Leadership is about change and navigating through change either personally or assisting others to change. There are many frameworks for leaders to build their transformation and grow in their praxis. This unit deals with personal awareness in the context of engaging with others in their leadership role by working through transforming experience frameworks.
Students will become familiar with various Leadership theoretical frameworks, models, key concepts, and tools to analyse their personal histories, capabilities and skills as well as to reflect on their personal beliefs and value systems. Students will learn to discern the appropriate models and concepts that need to be applied to their circumstances to achieve a better transformation of their leadership. They will learn how to balance different priorities and multiple perspectives, set vision and work within their purpose and role to achieve continuous transformation of their leadership praxis.
Module A – Frameworks and Models of Leadership Transformation. Module B – Self Leadership Theories and Frameworks. Module C – Purpose, Context, and Relationships. Module D – Emotional and Spiritual Intelligence. Module E – Seeking and Acting on Feedback and Reflective Praxis. Module F – Transformative Learning and Transformative Leadership.
Unit code: LE8001Z
Unit status: Approved (New unit)
Points: 18.0
Unit level: Postgraduate Foundational
Unit discipline: Leadership
Delivery Mode: Blended
Proposing College: School of Professional Practice - Leadership
Show when this unit is running| 1. | Critically analyse frameworks and models for transformative leadership formation |
| 2. | Develop deep awareness of culture, power, identity, authority and responsibility in leadership praxis |
| 3. | Critically reflect on one’s leadership history through exploration and analysis |
| 4. | Critically engage with and apply a framework of transformative experience |
This is a core unit in the Graduate Certificate in (Transformational) Leadership, Graduate Diploma in Leadership and Master of Leadership
All learning material including video lectures and practitioner interviews are accessible on the Learning Management System asynchronously. The learning material are divided up in six modules with specific topics in each module. Students will need to attend a weekly webinar on a weeknight to engage with the tutor and discuss the learning material and assessments. The students will also need to attend two intensive days on the second and fourth Saturdays of the Teaching Period that will be run as workshops to discuss the topics and engage with supplementary learning material and practical exercises and scenarios relevant to the topics of the unit.
| Type | Description | Word count | Weight (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forum | A series of online discussion forums where students are set a task to research, or a video to watch, an interview to conduct, or an article to read. They will need to discuss what they have learned in 200 words. Then they are required to critically review two other student's forum posts by writing about 100 words. |
1000 | 20.0 |
| Autobiographical exercise - Personal Leadership History | The student will critically analyse their own leadership journey and situate it within the frameworks and theories they have learned as well as their spiritual awareness and understandings. |
2000 | 40.0 |
| Personal Reflection - Personal Critical Reflection | This is a critical personal reflection on one’s strengths, skills, role and purpose, calling and formation for their future development. |
2000 | 40.0 |
Unit approved for the University of Divinity by Prof Albert Haddad on 30 Oct, 2023
Unit record last updated: 2023-11-04 18:27:07 +1100