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School: Business and Law

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Leadership, Strategy and Change

  • Unit Code

    MBA6050

  • Year

    2019

  • Enrolment Period

    1

  • Version

    2

  • Credit Points

    20

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online

  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Andrei Alexander LUX

Description

Leadership, strategy, and change represent three of a managers most important areas of competence. This unit first acquaints students with contemporary theories and then unpacks a toolkit of practical skills for professional development across these three topics. Important aspects of the modern international business environment, such as culture, diversity, and the pace of change, are discussed to develop a global perspective. The skills that students learn in this unit will be useful both inside and outside of the workplace, at all stages of their career.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass FBL5010

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Examine global discipline knowledge to develop a holistic leadership perspective.
  2. Analyse relevant research to inform leadership practice.
  3. Integrate theory and practice for effective organisational leadership.
  4. Apply personal autonomy and accountability in the execution of a substantial research or industry project.
  5. Synthesise relevant perspectives and skills with initiative and/or creativity in strategic organisational change contexts.

Unit Content

  1. Contemporary leadership theories.
  2. Developing practical leadership skills.
  3. Key elements and approaches to strategy.
  4. Tools for developing and implementing strategy.
  5. Organisational change models.
  6. Effective change management skills.
  7. Leading yourself for professional development.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 213 x 3 hour seminarNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences through ECU Blackboard as well as additional ECU learning technologies.

Additional Learning Experience Information

On-campus students will attend a weekly class. The focus is on building an understanding of relevant concepts from the literature and connecting it to students workplace experience. The aim is to develop a personal view of ones current capabilities and future learning needs. The seminar PowerPoint slides will be made available on Blackboard, as well as audio recordings of the lectures, and copies of in-class materials. Online students access the program via Blackboard and are expected to work through the slides, listen to the audio lectures, and engage regularly on the online Discussion Board.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentLeadership Essay50%
ProjectStrategic Change Project50%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentLeadership Essay50%
ProjectStrategic Change Project50%

Core Reading(s)

  • Stringham, S. H. (2012). Strategic leadership and strategic management: Leading and managing change on the edge of chaos. Bloomington, IN: iUniverse. Retrieved from https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/821266440

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Business and Law

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Leadership, Strategy and Change

  • Unit Code

    MBA6050

  • Year

    2019

  • Enrolment Period

    2

  • Version

    2

  • Credit Points

    20

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online

  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Andrei Alexander LUX

Description

Leadership, strategy, and change represent three of a managers most important areas of competence. This unit first acquaints students with contemporary theories and then unpacks a toolkit of practical skills for professional development across these three topics. Important aspects of the modern international business environment, such as culture, diversity, and the pace of change, are discussed to develop a global perspective. The skills that students learn in this unit will be useful both inside and outside of the workplace, at all stages of their career.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass FBL5010

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Examine global discipline knowledge to develop a holistic leadership perspective.
  2. Analyse relevant research to inform leadership practice.
  3. Integrate theory and practice for effective organisational leadership.
  4. Apply personal autonomy and accountability in the execution of a substantial research or industry project.
  5. Synthesise relevant perspectives and skills with initiative and/or creativity in strategic organisational change contexts.

Unit Content

  1. Contemporary leadership theories.
  2. Developing practical leadership skills.
  3. Key elements and approaches to strategy.
  4. Tools for developing and implementing strategy.
  5. Organisational change models.
  6. Effective change management skills.
  7. Leading yourself for professional development.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 213 x 3 hour seminarNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences through ECU Blackboard as well as additional ECU learning technologies.

Additional Learning Experience Information

On-campus students will attend a weekly class. The focus is on building an understanding of relevant concepts from the literature and connecting it to students workplace experience. The aim is to develop a personal view of ones current capabilities and future learning needs. The seminar PowerPoint slides will be made available on Blackboard, as well as audio recordings of the lectures, and copies of in-class materials. Online students access the program via Blackboard and are expected to work through the slides, listen to the audio lectures, and engage regularly on the online Discussion Board.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentLeadership Essay50%
ProjectStrategic Change Project50%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentLeadership Essay50%
ProjectStrategic Change Project50%

Core Reading(s)

  • Stringham, S. H. (2012). Strategic leadership and strategic management: Leading and managing change on the edge of chaos. Bloomington, IN: iUniverse. Retrieved from https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/821266440
  • Stringham, S. H. (2012). Strategic leadership and strategic management: Leading and managing change on the edge of chaos. Bloomington, IN: iUniverse. Retrieved from https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/821266440

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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