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 166-057 Psychology of Leadership

Note

Formerly available as 166-440. Students who have completed 166-440 are not eligible to enrol in this subject.

Credit Points

12.5

HECS Band

1

Coordinator

Graham Little

Prerequisites

Admission to Fourth Year Honours in Political Science.

Semester

2 (view timetable)

Contact

A 2-hour seminar per week

Subject Description

This subject involves the study of leadership as a psychosocial process. Topics include: the leader-follower relation; the relative importance of gifted individuals and the groups that promote and demote them; the relation between leaders and their times; types of leaders and competing models of leadership; and how to study leadership. On completion of this subject students should: be able to supplement the analysis of policy with the analysis of people involved in making and implementing policy (the personal element in politics); better understand the complexity of human motivation and response in politics and society; be aware of the major schools of thought on the psychology of leadership.

Assessment

Written work totalling 5000 words.



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