HPY701 - Leadership Assessment, Development and Coaching
Unit details
Year | 2025 unit information |
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Enrolment modes: | Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne) |
Credit point(s): | 1 |
EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
Unit Chair: | Trimester 2: Vicki Kavadas |
Cohort rule: | This unit is only available to students enrolled in H752 Master of Psychology (Organisational). |
Prerequisite: | Nil |
Corequisite: | Nil |
Incompatible with: | Nil |
Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment: | 2 x 3 hour seminars per fortnight |
Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site. |
Note:Students are expected to have access to a computer with an internet connection to complete this unit. |
Content
In this unit students will gain skills in assessment of leadership, and identification of leadership development needs with particular focus on leadership coaching. They will also acquire skills in the use of tools to assess leadership behaviours and develop leadership competencies in individuals, teams and organisations.
Learning Outcomes
ULO | These are the Unit Learning Outcomes (ULOs) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Alignment to Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes (GLOs) |
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ULO1 | Critically analyse key leadership theories and identify their relevance to the successful individual and organisational functioning and to applied practice. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
ULO2 | Critically analyse the application of leadership assessment tools and processes. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
ULO3 | Apply evidence-based and best practice leadership assessment and development methodologies to design a leadership development proposal for an organisation. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
ULO4 | Apply best practice skills to interpret and debrief a 360-feedback report. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
ULO5 | Critically evaluate and apply coaching theories and principles to the practice of leadership coaching. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
ULO6 | Demonstrate reflective practice skills by critically analysing and reflecting on the phases of the coaching engagement. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
Assessment
Trimester 1:Assessment description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
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Assessment 1: Written assessment (group assessment) | 2500 words | Ungraded Pass/Fail |
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Assessment 2: Simulated coaching and critical analysis and reflection of coaching engagement (individual assessment) | 2500 words | Ungraded Pass/Fail |
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This unit is an ungraded pass/ungraded fail only. All assessments must be passed in order for the unit to be passed.
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Learning resource
The texts and reading list for HPY701 can be found via the University Library.
Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
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