Management and Leadership

A Management and Leadership major provides students with the knowledge, skills and abilities to understand how organisations work and the critical role of managers within them. Management and Leadership is commonly understood as: (i) the process of planning, organising, leading and controlling the efforts of organisational members; and (ii) deploying resources inside and outside the organisation to achieve set objectives. The study of management includes building knowledge in important areas such as developing and implementing strategy, driving organisational change and leading teams to achieve organisational objectives.

Options for studying Management and Leadership

Students not enrolled in the Bachelor of Commerce or related combined Bachelor of Commerce degrees can complete either a Management and Leadership major or minor as a Table S (shared pool) option for their degree.

Commerce students can only complete a Management and Leadership major or minor as a Table A option for their degree.

Pathways through the major and minor

The requirements for a major/minor in Management and Leadership are spread out over three years of the degree (possibly four years if students are completing a combined Bachelor of Advanced Studies degree).

(i) Management and Leadership major

To achieve a major in Management and Leadership, students must complete 48 credit points comprising:

• 12 credit points of 1000-level core units of study;
• 12 credit points of 2000-level core units of study;
• 6 credit points of 3000-level core units of study; and
• 18 credit points of 3000-level selective units of study.

A sample pathway for the Management and Leadership major (over three years of a degree) is listed below.

Please Note. This sample progression is meant as an example only. Depending on unit prerequisites, students may be able to complete these units in a different sequence to that displayed in the following table.

*WORK2222 will be available from 2023.

** Capstone unit for the major – completed in the final semester of study for that major. This unit of study must be completed at the University of Sydney Business School.

For details of the core and selective units of study required for the major or minor please refer to the Management and Leadership section of the unit of study table, Table S, in this handbook.

(ii) Management and Leadership minor

To achieve a minor in Management and Leadership, students must complete 36 credit points comprising:

• 12 credit points of 1000-level core units of study;
• 18 credit points of 2000-level core units of study; and
• 6 credit points of 3000-level selective units of study.

A sample pathway for the Management and Leadership minor (over three years of a degree) is listed below.

Please Note. This sample progression is meant as an example only. Depending on unit prerequisites, students may be able to complete these units in a different sequence to that displayed in the following table.

*WORK2222 will be available from 2023.

For details of the core and selective units of study required for the major or minor please refer to the Management and Leadership section of the unit of study table, Table S, in this handbook.

Bachelor of Advanced Studies with Honours in Work and Organisational Studies

Honours in Work and Organisational Studies commences in semester one; there is no mid-year intake.

Students enrolled in a degree combined with the Bachelor of Advanced studies who complete a major in Management and Leadership with a weighted average mark of 70% (within the first three years of their degree) may be eligible to complete honours in Work and Organisational Studies as their fourth year of study in this combined degree program. Students will need to have completed any requirements of their degree not satisfied with the completion of honours (including both majors, all core units, all Open Learning Environment units, and any elective units as necessary to ensure they meet degree requirements) by the end of their third year of study to proceed to honours in their fourth year of study. The available units of study for Honours in Work and Organisational Studies are listed in Table A Honours units of study in the Business School handbook.

For details of the requirements for admission, completion and the criteria for the awarding of honours, please refer to the Degree and Faculty resolutions.

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of the Management and Leadership major students will be able to:

Further information

For further information regarding study in management and leadership at the University of Sydney, please refer to the Discipline of Work and Organisational Studies.