Leadership

The Master of Leadership builds on over 30 years of Deakin MBA experience to create a postgraduate program devoted to the development of your full leadership potential. Areas of study include sustainability management, communications, managing change, entrepreneurship and strategy.

The course is largely experiential and aimed at fostering cognitive and behavioural habits which lead to appropriate actions where innovation and influence are required. Focused on individual learning needs and the course content is underpinned by research and current directions in thinking in this very dynamic field of research. Leadership is also available as a specialisation.

Core units include:
MPM702 Audacious Leadership
MPM773 Contemporary Issues in Leadership
MPR703 Management Communication (Residential)*
MPR707 Change Management (Residential)*
MPR771 Principles of Leadership*
MPR772 The Social Construction of Leadership*

Elective units are designed to allow you to tailor your studies to your own leadership needs.

Career opportunities

As a graduate of Deakin's Master of Leadership you will have developed an awareness of your own leadership styles, strengths and weaknesses. You will also develop an appreciation of the way leadership operates at different levels, and in different contexts, as a key success factor in enterprises.

Who should study the Master of Leadership

Deakin's Master of Leadership is designed as an advanced course for people in leadership positions that are experts in their field. If you hold a Deakin MBA or other master's degree you may be eligible to receive credit for prior learning.

*MPR code denotes residential version of the unit.