Master of Business Leadership

What is this course about?

The Master of Business Leadership is designed for senior managers and executives who are prepared to stretch and and develop themselves in order to lead their organisation to the next level.

Why study this degree?

Intensive competition for resources and demand for high performance are putting pressure on organisations to become more flexible, more results-focused, and more responsive. To meet such challenges, organisations require capable leaders that can prudently influence and inspire others with well articulated visions that are strategic, persuasive and measurable.

CSU's Master of Business Leadership provides students with a leadership framework that assists them to set strategic goals, communicate ideas, effectively lead and successfully sustain high performance teams and deliver results. Theoretical concepts included in the course include examining leadership theory and context, evaluating leadership as a dynamic activity that facilitates staff commitment with organisational goals, critiquing the role of effective leadership and how individual values link with organisational values.

The Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ) is embedded into the program. MLQ is a comprehensive survey that measures a full range of leadership styles which includes 360 degree feedback. Participants receive detailed individual reflection and feedback on leadership styles and values. Our Master of Business Leadership is one of only two in Australia that has embedded the MLQ into its course structure.

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Career opportunities

The Master of Business Leadership is designed to assist students in building leadership skills and to deliver new thinking, visible results and lasting impact on their career and their organisations.

The knowledge and skills obtained during the course are transferrable across all industries and types of organisations, including corporate business, government, and not-for-profit organisations.

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Course structure

The Master of Business Leadership comprises eleven subjects - ten standard subjects and one 16 point subject.

Graduate Diploma of Business Leadership [exit point only]

Completion of seven subjects allows students to exit with the Graduate Diploma of Business Leadership.

Graduate Certificate in Business Leadership

Students can graduate with the Graduate Certificate in Business Leadership after successfully completing three subjects.

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Graduation requirements

Master of Business Leadership

To graduate students must successfully complete 96 points.

Graduate Diploma of Business Leadership [exit point only]

To exit with this award, students must successfully complete 64 points.

Graduate Certificate in Business Leadership

To graduate students must successfully complete 32 points.

Academic expectations

For each 8 point subject at CSU, students should normally expect to spend between 140-160 hours engaged in the specified learning and assessment activities (such as attending lectures or residential schools, assigned readings, tutorial assistance, individual or group research/study, forum activity, workplace learning, assignments or examinations). The student workload for some subjects may vary from these norms as a result of approved course design.

Students will be assessed on the basis of completed assignments, examinations, workplace learning, or other methods as outlined in specific subject outlines.

Where applicable, students are responsible for travel and accommodation costs involved in workplace learning experiences, or attending residential schools (distance education students).

Expectations relating to academic, workplace learning, time and cost requirements for specific subjects are provided in the subject outlines and in course materials.