School: Business and Law

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Project Leadership
  • Unit Code

    MAN6304
  • Year

    2018
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    20
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Andrei Alexander LUX

Description

Successful projects require strong leadership. Project management can be a highly technical process but fundamentally depends on leading people rather than just managing them. This unit introduces the theory and practice of project leadership, focussing on awareness and development of students' skills. We examine theories of leadership and basic workplace psychology, but the focus is on skills for self-management, good interpersonal relations and effective team-work or group collaboration in the context of project work. Opportunities for the development of your skills in future work practice are an important focus.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Critique major modern theories of leadership, describing their advantages, limitations and personal relevance.

  2. Appraise their present leadership skills and future learning needs.
  3. Formulate a strategy for developing effective interpersonal skills for project leadership.
  4. Summarize their approach to developing effective teamwork and collaboration in managing projects.
  5. Formulate a strategy for future learning of leadership skills.

Unit Content

  1. Leading yourself and others: unit overview and future directions.
  2. Modern theories of leadership.
  3. Traditional theories of leadership.
  4. What is leadership? Theory and skills for leading projects.
  5. Developing your project leadership skills.
  6. Team building and facilitating collaboration.
  7. Managing conflict in projects.
  8. Power and influence in projects.
  9. Communication skills for project leaders.
  10. Emotional intelligence in project leadership.
  11. Self-management: time and stress.
  12. The psychology of leading and managing others.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 1Not Offered13 x 3 hour seminarNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences through ECU Blackboard as well as additional ECU learning technologies.

Additional Learning Experience Information

On-campus students attend a weekly seminar. The early weeks examine theories of leadership and workplace psychology and discuss their application to different aspects of project management. Later weeks examine specific skills underlying leadership, using self-reflection, self-assessment quizzes, observation outside class, classroom activities and discussions. The focus here is on learning about yourself and the future development of your leadership skills.

Much of the learning process involves discussing ideas with other students, often from different cultural backgrounds, and presenting personal opinions. It is important to participate in these discussions. It is also important to read the readings for each week prior to class.

The assignments will help deepen theoretical understanding and awareness of your practical skills and develop critical appraisal skills. They require demonstrating your learning from readings, classroom activities and personal reflection over the semester.

Off-campus students are expected to work systematically through the Blackboard materials for each week, undertaking self-study activities such as self-assessments and, where possible, gaining feedback from others on their findings and reflections.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
EssayProject leadership self-audit50%
ExerciseProject leadership skills development plan50%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
EssayLeadership self-audit50%
ExerciseFuture leadership skills development Plan50%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Business and Law

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Project Leadership
  • Unit Code

    MAN6304
  • Year

    2018
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    20
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Andrei Alexander LUX

Description

Successful projects require strong leadership. Project management can be a highly technical process but fundamentally depends on leading people rather than just managing them. This unit introduces the theory and practice of project leadership, focussing on awareness and development of students' skills. We examine theories of leadership and basic workplace psychology, but the focus is on skills for self-management, good interpersonal relations and effective team-work or group collaboration in the context of project work. Opportunities for the development of your skills in future work practice are an important focus.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Critique major modern theories of leadership, describing their advantages, limitations and personal relevance.

  2. Appraise their present leadership skills and future learning needs.
  3. Formulate a strategy for developing effective interpersonal skills for project leadership.
  4. Summarize their approach to developing effective teamwork and collaboration in managing projects.
  5. Formulate a strategy for future learning of leadership skills.

Unit Content

  1. Leading yourself and others: unit overview and future directions.
  2. Modern theories of leadership.
  3. Traditional theories of leadership.
  4. What is leadership? Theory and skills for leading projects.
  5. Developing your project leadership skills.
  6. Team building and facilitating collaboration.
  7. Managing conflict in projects.
  8. Power and influence in projects.
  9. Communication skills for project leaders.
  10. Emotional intelligence in project leadership.
  11. Self-management: time and stress.
  12. The psychology of leading and managing others.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 1Not Offered13 x 3 hour seminarNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences through ECU Blackboard as well as additional ECU learning technologies.

Additional Learning Experience Information

On-campus students attend a weekly seminar. The early weeks examine theories of leadership and workplace psychology and discuss their application to different aspects of project management. Later weeks examine specific skills underlying leadership, using self-reflection, self-assessment quizzes, observation outside class, classroom activities and discussions. The focus here is on learning about yourself and the future development of your leadership skills.

Much of the learning process involves discussing ideas with other students, often from different cultural backgrounds, and presenting personal opinions. It is important to participate in these discussions. It is also important to read the readings for each week prior to class.

The assignments will help deepen theoretical understanding and awareness of your practical skills and develop critical appraisal skills. They require demonstrating your learning from readings, classroom activities and personal reflection over the semester.

Off-campus students are expected to work systematically through the Blackboard materials for each week, undertaking self-study activities such as self-assessments and, where possible, gaining feedback from others on their findings and reflections.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
EssayProject leadership self-audit50%
ExerciseProject leadership skills development plan50%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
EssayLeadership self-audit50%
ExerciseFuture leadership skills development Plan50%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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