Master of Commerce in Leadership Studies

• To provide enabling skills for effective leadership behaviours and actions in diverse settings
• To develop critical research competencies relevant to contemporary issues in diverse environments
• To develop skills necessary for the analysis and deeper understanding of complexity found diverse organisational and community settings
• To create a learning environment wherein the intellectual and practical capabilities of leaders are grown to embrace more holistic approaches to problem solving skills and decision-making.
• To develop skills and attributes associated with ethical leadership.

An Honours level Bachelors Degree or equivalent, with work experience. Learners must be in employment.

Learners are required to provide documented evidence of prior experience, together with contact particulars of three referees who are able to attest to their academic potential.

Have the

• Ability to think and act systematically as evidenced by the processes by which research and practice problems are defined and completed.
• Demonstrating self-reflective ability and ability to articulate personal learning arising from interaction with others, both individually as well as in group settings.
• Ability to facilitate group and organisational learning.
• Awareness of the appropriate use of systems methods in the definition and resolution of complex project-based problems.
• Ability to appreciate the value of group processes, and work effectively in group context in the resolution of project-related problems.
• Ability to work constructively and creatively with diversity.
• Ability to effectively use techniques associated with the practice of project management in a range of environments.

• Personal development and explicit statement of personal learning and development arising from the completion of the modules and associated assignment
• Demonstration, through interpretation and application, of an understanding of module contents at a conceptual level
• Demonstration ability to appropriately use methodologies and techniques
• Understanding of the development process and the facilitation of improvement processes and programmes in a range of settings.
• Learners are further required to maintain learning logs and to submit a synthesising assignment intended to demonstrate a thorough conceptual grasp preparatory to dissertation (Masters).

Integrated assessment

The University of Natal is currently reforming its assessment strategies to include the assessment of applied competence for each qualification. In the meantime, a combination of continuous assessment and traditional written examinations serve to assess the integration of all/most of the learning outcomes for each module in a qualification.

Personal development and explicit statement of personal learning and development arising from the completion of the module and associated assignment.

Demonstration, through interpretation and application, of an understanding of module contents at a conceptual level.

Demonstration of ability to appropriately use methodologies and techniques.

Understanding of the development process and the facilitation of improvement processes and programmes in a range of settings.