This unit will help students to apply key concepts of organisational behaviour, psychodynamics, systems thinking and spirituality to the task of leadership. The student will be helped to take up the role of leader in his or her current working situation and develop the capacity to lead adaptive change in the workplace.
Unit code: DS8049J
Unit status: Archived (New unit)
Points: 24.0
Unit level: Postgraduate Foundational
Unit discipline: Spirituality
Delivery Mode: Online
Proposing College: Jesuit College of Spirituality
Show when this unit is running1. | Identify their organisation as a living human system and describe how people behave on the basis of their internalised organisational pictures |
2. | Demonstrate an understanding of the concept of role and the experience of being a person in a leadership role in an organisational system |
3. | Appropriate and demonstrate the skills of adaptive leadership |
4. | Reflect and integrate an understanding of what it means to be contemplatives in action in the workplace |
5. | Articulate the meaning of faith, values and belief in one’s own work and life and that of the workplace. |
Prohibited combinations: Old codes: DS8120J / DS8129J
12 weekly sessions, requiring online participation. Each session will consist of: (i) online resources on the theoretical understanding of leadership, (ii) guided reading, (iii) personal reflection, and (iv) facilitated online forums.
Type | Description | Word count | Weight (%) |
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Essay | 5000-word integrative essay |
5000 | 80.0 |
Essay | Engagement with and contribution to online forums equivalent to 1000 words |
1000 | 20.0 |
Unit approved for the University of Divinity by John Capper on 19 Oct, 2018
Unit record last updated: 2022-10-04 11:20:18 +1100