Program Overview

Overview

The FMBA5001: Leadership Practice and Development unit aims to develop leadership skills through practice. Topics covered include individual leadership skills, team dynamics, coaching, complex group dynamics, and leadership within a complex environment. This unit provides students with an opportunity to repeatedly practice skills and behaviours with support from peers, coaches, and faculty to accelerate development.

Unit Details and Rules

• Academic unit: Management Education
• Credit points: 6
• Prerequisites: None
• Corequisites: None
• Prohibitions: SMBA6001
• Assumed knowledge: None
• Available to study abroad and exchange students: No

Teaching Staff

• Coordinator: Dan Caprar

Assessment

• Type: Assignment
  • Description: Written assignment
  • Weight: 50%
  • Due: Mid-semester break, 24 Sep 2021 at 17:00
  • Length: 2500 words
  • Outcomes assessed: LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5, LO6
• Type: Assignment
  • Description: Team project, written task, presentation
  • Weight: 40%
  • Due: Week 05, 07 Sep 2021 at 17:00, Closing date: 14 Sep 2021
  • Length: 1500 words, 30 minutes
  • Outcomes assessed: LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5, LO6
• Type: Participation
  • Description: Class participation
  • Weight: 10%
  • Due: Weekly
  • Outcomes assessed: LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5, LO6

Assessment Summary

• Class participation: Students are expected to contribute, comment, and engage in critical discussions during the sessions in ways that demonstrate knowledge of concepts from readings and evidence intentions to apply and practice these concepts and insights across a range of classroom activities.
• Team project: This assessment consists of a written component and an in-class presentation of the findings and process. In teams, students will identify a business, business-related, or organisational challenge or problem and research and explore the nature of the issue. In the presentation, teams will also outline the dynamics experienced in their teams during the project and link these to appropriate models and concepts introduced during the unit of study.
• Written assignment: Students will undertake an individual written assignment outlining their own personal learning journey through the team project and wider leadership unit offering.

Assessment Criteria

The University awards common result grades, set out in the Coursework Policy 2014 (Schedule 1).

• High distinction: 85 - 100, Awarded when you demonstrate the learning outcomes for the unit at an exceptional standard.
• Distinction: 75 - 84, Awarded when you demonstrate the learning outcomes for the unit at a very high standard.
• Credit: 65 - 74, Awarded when you demonstrate the learning outcomes for the unit at a good standard.
• Pass: 50 - 64, Awarded when you demonstrate the learning outcomes for the unit at an acceptable standard.
• Fail: 0 - 49, When you don’t meet the learning outcomes of the unit to a satisfactory standard.

Late Submission

In accordance with University policy, these penalties apply when written work is submitted after 11:59pm on the due date:

• Deduction of 5% of the maximum mark for each calendar day after the due date.
• After ten calendar days late, a mark of zero will be awarded.

Academic Integrity

The University expects students and staff to act ethically and honestly and will treat all allegations of academic integrity breaches seriously.

• Use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) and automated writing tools: You may only use generative AI and automated writing tools in assessment tasks if you are permitted to by your unit coordinator. If you do use these tools, you must acknowledge this in your work, either in a footnote or an acknowledgement section.

Learning Support

• Simple extensions: If you encounter a problem submitting your work on time, you may be able to apply for an extension of five calendar days through a simple extension.
• Special consideration: If exceptional circumstances mean you can’t complete an assessment, you need consideration for a longer period of time, or if you have essential commitments which impact your performance in an assessment, you may be eligible for special consideration or special arrangements.

Weekly Schedule

WK | Topic | Learning activity | Learning outcomes ---|---|---|--- Week 01 | Introduction | Workshop (4 hr) | Leadership models and capabilities | Workshop (4 hr) | Week 02 | Team processes and dynamics; Team setup, team simulation, Teamwork models | Workshop (4 hr) | Feedback and difficult conversations | Workshop (4 hr) | Week 03 | Diversity and inclusive leadership | Workshop (4 hr) | Leadership development and immunity to change | Workshop (4 hr) | Week 04 | Wildcard | Workshop (4 hr) | Leading Innovation | Workshop (4 hr) | Week 05 | Leading change | Workshop (4 hr) | Presentations | Workshop (4 hr) |

Study Commitment

Typically, there is a minimum expectation of 1.5-2 hours of student effort per week per credit point for units of study offered over a full semester. For a 6 credit point unit, this equates to roughly 120-150 hours of student effort in total.

Learning Outcomes

At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:

• LO1: understand and assess a leadership journey against models validated by research, and apply this understanding to leadership practice and development
• LO2: understand how to relate to others in a team context and in one-on-one interactions, and identify how this influences the ability to achieve goals and manifest purpose
• LO3: appreciate and work with different perspectives and become comfortable with complexity, uncertainty, and diversity. Appreciate the impact of ethical orientations on leadership perspectives and team cohesion
• LO4: demonstrate a consistent, collaborative, and constructive approach in dealing with others, and facilitate the engagement and contribution of others
• LO5: proactively manage personal leadership development and career through identifying life and career values and purpose
• LO6: apply reflective practice principles in daily work and develop a life long commitment to self development.

Graduate Qualities

The graduate qualities are the qualities and skills that all University of Sydney graduates must demonstrate on successful completion of an award course.

• GQ1: Depth of disciplinary expertise
• GQ2: Critical thinking and problem solving
• GQ3: Oral and written communication
• GQ4: Information and digital literacy
• GQ5: Inventiveness
• GQ6: Cultural competence
• GQ7: Interdisciplinary effectiveness
• GQ8: Integrated professional, ethical, and personal identity
• GQ9: Influence

Disclaimer

The University reserves the right to amend units of study or no longer offer certain units, including where there are low enrolment numbers.