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Master of Leadership and Management

Course Convenor:

Dr Peter Morey

Course Code:

2045

The challenge of leadership and management in various types of organisations has become more demanding and complex. Adapting to rapidly changing business environments calls for a more sophisticated set of skills and abilities from leaders and managers. Church-related, not-for-profit organisations and other organisations require effective leadership informed by the social sciences and a developing body of knowledge concerning management, leadership and organisations.

A Master of Leadership and Management focuses on providing advanced training in management theory and practice, emphasising the ethical, moral and spiritual dimensions of leadership and management.

Duration

One-and-a-half years full-time or the equivalent part-time. Part-time students typically progress at the rate of three or four units per year. Flexibility allows students to either ‘fast-track’ their course by taking overloads, or take fewer units in some years if necessary.

Credit points

Twelve units totalling 72 credit points

Mode of delivery

Most units are delivered in mixed mode, comprising distance learning components and a residential session at Avondale College (Lake Macquarie Campus), or other designated centre, in July each year. The residential session provides opportunity for students to be involved in significant student-lecturer and student-student interaction.

Students receive unit outlines, textbooks, readings, and a distance education study guide (in paper and/or electronic form). Lecturers and the course coordinator are available to communicate with students by phone or email. Then, students attend a residential school designed to provide an integrating perspective to the unit. Personal contact with the lecturer/s and peers and library research is possible during this time. Finally students complete assignments designed to foster field-based reflection and application of the concepts encountered. Contact between student and lecturer is maintained via phone and email.

Accreditation

The course is accredited by the NSW Department of Education and Training.

Entry requirements

A Bachelors degree or equivalent or satisfactory completion of the requirements of the Graduate Certificate in Leadership and Management plus at least two years’ employment experience in an appropriate leadership or management role. In exceptional circumstances students may be admitted on the basis of equivalent qualifications as assessed by the Research and Teaching Committee of the Faculty of Business and Information Technology. An official transcript must accompany every application form. Applicants whose Bachelors degree was not undertaken in English must demonstrate English language proficiency by achieving an IELTS score of at least 6.5, with no individual band score less than 6.0. An official statement of IELTS results must accompany the application form.

Course Structure

This is a twelve-unit study program. All units are worth 6 credit points (unless otherwise specified) each with a notional workload of 170 hours over the semester.

Students have two options: Option A and Option B.

Option A

Electives

Students may choose one of the following options:

• three 6-credit point Masters level units (may choose others units from the MLM program or other disciplines on approval of the Course Convenor), or
• two 6-credit point Masters level units and a 6-credit point project; or
• one 6-credit point Masters level unit and a 12-credit point project.

Option B

Students then undertake an 18 credit point minor thesis. Variations to this program may be approved. Consult the Course Coordinator.

Leadership and Management Nesting Structure and Exit Points

As the Master of Leadership and Management (MLM), Master of Leadership and Management (Hons) (MLM(Hons)), Graduate Certificate in Leadership and Management (GradCertLM) and Graduate Diploma of Leadership and Management (GradDipLM) are nested courses, students enrol in the highest degree from which they expect to graduate. The GradCertLM is nested within the GradDipLM and the GradDipLM is nested within the MLM or MLM(Hons).

Students, who do not complete all the requirements of the course, may exit with a lesser award by applying to the Course Convenor. A student who has graduated previously from a lower award in Leadership and Management (eg GradCertLM) may proceed to study for a higher award—eg GradDipLM or MLM or MLM (Hons)—but on graduating from the higher award will be obliged to relinquish the lower award. This arrangement is depicted on the following Table. Unless advised otherwise, most students are encouraged to enrol in the MLM.



For further information on this course please refer to the Avondale College Postgraduate Handbook by clicking here.

For any further enquiries please phone Lynelle Waring in the Distance Education Centre on PH: +61 2 4980 2365.