Master of Leadership and Management (Honours)

Course Convenor:

Dr Peter Morey

Course Code:

2046

The Master of Leadership and Management course provides an opportunity for those in leadership and management positions to further their study via coursework and research in this area within the context of a Christian framework. The course has a particular focus on not-for-profit organisations. Students also develop the research skills to progress to a research-based doctoral degree or to work as researchers in an organisational context.

Duration



Two 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



84 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 GradDipLM is required, plus at least two years’ employment experience in an appropriate leadership or management role. Students also require an average mark of 70% or greater in the first three subjects of the postgraduate program in Leadership and Management. 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 equivalent to a sixteen-unit study program. All course work units are worth six credit points (unless otherwise specified) each of which requires a notional time commitment of 170 hours.

This course includes coursework, two research units and a major thesis of 42 credit points. The following units are required:

Unit Code Unit Name Credit Points
LAMC50600 The Theology, Theory and Practice of Leadership 6.0
LAMC51100 Leadership and Organisation 6.0
LAMC51200 Communication for Leadership 6.0

Students must choose at least two units from the following list:

Unit Code Unit Name Credit Points
LAMC51300 Organisational Behaviour 6.0
LAMC51400 Human Resource Management 6.0
LAMC51500 Leadership and Change Management 6.0

Students must choose at least one unit from the following list:

Unit Code Unit Name Credit Points
LAMC52100 Marketing Management 6.0
LAMC52200 Leadership and Information Systems 6.0
LAMC52300 Strategic Planning for Leadership 6.0
LAMC52400 Managerial and Professional Ethics 6.0
LAMC52500 Legal Issues in Management 6.0
LAMC52600 Accounting for Leaders 6.0
LAMC52700 Finance for Managers 6.0

Students then take two research methods units:

Students then undertake a 42 credit point major thesis. Variations to this program may be approved. Consult the Course Coordinator.

Electives

Students must choose one elective. This elective may be another unit in the MLM program or a unit from another discipline (on the approval of the Course Convenor).

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.
Unit Code Unit Name Credit Points
LAMC50000 Introduction to Research 6.0
LAMC50100 Research Methods 6.0
Enrol in Undertake Endpoints Possible
MLM Master of Leadership and Management Graduate with MLM, or Proceed to the MLM (Hons) or Exit with GradDipLM or Exit with GradCert LM
MLM(Hons) Master of Leadership and Management (Hons) Graduate with MLM(Hons), or Exit with MLM, or Exit with GradDipLM or Exit with GradCertLm
GradDipLM Graduate Diploma of Leadership and Management Graduate with GradDipLM, or Exit with GradCertLM, or Proceed to MLM, or Proceed to MLM(Hons)
GradCertLM Graduate Certificate in Leadership and Management Graduate with GradCertLM, or Proceed to GradDipLM, or Proceed to MLM, or Proceed to the MLM (Hons)


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

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