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-5303
Leadership
Option
4
8 hrs
3 hours
None
None

Aims/ Objectives/ Rationale:


In the present business climate, much emphasis is put on the role of leaders to achieve good organisational performance. The module aims to increase the students’ understanding of the nature, the characteristics and the roles of leadership as well as the motivations of effective leaders. The module focuses on four levels of analysis including the leader; his or her personality, the tasks or results, the followers and the team. The module will introduce and assess basic theories and research about leaders’ roles and responsibilities, and develop in students the ability to analyse leadership situations and apply concepts and theories to help get the job done, better the relationships, grow individuals and improve the team. It is also the intent of the module to acquaint the students with the study and nature of resilient leaders.

Module Content:

  • What is Leadership?
  • The Relationship between Leadership & Management: Concepts & Differences
  • Key Theories of Leadership/ Roles of Leaders/ Classical Sins & Problems of Leadership
  • Leading Ethically
  • Contemporary Issues in Organisational Leadership such as proactive leadership and other issues/ Money, Motivation & Leadership
  • Leaders in the Western World: Real-life examples: Collin Powell and Other Western Leaders.
  • Asian Leadership Ways & Examples
  • Emotional Intelligence/ Spiritual Intelligence
  • Resilient Leadership
  • Leading Successful Work Teams/ Team Leadership & Teambuilding
  • Leadership & Followership/ Leading Overachievers and Top Performers
  • Leading Change & Successful Organizational Change
  • Learning & Leading
  • Global Leadership/ Women and Leadership

 

Assessment

Examination:
Coursework:

Group project & presentation
Case study
Individual Assignment

          
 
50%
50%

15 %
15%
20%