Modules Offered in Semester II, 2009/2010

Faculty of Business , Economics & Policy Studies

Module Code

Module Name

Business Statistics
Information System Concepts
Corporate Communication
Challenging Leadership
Creativity and Innovation in Business
Proactive Leadership
Operation and Production Management
Financial Management
Management Information Systems
Human Resource Management
Leadership
Entrepreneurship and New Venture Creation
Agricultural Economics and Farm Management
Small Economies and Globalisation
Applied Environment Economics
Financial Economics
Issues in Economic Development
International Trade and Finance
Islamic Economics and Finance
Brunei and the World
Understanding Social Policy
Study of Public Policy
Public Policy Analysis
Advanced Research Methods
Financial Economics
Financial Economics
Islamic Economics and Finance
Issues in Economic Development
Financial Management
Leadership

Type of Module

Degree Core
Degree Core
Faculty Compulsory Breadth
Breadth
Breadth
Core
Core
Core
Core
Option
Option
Breadth
Breadth
Major Option
Option
Option
Option
Option
Breadth
Breadth
Core
Core
Core
Option
Option
Option
Option
Option
Option

Modular Credits

4
4
2
2
2
2
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
2
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
3

 

Module Code
Module Title

Type of Module

Modular Credits
Student Workload
Contact hours for timetabling
Prerequisite
Anti-requisite
BB-2401
Challenging Leadership
Breadth. For all programmes except Bachelor of Business
2
4 hrs
2 hours
None
None

Aims/ Objectives/ Rationale:


Climbing and peak conquering are the fundamentals of the challenging leadership module. To become peak conquerors, leaders need to climb, learning to be tough. At the end of the module, the students are able to develop a better understanding of the nature, motivations and challenges of challenging leadership as well as what such leaders are made of. The aim and purpose of this module is for the students to understand the knowledge, skills and practice of challenging leadership, it is also intended to enable them to gain insights into their own personal characteristics associated with notions and practice of tough leadership.

Module Content:

  • A Portrait of A Tough Leader, the Peak Conqueror.
  • Being Tough – The Right Mind & Attitude
  • Being Determined.
  • What is Adversity Quotient (AQ)? AQ-CORE Qualities
  • Surviving and Leading in A Crisis
  • The Power to Prevail
  • Turning Obstacles to Opportunities/ Turning Failure into Success/ Making the Turnaround.
  • Resources for Peak Conquering
  • Motivations of the Tough Leader/ The Positive Mind/ Spirit Management
  • The Creative Mind
  • Creating Winning Organisations – Building the Tough Corporate Cultures and Values in Organisations

 

Assessment

Examination: (2 hours)
Coursework:

Group-work and presentation
Role Play
Individual work assignment

          
 
40%
60%

30 %
10%
20 %