Overview 2024
Location
This course may not be available to international students. Please see the list of distance courses (i.e. online and taken outside Australia) that are offered to international students
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Discover the art and science of leadership with the Graduate Certificate in Leadership and Organisational Capability. Our course is designed to cultivate your leadership potential and empower you to become an exceptional leader in today's dynamic business landscape.
This course is composed from 4 units, currently available on a part-time enrolment basis only, with flexible learning options available.
Key contacts
| Current student enrolment questions and advice | UConnect |
| Course Coordinator | Dr Toby Newstead |
Course objectives
Our Graduate Certificate provides a transformative learning experience that expands your perspective and critical understanding of leaders and their pivotal role in fostering organisational capability. This course equips you with the essential skills to navigate complexity in today's business environment. You'll gain profound insights and the confidence to challenge conventional methodologies, embracing innovative and agile approaches that achieve organisational success and stakeholder value. During the program, you'll dive deep into topics such as communication and performance, power and influence, organisational behaviour, and informal leadership to gain an overarching understanding of leadership's complexities.
Through live case studies, guest lectures, simulations, and peer-to-peer learning, you'll examine and evaluate diverse approaches to leadership, including Indigenous, ethical, and character-based perspectives. With our flipped classroom methods, you'll have the flexibility to access learning materials at the time that suits you, preparing you to delve deeper into key topics during interactive online tutorials and immersive face-to-face workshops. You'll be encouraged to bring your experiences into the discussion and contribute to co-creating knowledge about different leadership aspects.
Learning Outcomes
Practical experience
Throughout this course, you'll be deeply engaged and frequently exposed to industry-relevant, practical business and organisational issues. Live case analysis, industry visits, peer-to-peer learning, and masterclasses will all provide opportunities to link theory to practice, ensuring your learning is theoretically rigorous and practically applicable.
Career outcomes
Leadership is increasingly recognised as a key differentiator of high-performing teams and organisations. Graduates of this course will have the knowledge, skills, and capabilities to lead effectively across a broad cross-section of industries and sectors. You'll learn how to refine and enhance your own leadership potential and the leadership potential of others. You'll graduate ready to embed ethical and contemporary leadership within and throughout your organisation, fostering enhanced individual and organisational capability.
Completing this course will equip you for roles such as:
- General manager
- Executive team member
- Team, department, or sector leader
- Internal or external leadership development practitioner
- Human resource professional
Course structure
To graduate from the Graduate Certificate in Leadership and Organisational Capability, you must satisfactorily complete 50 credit points of study from the core units listed below in the schedule.
Please note this course is currently available on a part-time enrolment basis only.
Core Units
The role of leaders and the function of leadership has been the focus of scrutiny for many years. It could be argued that this scrutiny has been amplified in recent times due the recent crises associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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| Hobart | Accelerated Study Period 2 | ||||
| Online | Accelerated Study Period 2 | ||||
View all details for BMA613 Leading Capability Development in Organisations
The development of organisational capability via formal and informal leadership is often diminished due to ineffective processes or misaligned culture. Leaders therefore must be cognisant of the how processual tools at their disposal can generate appropriate responses to internal and…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Accelerated Study Period 2 | ||||
| Online | Accelerated Study Period 2 | ||||
View all details for BMA614 Leadership, Process and Capability
Examination of the role and nature of leadership as a practice, as behaviour and as a suite of capabilities has been reignited in the wake of responses to the current COVID-19 pandemic. However, critique of leaders and the role they…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Accelerated Study Period 3 | ||||
| Online | Accelerated Study Period 3 | ||||
No organisation operates in a vacuum. Developing an appreciation of global issues and the capacity to determine regional or local consequences for organisations is imperative for good leadership and appropriate management. Leaders, therefore, must be cognisant of contemporary issues that…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Accelerated Study Period 3 | ||||
| Online | Accelerated Study Period 3 | ||||
View all details for BMA726 Contemporary Issues in Organisational Leadership
Entry requirements
For Domestic students
Applicants with higher education study
To be eligible for an offer, you must have:
- A completed AQF7 Bachelor Degree or above, or approved equivalent, in any discipline.
An equivalent qualification from an overseas institution is as assessed by the University with reference to the equivalencies identified by the National Office of Overseas Skills Recognition (NOOSR).
Applicants with work experience
To be eligible for an offer, you must have:
- At least three (3) years’ management experience.
To be eligible for the degree, you need to provide evidence that shows your work experience meets the minimum requirements. This includes submitting a copy of your CV and two letters of reference from your line managers or equivalent positions. The minimum level of management experience required is supervisory, team leader, or business manager experience. If you have worked as a sole trader or consultant, you must provide a copy of your CV and two testimonials or references from clients that provide evidence of capability consistent with the entry requirements.
For International students
Applicants with higher education study
To be eligible for an offer, you must have:
- A completed AQF7 Bachelor Degree or above, or approved equivalent, in any discipline.
An equivalent qualification from an overseas institution is as assessed by the University with reference to the equivalencies identified by the National Office of Overseas Skills Recognition (NOOSR).
Applicants with work experience
To be eligible for an offer, you must have:
- At least three (3) years’ management experience.
To be eligible for the degree, you need to provide evidence that shows your work experience meets the minimum requirements. This includes submitting a copy of your CV and two letters of reference from your line managers or equivalent positions. The minimum level of management experience required is supervisory, team leader, or business manager experience. If you have worked as a sole trader or consultant, you must provide a copy of your CV and two testimonials or references from clients that provide evidence of capability consistent with the entry requirements.
English Language Requirements
International students must also provide evidence that they have met the minimum English Language Test Score requirements for Postgraduate coursework programs as published in the University’s English Language Requirements. These tests must have been completed in the 24 months preceding the application date.
Credit transfer
Students who successfully complete the Graduate Certificate in Leadership and Organisational Capability may be eligible for credit of up to 50 cp into the 37O1 Master of Business Administration or 37O2 Master of Business Administration (Executive), subject to the approval of the MBA Director and meeting the admission requirements for the relevant course, particularly the requirements of work experience.
Fees & scholarships
Domestic students
Cost shouldn’t get in the way of you studying.
If you’re a domestic student, you may be eligible for a Commonwealth Supported Place in this course. This means your fees will be subsidised by the Australian Government. You’ll only need to pay the student contribution amount for each unit you study within the course.
You may also be able to defer payment of the student contribution amount by accessing a HECS-HELP loan from the Government. If eligible, you’ll only have to pay your tuition fees once you start earning above a specific amount.
Further information is available at Scholarships, fees and costs.
Student contributionStudent contribution amounts are charged for each unit of study. This means that how much you’ll pay will depend on which units you choose. Find out more about student contribution amounts.
Further informationDetailed fee information for domestic students is available at Scholarships, fees and costs, including additional information in relation to the compulsory Student Services and Amenities Fee (SSAF).
Scholarships
For information on general scholarships available at the University of Tasmania, please visit the scholarships website.
How can we help?
Do you have any questions about choosing a course or applying? Get in touch.
- Domestic
- 13 8827 (13 UTAS)
- International
- +61 3 6226 6200
- Course.Info@utas.edu.au
- Online
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