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BX3174 - Strategic Management and Leadership
| Credit points: | 3 |
| Year: | 2023 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 4 |
| Administered by: | College of Business, Law & Governance |
This subject explores theory and practices, issues, emerging challenges and implications, and thinking of leadership and management in organisations in an increasingly dynamic and dispersed world with application to indigenous perspectives in the tropical and global world. The subject establishes a critical framework to study leadership and management in context in a range of contemporary organisational forms. A focus of the subject is for the student to critically examine self and others involved in the leadership and management context and to critically reflect on the impact this has upon individuals, teams and managers and organisational design. A central aim is to provide a framework for the analysis of leadership and management of contemporary organisations by engaging students in discussion and analysis of contemporary organisations.
Learning Outcomes
- demonstrate a critical ability to relate leadership theory and practice to contemporary organisational management processes in an increasingly dynamic and dispersed world;
- reflect upon own leadership style and approach;
- apply critical strategic thinking skills at the organisational level, to foster organisational dialogue and to lead and manage processes and people in organisations within a context sensitive environment;
- appraise new models of leadership and management as a way of considering structural options for organisations, such as networked and 'virtual' organisations;
- demonstrate leadership skills within a small team environment and independently.
Subject Assessment
- Written > ePoster - (22%) - Group & Individual
- Written > Self-reflection task - (30%) - Individual
- Apply the contemporary research themes to an industry context. Report or Multimedia presentation - (48%) - Group & Individual.
| Prerequisites: | 18 CP OF LEVEL 1 OR LEVEL 2 SUBJECTS |
| Inadmissible Subject Combinations: |
BX3074 BU2008 MG3774 |
Availabilities |
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| Cairns, Trimester 1, Internal | |
| Census Date 09-Mar-2023 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Murray Prideaux |
| Lecturer: | Ms Julie Edwards. |
| Workload expectations: |
The student workload for this 3 credit point subject is approximately 130 hours.
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| JCU Brisbane, Trimester 2, Internal | |
| Census Date 22-Jun-2023 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Murray Prideaux |
| Lecturer: | Ms Julija Ovnic. |
| Workload expectations: |
The student workload for this 3 credit point subject is approximately 130 hours.
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| JCU Brisbane, Trimester 3, Internal | |
| Census Date 05-Oct-2023 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Murray Prideaux |
| Lecturer: | Mr Max Boudan. |
| Workload expectations: |
The student workload for this 3 credit point subject is approximately 130 hours.
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| JCU Singapore, Study Period 51, Internal | |
| Census Date 06-Apr-2023 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Emiel Eijdenberg |
| Lecturer: | Dr Adrian Bradshaw. |
| Workload expectations: |
The student workload for this 3 credit point subject is approximately 130 hours.
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| JCU Singapore, Study Period 53, Internal | |
| Census Date 30-Nov-2023 | |
| Workload expectations: |
The student workload for this 3 credit point subject is approximately 130 hours.
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| Townsville, Trimester 1, Internal | |
| Census Date 09-Mar-2023 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Dr Murray Prideaux. |
| Workload expectations: |
The student workload for this 3 credit point subject is approximately 130 hours.
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| Trimester 1, External | |
| Census Date 09-Mar-2023 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Dr Murray Prideaux. |
| Workload expectations: |
The student workload for this 3 credit point subject is approximately 130 hours.
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| Method of Delivery: | WWW - LearnJCU |
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