MBAD642-15X (C) General non-calendar-based 2015

Leading Others

10 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 26 January 2015
End Date: Sunday, 1 March 2015
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Friday, 30 January 2015
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Friday, 20 February 2015

Description

Leading Others introduces cutting edge theory and practice and describes critical task and skill requirements. Particular emphasis is placed on the task and skill requirements of "positive leadership" an emerging leadership approach that research has associated with "extraordinary organisational performance". The course also looks at the personal foundations required to apply the practices of positive leadership and places a particular emphasis on balance, sustainability and positive psychology.

Learning Outcomes

  • MBAD642 is one of a group of courses designed to give you a significant step-up in your leadership capability. This overall aim of this course is to develop your ability to lead others. The first workshop focuses on leading individual others, and has an interpersonal focus. The second workshop focuses on leading others in teams, and has a group dynamics focus.

    By the end of this course you will:

  •  Have an increased self-awareness of your personality type in order to understand what motivates you and others

  •  Understand the basic principles of Transactional Analysis (TA) and be able to use TA to improve your interpersonal interactions

  •  Know how to give and receive performance feedback

  •  Have a deeper understanding of group dynamics and the process of team development, using the FIRO-B instrument

  •  Know how to apply the GRPI teambuilding model to intervene successfully to develop a high performing team

  •  Have participated in a one-day team leadership simulation which will involve a range of important team skills, such as managing conflict, running effective meetings and group decision making

Prerequisites

Subject to approval of the Head of Department.

Lecturer

Ian Brooks

Assessment

Individual learning journal worth 40% due on Friday 27 February 2015

Individual case study assignment worth 60% due on Friday 20 March 2015

Textbooks / Resources

Readings as assigned.

Course links

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Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,432.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Executive Development Programme .

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