Leadership and Team Dynamics

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2012:

For the purposes of considering requests for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Students Experiencing Academic Disadvantage Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Description, Subject Objectives, Generic Skills and Assessment Requirements for this entry.

The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the disability support scheme can be found at the Disability Liaison Unit website: http://www.services.unimelb.edu.au/disability/

On successful completion of this subject, students should be able to:

• Examine and evaluate the integrated nature of HRM strategy, policy and practice across the individual, group/team and organisational levels;
• Explore the interaction of human systems and processes across these three levels;
• Analyse the role played by stakeholders in the development of organisational policy and practice;
• Develop a critical appreciation of the nature of organisational leadership and the role of leaders.

• One 2-hour end-of-semester examination (50%)
• Assignment(s) not exceeding 3000 words (50%)

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.

On successful completion of this subject, students should have improved the following generic skills:

• The ability to examine their own ideas and beliefs about team dynamics and leadership and compare them with the theories and observations of others;
• An appreciation of the integrated nature of HRM and group processes associated with team dynamics and leadership;
• An understanding of a range of ideas concerning the role played by HRM in the emergence of effective leaders.