POLIS 2118 - The Politics of Leadership
Career: | Undergraduate |
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Units: | 3 |
Term: | 3920 |
Campus: | North Terrace |
Contact: | Up to 3 hours per week |
Available for Study Abroad and Exchange: | Yes |
Available for Non-Award Study: | Yes |
Pre-Requisite: | At least 12 units of Level I undergraduate study |
Incompatible: | POLI 2002, POLI 2118 |
Assessment: | Research essay 35%, Minor essay 20%, Leadership exercise 20%, Multiple choice test 15%, Participation 10% |
Syllabus: |
The primary objective of the University of Adelaide is to prepare students for leadership in public and private sectors. This course introduces students to major themes in leadership studies through a multidisciplinary approach, using extensive case studies of political leaders, such as Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, Napoleon, Hitler, Stalin, Churchill, Roosevelt, JF Kennedy, Gandhi, Mao, Thatcher, Reagan, Gorbachev and more recently Putin, Obama, Xi Jinping and Trump. It begins with an analysis of the concept of leadership and proceeds to examine the typology of leadership, including transformational, transactional, situational and charismatic. Finally, it considers the importance of followership and leadership traits, as well as the role of gender and ethics in effective leadership, methods to evaluate leadership and relevance of leadership in the 21st century. Throughout the course, students will be asked to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of existing approaches to the study of leadership and develop their own perspectives through research projects on political leaders. |
Course Fees
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EFTSL | |||
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0.125 |
Course Outline
A Course Outline which includes Learning Outcomes, Learning Resources, Learning & Teaching for this course may be accessed here
Critical Dates
Term | Last Day to Add Online | Census Date | Last Day to WNF | Last Day to WF |
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3920 | Mon 12/08/2019 | Sat 31/08/2019 | Fri 20/09/2019 | Fri 01/11/2019 |
Class Details
Enrolment Class: Lecture | |||||||
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Class Nbr | Section | Size | Available | Dates | Days | Time | Location |
21028 | LE01 | 105 | 25 | 1 Aug - 19 Sep | Thursday | 1pm - 3pm | Benham, G10, Benham Lecture Theatre |
10 Oct - 31 Oct | Thursday | 1pm - 3pm | Benham, G10, Benham Lecture Theatre | ||||
Related Class: | |||||||
Class Nbr | Section | Size | Available | Dates | Days | Time | Location |
21029 | SG02 | 60 | 19 | 1 Aug - 19 Sep | Thursday | 5pm - 6pm | Ingkarni Wardli, B18, Teaching Room |
10 Oct - 31 Oct | Thursday | 5pm - 6pm | Ingkarni Wardli, B18, Teaching Room | ||||
21030 | SG01 | 48 | 9 | 2 Aug - 20 Sep | Friday | 1pm - 2pm | Hughes, 322, Teaching Room |
11 Oct - 1 Nov | Friday | 1pm - 2pm | Hughes, 322, Teaching Room |