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Crawford School of Public Policy · ANU College of Asia and the Pacific
Leadership has been a critical element in governance as long as human societies have existed. Yet the art of effective leadership too often remains a mystery. This course explores the challenges that attend leadership in the public policy process, and it equips pariticapnts with the skills to surmount those challenges. How do leaders build effective teams, oversee organisational change, work across institutional boundaries, and operate in a global context? Class sessions explore these and additional questions, drawing on scholarly debates and case studies.
Team-building paper: Students are asked to pick one example of successful team-building from their experience and explain in a 500-word paper whether it confirms or defies the conventional wisdom in this regard. What were the major challenges? How might (even) more effective teamwork have been established?
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 4
Intelligence briefing: Students are to imagine that they have been posted to an embassy abroad to write an intelligence assessment of one of that country’s top current leaders. The task is to write a concise, 1000-word memo that explains how the leader is transforming an important organisation within their country. Explain how the leader is approaching this task, how successful he or she has been thus far, and what the lessons and implications are for your government.
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3
Case study analysis: Working in small groups, students will analyse a case study that highlights the way in which globalisation challenges leaders to work across institutions and operate in a global context. Students will give a short group presentation (worth 10%) and write a 2,500-word paper (worth 40%) about their case.
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 5
120 hours: 40 hours in class and the remainder in individual and group study
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