requirements need to be considered. Students need to demonstrate “a body of knowledge that includes the understanding of recent developments in a discipline and/or area of professional practice", and demonstrate "knowledge of research principles and methods applicable to a field of work and/or learning”. Each unit in your Masters program has a number of required weekly readings in terms of academic texts, journals and business publications that represent the appropriate body of knowledge and recent developments referred to by the AQF. In order to demonstrate the ability to engage in appropriate research, students should read and utilise these texts and journals and publications, and as a Masters student, demonstrate an ability to research beyond this minimum standard through additional texts, journals and studies that demonstrate an ability to engage in independent research. This is an advanced level unit, and accrediting bodies are also looking for evidence of independent research, so the ability to conduct this project without continually relying on your tutors and lecturers is an important part of the learning process for this unit.
You should ensure that you understand the specific research that is required for each assessment piece and recognise that if you merely meet this minimum requirement, you will receive the minimum grade for demonstrated research. Your attention is drawn to the University’s stated position on plagiarism. THE WORK OF OTHERS, WHICH IS INCLUDED IN THE ASSIGNMENT MUST BE ATTRIBUTED TO ITS SOURCE. A full list of references must be submitted as part of the assessment. Your assignment will be marked on the following criteria; detailed marking rubrics are available in Moodle:
- Clear definition and overview of management and leadership (10%)
- A concise summary of the key theories and concepts related to management, leadership, and self-awareness (20%)
- The use of a minimum of three diagnostic tools (at least one related to management and at least one related to leadership) (30%)
- A concise reflection on the results of the tools and how these enhance greater awareness of individual management and leadership practice (20%)
- Breadth and quality of research, using a minimum of 12 academic sources (10%)
- Correctly using the APA referencing system to cite an academic source (in-text and in the reference list) (10%)
Late submission and academic misconduct penalties will be applied in accordance with the university policies.
- Analyse and critically reflect on the contribution made by leaders and managers in different organisational settings, in particular their role in fostering commitment to sustainable development goals
- Evaluate the impact of different approaches to managing and leading on employees
- Apply established management and leadership theories both independently and collaboratively to effectively identify and manage organisational and individual performance issues
- Interpret and successfully apply knowledge, skills and ideas related to leading and managing people to a range of internal and external stakeholders
- Analyse critically and reflect on cultural differences in leadership and the implication for followers.
- Knowledge
- Communication
- Research
- Self-management
- Ethical and Professional Responsibility
- Leadership
2 Presentation
Students are to prepare a presentation addressing specific aspect of leadership practice. Students will be allocated to groups by Week 6 of term. The size and composition of groups will be determined by the class facilitator and will normally not be negotiable.
Each group will select two prominent leaders or managers, of which one must be a business leader. The specific task is to analyse the behaviour of each, citing examples to illustrate and then contrast these against management and leadership models and theories to determine the extent of effective or ineffective practice. Students are expected to refer not only to leadership and management theories, but also specific concepts studied throughout the term including ethics, motivation, delegation, power and influence, etc., and how these leaders and managers use these aspects as part of their practice, and assess the impact on followers.
This is a pass-fail activity and students must be in a group; students cannot undertake this task individually.
Students are to prepare a presentation addressing a specific aspect of leadership practice. Students must upload their presentation, which consists of the PowerPoint slides, an executive summary of approximately 1,200-1,500 words, and a reference list, to the Moodle site by the due date.
Presentation: 15 - 20 minutes per group.
Written Summary: 1,200-1,500 words (maximum).
Each group member is required to contribute equally to both the development and delivery of the Presentation and Written Summary. The submission of a 'Statement of Contribution' (see Moodle), recording the input of each individual member to the development of the Presentation and Written Summary, must be attached to the Written Summary submission.
Week 12 Thursday (6 Oct 2022) 6:00 pm AEST
Presentation due in class. Please submit your report (including reference list) and PowerPoint slides via Moodle.
Exam Week Thursday (20 Oct 2022)
Feedback provided in class. Marks will be made available in Moodle within 2 weeks.
As a Masters-level student, you are required to engage in research as per the Australia Quality Framework (AQF) guidelines. Two specific requirements need to be considered. Students need to demonstrate “a body of knowledge that includes the understanding of recent developments in a discipline and/or area of professional practice", and demonstrate "knowledge of research principles and methods applicable to a field of work and/or learning”. Each unit in your Masters program has a number of required weekly readings in terms of academic texts, journals and business publications that represent the appropriate body of knowledge and recent developments referred to by the AQF. In order to demonstrate the ability to engage in appropriate research, students should read and utilise these texts and journals and publications, and as a Masters student, demonstrate an ability to research beyond this minimum standard through additional texts, journals and studies that demonstrate an ability to engage in independent research. This is an advanced level unit, and accrediting bodies are also looking for evidence of independent research, so the ability to conduct this project without continually relying on your tutors and lecturers is an important part of the learning process for this unit. You should ensure that you understand the specific research that is required for each assessment piece and recognise that if you merely meet this minimum requirement, you will receive the minimum grade for demonstrated research. Your attention is drawn to the University’s stated position on plagiarism. THE WORK OF OTHERS, WHICH IS INCLUDED IN THE ASSIGNMENT MUST BE ATTRIBUTED TO ITS SOURCE. A full list of references must be submitted as part of the assessment. Your assignment will be marked on the following criteria; detailed marking rubrics are available in Moodle:
- Quality of research – Demonstrate a thorough knowledge of relevant concepts/materials through the use of a minimum of 12 academic quality sources (including a minimum of five relevant peer-reviewed academic journal articles). (10%)
- Application of theory – Ability to incorporate relevant key leadership and management terms, theories, models, and concepts. (30%)
- Ability to use specific examples of leader and manager behaviours to illustrate effective or ineffective practice. (20%)
- Presentation structure and delivery - Concise and structured presentation using audio visuals and verbal communication with an introduction, main presentation, and conclusion. (15%)
- Teamwork - Ability to work in a collaborative and effective manner as a team (10%)
- Individual contribution - Ability to work as an effective and contributing individual member of the group (15%)
Late submission and academic misconduct penalties will be applied in accordance with the university policies.
- Analyse and critically reflect on the contribution made by leaders and managers in different organisational settings, in particular their role in fostering commitment to sustainable development goals
- Apply established management and leadership theories both independently and collaboratively to effectively identify and manage organisational and individual performance issues
- Interpret and successfully apply knowledge, skills and ideas related to leading and managing people to a range of internal and external stakeholders
- Knowledge
- Communication
- Research
- Self-management
- Ethical and Professional Responsibility
3 Case Study
In week 11, a case study will be distributed to all students, but without any questions. You will have approximately 2 weeks to familiarise yourself with the case and the events and decisions described in the scenario.
During Week 14, on a specific date, you will be asked to answer a series of questions requiring you to apply your understanding of the unit content directly to the case. These will be made available 10 minutes prior to the opening of the submission.
This will be a time-limited submission. You will have three (3) hours to respond to a series of questions regarding the case that will require integrated answers utilising a variety of concepts from the unit. You may use texts, journals, and notes in responding to the questions.
As this is an open book style response, accurate use of concepts, terms, and models is expected.
No marks will be awarded for correct definitions or terms, however, marks will be deducted for students who incorrectly uses terms and concepts.
The focus of the assessment is on correct application and analysis.
Referencing is not required for this assessment.
Please note that this is a time-limited submission and late submission is NOT permissible. Late submissions will receive a mark of zero (0) if not submitted before the given deadline.
Exam Week Thursday (20 Oct 2022) 1:00 am AEST
The results will be released at the time of the Certification of Grades.
Specific to the questions (which will be provided 10 minutes before the submission opens), you will need to demonstrate the following in your answers:
- Correct use of leadership and management theories and content
- Ability to analyse management and leadership practice
- Ability to apply management and leadership theories and content to the given case
- Ability to construct a report style paper in limited time to simulate business pressure
- Evaluate the impact of different approaches to managing and leading on employees
- Analyse critically and reflect on cultural differences in leadership and the implication for followers.
- Knowledge
- Communication
- Cognitive, technical and creative skills
- Self-management
- Ethical and Professional Responsibility
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?
