HANDBOOK - Wellington Institute of Technology

Topic 1:Leadership OverviewLearning Outcome(s):Understand concepts of leadership and their relationship to business.Assessment criteria:1.1 Discuss various leadership concepts including: behaviours, traits, skills, attitudes,knowledge, and contemporary developments.1.2 Describe and discuss situational factors that impact on leadership, including:size, structure and stages of the business life cycle.1.3 Illustrate the link between leadership and organisation strategy.Topic 2:CultureLearning Outcome(s):Understand the influence that culture has on leadership.Assessment criteria:2.1 Discuss the influence of organisational culture on leadership.2.2 Discuss the influence of diverse ethnicities on organisational leadership2.3 Identify and illustrate the impact of cultural perceptions, including: self and others.Topic 3:Personal Leadership ReflectionLearning Outcome(s):Evaluate current abilities and leadership potential.Assessment criteria:3.1 Conduct a self assessment as a leader using a leadership frame of reference forpractice and development, and benchmarking self against known respectedleader/s.3.2 Construct a personal leadership development plan.Topic 4:Situational LeadershipLearning Outcome(s):Compare and evaluate how leadership concepts are applied.Assessment criteria:4.1 Discuss the role of leadership in an environment of change management.4.2 Compare and contrast how leadership concepts are applied in different businessentities, including: small versus large sized business, profit versus not-for-profit,private versus public.