Undergraduate - UnitATS2907 - Islamic leadership in the 20th century

Students successfully completing this unit should:

1. Understand Islamic models of effective leadership in a modern context;
2. Have the capacity to evaluate critically theories relating to conditions surrounding influential Muslim leadership and the factors that made them effective in the 20th century;
3. Have explored different approaches to leadership from early Islam to the contemporary period;
4. Have gained insight into the relationship and tensions between the different fields of leadership, such as political, cultural and spiritual leadership, and religious and secular leadership;
5. Have understood the leadership style, contexts, impact and consequences of different leaders, particularly moderate leaders;
6. Have developed the ability to assess a leader's actions objectively from a variety of perspectives and from the point of view of relevant theories;
7. Will have acquired research skills appropriate to second and third level study and necessary for analyzing different leadership styles, approaches, and goals, and for evaluating the achievements and failures of selected Muslim leaders;
8. Third year students, in addition, will have developed a more sophisticated understanding of both ancient and modern leadership traditions and displayed a more thorough knowledge of contexts and theoretical approaches.