• Semester 1 (External)

Synopsis

This  unit is designed to allow current business leaders and  business
leaders  in  training  to  reflect on and hone  their  self-leadership
competencies.  The first module focuses on the task of establishing  a
career  identity in the turbulent times in which we live. New  notions
of  tenure  of employment and emerging conceptions of the  career  are
explored and traditional understandings vigorously challenged.  It  is
assumed that leadership of the self is the essential way to achieve  a
career  ideal.  Notions  of  personal  competency  in  leadership  are
presented.  Mentorship  is then discussed as  a  powerful  and  viable
action strategy for acquiring leadership competencies and attaining  a
career  ideal.  The assessments in the unit are learner driven  action
projects  in  which  students have the opportunity  to  integrate  the
content in the unit to transform it into something from which both the
student  and  their  organisation  can  profit.  The  assessments  are
leadership-in-practice experiments.