Unit Synopsis
Drawing on your own experience, you will explore the concept of leadership, particularly how leadership styles impact an emergency and disaster management environment. You will differentiate between leadership and management in the strategic and crisis contexts unique to emergency and disaster management. Using examples specific to your experience, you will consider the challenges faced by leaders in this sector. In addition, you will consider the important role effective leadership plays in developing and maintaining relationships within the community, and across the constellation of disciplines which play a role in emergency and disaster management.
Details
| Level | Postgraduate |
|---|---|
| Unit Level | 8 |
| Credit Points | 6 |
| Student Contribution Band | SCA Band 2 |
| Fraction of Full-Time Student Load | 0.125 |
| Pre-requisites or Co-requisites |
There are no pre-requisites for the unit.
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). |
| Class Timetable | View Unit Timetable |
| Residential School | No Residential School |
Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2026
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.
Assessment Tasks
| Assessment Task | Weighting |
|---|---|
| 1. Written Assessment | 40% |
| 2. Written Assessment | 60% |
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%).
Past Exams
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Term 1 - 2021 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 83.33% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 37.5% response rate.
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.
Source: Student Unit Evaluation comments (Have Your Say)
The unit was delivered in a very flexible format and was very instructive. The readings were very good, supported by some Power-point presentations and relevant videos.
Continue to develop the unit and ensure it remains informative and flexible.
Continuous updates and development are made to this unit for every offering.
Source: Student Unit Evaluation comments (Have Your Say)
Unit was comprehensive in various source materials, activities promoted reflective analysis of own past experience.
Continue to develop the learning materials for this unit.
The unit design and content continued to allow students a comprehensive reflective experience.
Source: Student Unit Evaluation comments (Have Your Say)
The assessment activities were excellent.
Continue to offer authentic learning experiences for students.
Assessments were kept very similar in outcome to reflect the authentic learnings in this unit.
Source: Have your Say
The assessment tasks were well explained
Continue to clearly communicate expectations and outcomes for the assessment tasks.
In Progress
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
- Evaluate contemporary leadership theories
- Analyse different leadership styles
- Compare different leadership styles, with a focus on understanding appropriate circumstances for different styles
- Critically analyse the role of leadership in emergency and disaster management contexts and situations
- Distinguish between leadership styles and management approaches
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| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | ||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment | • | • | • | ||
| 2 - Written Assessment | • | • | • | • | • |
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | ||||
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| 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 | • | • | • | • | • |
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | |