MGMT28002 - Transformational Leadership and Mentoring

General Information

Unit Synopsis

Leadership and mentoring are key skills required for effective business consultancy. Leadership is defined as the ability to influence others in a goal directed path, with transformational leadership specifically focussing on collaborative endeavours to work through change. Mentoring involves a long-term, supportive relationship between mentor and mentee, in which mentees take control of the process of personal and professional development with encouraging support from their mentor. In this unit, you will develop an understanding of the differences between mentoring and leadership. You will address specific aspects of different mentoring and leadership styles, including 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 and mentors (both within the organisation and external, such as business consultants) 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

Level Postgraduate
Unit Level 8
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 4
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).

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Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2024

Term 1 - 2024 Profile
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Term 1 - 2025 Profile
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).

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.

Assessment Tasks

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

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%).

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Previous Feedback

Term 1 - 2024 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 0.00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 0% 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: Informal discussions with student
Feedback
The unit was reported by the students as very engaging, productive and added to their understanding of transformational leadership in business consulting
Recommendation
The focus of the unit and the materials. The assessments aligned with the graduate attributes expected by the profession.
Action Taken
The unit material such as lecture material (slides and recordings) has been improved and updated. Marking rubrics and assessments will be improved in the next term.
Source: Informal discussions with student
Feedback
The unit did not include industry guest speakers. Thus limiting students ability to understand how transformational leadership relates to leadership within consulting firms
Recommendation
Future iterations of the unit could include guest speakers from the business consulting profession.
Action Taken
Will coordinate with other UC to develop implement sessions with guest speakers from business consulting profession.
Source: Informal discussions with student
Feedback
The timing of the workshops were scheduled well to address the needs of students in the workplace
Recommendation
Consideration should be given to continuing to schedule classes late afternoon and early evening
Action Taken
Classes were scheduled for late evening to accommodate the full time working students.
Source: Informal discussions with student
Feedback
The assessments met the unit requirements and were scaffolded
Recommendation
Future iterations could address the needs of students in the workforce by adopting a two assessment model, rather than three.
Action Taken
The current three-assessment model aims to develop different skills and attributes of students. Assessment 1- individual essay, Assessment 2- Video, and Assessment 3- Take home exam.
Source: 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.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: 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.
Action Taken
In Progress
Unit learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  1. Analyse and critically reflect on the contribution made by leaders and mentors in different organisational settings, in particular their role in fostering commitment to Sustainable Development Goals
  2. Evaluate the impact of different approaches to mentoring and leading on employees and consultancy clients
  3. Apply established mentoring and leadership theories, both independently and collaboratively, to effectively identify and manage organisational and individual performance issues and change
  4. Interpret and successfully apply knowledge, skills and ideas related to leading and mentoring to a range of internal and external stakeholders
  5. Analyse critically and reflect on cultural differences in leadership and mentoring and the implication for followers.

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
1 2 3 4 5
1 - Written Assessment • • • • •
2 - Presentation • • •
3 - Take Home Exam • •
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
• Professional Level
• Advanced Level
Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
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1 - Knowledge • • • •
2 - Communication • •
3 - Cognitive, technical and creative skills • • • •
4 - Research • • • • •
5 - Self-management • •
6 - Ethical and Professional Responsibility • •
7 - Leadership • •
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
• Professional Level
• Advanced Level
Assessment Tasks Graduate Attributes
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