Master in Organisational Leadership

Course code: 3703 + Course abbreviation: MOrgLead + Total credit points required: 72 + 18 months full-time, 3 years part-time

Study mode and course location

On-campus (Clayton)

Multimode (Clayton)

Off-shore (Singapore)

Course description

This course is designed for professionals working in a range of human service and corporate sector organisations who prefer being associated with an organisational qualification rather than an educational one upon graduation.

Entry requirements

To be eligible for admission, applicants must hold either:

an approved three-year bachelors degree in a relevant field with a credit average in the final year, or
an approved three-year bachelors degree (or equivalent) and a fourth year of study, or
an approved four-year bachelors degree, or
qualifications or experience considered by the faculty board to be equivalent to, or a satisfactory substitute for, the above awards.

Course structure

Students are required to successfully complete 72 points, comprising one of the following three options:

six units – option one
five units plus EDF6010/20 Professional project (8000 words) – option two
four units plus a research thesis (16,000 words) – option three.

Option 1

Research core unit

An appropriate 12-point research unit will be selected from the faculty suite of research methodology units

Core units

EDF6821 Policy and governance
EDF6822 Leadership and organisation (
EDF6823 Management and change
EDF6828 Resource management

Elective units

Any 12-point units selected from the units offered within the education postgraduate coursework studies programs.

Option 2

Research core unit

An appropriate 12-point research unit will be selected from the faculty suite of research methodology units

Core units

EDF6821 Policy and governance (12 points)
EDF6822 Leadership and organisation (12 points)
EDF6823 Management and change (12 points)
EDF6828 Resource management (12 points)

Professional project

EDF6010 or EDF6020 Professional project (A) or (B) (8000 words) (12 points)

Option 3

Research core unit

An appropriate 12-point research unit will be selected from the faculty suite of research methodology units

Core Units

Any three units chosen from:

EDF6821 Policy and governance (12 points)
EDF6822 Leadership and organisation (12 points)
EDF6823 Management and change (12 points)
EDF6828 Resource management (12 points)

Research thesis

EDF6031 Masters thesis part 1, and EDF6032 Masters thesis part 2 (16,000 words) (totalling 24 points)

Research methodology units

EDF6005 Reading, interpreting and communicating research (12 points)
EDF6006 Survey approaches to research (12 points)
EDF6007 Qualitative approaches to research (12 points)
EDF6008 Working with theory in research (12 points)
EDF6009 Special topic in research (12 points)
EDF6012 Specific focus in research A (6 points)
EDF6013 Specific focus in research B (6 points)

Research thesis

The research core unit is a corequisite for the research thesis. It may be taken concurrently with the research thesis or completed prior to the commencement of the research thesis.

Contact details

Telephone +61 3 9905 2819 or visit www.education.monash.edu.au.

Course coordinator

Professor Peter Gronn

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