Master of Leadership and Management (Honours)

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Course coordinator: 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 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 subjects per year. Flexibility allows students to either ‘fast-track’ their course by taking overloads, or take fewer subjects in some years if necessary.

Credit points


84 credit points

Mode of delivery


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

Students receive subject outlines, textbooks, readings, and a distance education study guide. 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 subject. 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 students and lecturers is maintained via phone and email.

Abbreviation of course title


MLM(Hons)

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


All subjects are worth 6 credit points (unless otherwise specified) each of which requires a notional time commitment of 170 hours.



*One of these subjects may be replaced with a strand subject if the strand subject is deemed appropriate background for the thesis topic.

Group A - Generic Leadership and Managment





Research Methods subjects


Students who elect to complete a minor or major thesis will be required to complete two subjects: LE507.1 Introduction to Research which introduces students to a range of research methods; and ED503.1 Research Methods which extends this knowledge, usually focussing in one particular type of research methodology.