You can complete one short course as a standalone credential or stack multiple to build towards a full postgraduate degree at Deakin. Want to know more?
Course overview
This short course will help you build self-leadership and emotional intelligence skills and tools to lead culturally diverse teams. You’ll build a nuanced understanding of what culture encapsulates, what opportunities and barriers can exist in culturally diverse teams, and how your leadership can foster the success of these teams despite the challenges.
After completion of the short course, you will be able to apply these skills immediately in your workplace:
- Understand cultural identity and how it can impact a team.
- Foster communication and offer culturally appropriate leadership.
- Recognise and manage conflict in diverse teams.
- Lead multicultural individuals and teams both face-to-face and virtually.
Entry requirements
To be successful we recommend you are proficient in English and have a minimum of an undergraduate degree in a related field or significant work experience.
Industry organisation and expert
This industry-led stackable short course is certified as continuing professional development by the CPD Certification Service and the Employee Mobility Institute. Together, we’ve designed a course where you’ll gain skills that you can apply immediately in your workplace.
Ravneet Pawha is Vice President (Global Alliances) and CEO (South Asia) at Deakin University Australia and National Vice Chair of the Australia India Business Council. Ravneet will share her expertise to assist learners to investigate and understand real-world experiences of leading culturally diverse teams.
Ravneet has over 28 years of experience in the international education, research, training and upskilling sector, and has been instrumental in establishing global collaborations and strategic partnerships for Deakin University. As the CEO (South Asia), she has developed 20+ strong holistic partnerships across government, academia, industry and research specifically for Deakin University in South Asia.
Earn a digital credential
We’ve teamed up with Credly to award you a digital credential when you complete this industry-recognised stackable short course, plus you can bank the credit towards a Deakin postgraduate degree. You can also share your digital credential on social and professional platforms.
Course structure
How you'll learn
Go at your own pace with support from your educator and fellow learners during online learning activities and discussions. Complete your course within 6 weeks, including the assessment, or take extra time and use the regular assessment submission windows to complete within 24 weeks of your enrolment. During this time, you can book online consultation sessions with your educators to support your learning.
What you'll learn
During the short course you’ll:
- reflect on cultural diversity within your own organisation and how culture influences your own perspective
- investigate the opportunities and challenges of culturally diverse teams and how to work with these
- develop strategies to lead culturally diverse teams and multicultural team members.
How you’re assessed
Prepare a written report for an organisation containing recommendations and strategies for managing and leading culturally diverse teams based on the real-world experiences of your peers and yourself, including:
Part A – interviews
Create an interview protocol (5 to 10 questions) and conduct interviews with two or three peers.
Part B – written report
Write a 2000-word report, plus text transcripts of interviews (generated from recording interviews).
Reshaping university education
An innovative learning structure delivered by a leading university. With more than 40 years’ experience in distance and online education, we’re proud to be adding this unique study format to our courses, providing you with more choice to further your career and fulfil your lifelong learning needs.
Ready to enrol?
It takes five minutes to register your details and sign up for a stackable short course. We have discounts available for Deakin alumni, staff and group bookings. Enrol today and get the skills you need to take your career further, faster.
Did you know you can apply credit to a postgraduate degree?
Unsure what degree you want to study? Study two short courses that interest you and apply both as credit towards a wide range of postgraduate degrees at Deakin – from business administration to nursing, sustainability to communication and more.*
*Subject to successful completion of the short course and meeting Deakin’s award course admission and selection requirements, including English language proficiency requirements.
Limits on elective space in a destination degree are outlined in specific degrees’ course rules within the Deakin University Handbook. Typically, a maximum of four stackable short courses can be used as credit (2 credit points) towards a masters; and two stackable short courses can be used as credit (1 credit point) towards graduate certificates and diplomas.
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