BSNS3403 – Understanding Leadership
Module code
BSNS3403
Module title
Understanding Leadership
Prescription
The aim of this course is to develop the knowledge, skills, and attributes to lead a team in an organisational context.
NZQA Level
Level 3
NZQA Credits
15
Delivery method
- Web-Enhanced
Learning hours
- Total learning hours
- 150
Resources required
- Learning Outcomes
- - Discuss leadership techniques that contribute to effective team leadership in a business entity.
- Utilise business information to inform decision making for a business entity.
- Apply leadership techniques to solve problems for a business entity. - Content
- - Key leadership style theories
- Personal leadership style
- Leadership styles and their influence
- Leadership theories and frameworks
- Conflict resolution techniques
- Professional and ethical behaviour
- Leadership principles:
- Collaboration
- Negotiation
- Collective responsibility
- Personal wellbeing
- Preparation
- Respect
- Cultural competence (Ethnicity rather than business culture)
- Professional and ethical leadership behaviour
- Social and cultural responsiveness
- Industry standards and Professional Associations
- Problem solving skills
- Resilience
- Resourcefulness
- Delegation - Teaching and Learning Strategy
- Learning and teaching activities will employ a range of elements drawn from approved methods to align with the context of the learning (delivery mode, regional specific requirement, etc.) and any particular needs of the group of aakonga within real business context(s) or scenario(s).
- Learning and Teaching Resource
- All required and recommended resources are advised to aakonga via course outlines.
- Assessment Criteria
- Assessment in this course is achievement-based. Aakonga must submit all specified assessment items and obtain at least 50% overall in order to pass this course.
