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Details for LEA601 Theory and Practice in Leadership

Through this unit, an in-depth exploration into contemporary organisational leadership, focusing on advanced research techniques, complex behaviours, and ethical frameworks will be considered. This subject equips students with expert analytical skills to critically assess and enhance leadership practices within a Christian context. You will develop a thorough understanding of systems theory, organisational culture, and change processes.

Quick Stats

  • Currently offered by Alphacrucis: Yes
  • Course code: LEA601
  • Credit points: 20

Subject Coordinator

Contact studentsupport@ac.edu.au for more information.

Prerequisite

Unit Content

Outcomes

  1. Demonstrate a systemic and critical understanding of complex and advanced organisational leadership issues and models;
  2. Demonstrate an expert ability to autonomously and analytically engage in critical reflection, synthesis and evaluation of specific leadership and organisational contexts;
  3. Critically assess and apply effective leadership research designs and practices, systems theory, organisational culture, communication, and change processes as they relate to individuals and organisations
  4. Propose a topic of research on a contemporary leadership issue and develop an articulate research approach;
  5. Display an advanced level of integrative reflection which will inform and enhance Christian leadership practice.

Subject Content

  • Contemporary organisational leadership studies
  • Studying and observing behaviour
  • Complex experimental designs
  • Advanced statistical analysis
  • Ethical considerations
  • Application of knowledge to enhance Christian leadership

This course may be offered in the following formats

Please check the timetable to see when this subject will next be offered at Alphacrucis University College.

Assessment Methods

Forum postings, Minor project, Major project

Prescribed Text

Recommended Reading:

While there are general readings noted below, specific readings will be selected according to the leadership field of expertise.

  • Cozby, P. (2007). Methods in Behavioral Research, 9th ed, Mountain View CA: Mayfield Publishing Company.
  • Gardner Howard E. and Laskin Emma, Leading Minds: An Anatomy of Leadership. New York: Basic Books, 2011.
  • Galvão-Sobrinho,Carlos R. Doctrine and Power: Theological Controversy and Christian Leadership in the Later Roman Empire. University of California Press, 2013.
  • Hurst, David K. The New Ecology of Leadership: Business Mastery in a Chaotic World. West Sussex PO: Columbia University Press, 2012.
  • Kegan, Robert, Immunity to Change: How to Overcome It and Unlock the Potential in Yourself and Your Organization. Cambridge: Harvard Business Review Press, 2009.
  • Longman, Karen, Thriving in Leadership: Strategies for Making a Difference in Christian Higher Education. Abilene TX: Abilene Christian University Press, 2012.
  • Mumford, Michael D., ed, Handbook of Organizational Creativity. Amsterdam: Academic Press, 2011.
  • Nohria, Nitin and Rakesh Khurana, eds, Handbook of Leadership Theory and Practice. Cambridge: Harvard Business Review Press, 2010.
  • Northouse, Peter G. Leadership: Theory and Practice. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2012.
  • Rainey, David L. Enterprise-Wide Strategic Management: Achieving Sustainable Success through Leadership, Strategies, and Value Creation. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010.
  • Renz, David and Robert D. Herman, The Jossey-Bass Handbook of Nonprofit Leadership and Management. San Francisco CA: Jossey-Bass, 2010.
  • Shlomo, Ben-Hur and Karsten Jonsen, “Ethical leadership: lessons from Moses”, Journal of Management Development, 31, 9 (2012): 962-973.
  • Tourish, Dennis, The Dark Side of Transformational Leadership: A Critical Perspective. Oxford: Routledge, 2013.
  • Valk, John, Leadership for Transformation: The Impact of a Christian Worldview”, Journal of Leadership, 4, 3 (Autumn-Fall 2010): 83-86.
  • Yukl, Gary A. Leadership in Organisations, 8th Edition. New York: Pearson Education, 2012.

Journals:

  • Journal of Leadership
  • Journal of Religious Leadership
  • Leadership
  • Leadership & Organization Development Journal
  • Leadership Quarterly