Faculty of Business and Law

School: Business

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

    Strategic Leadership & Stakeholder Management
  • Unit Code

    MBA6140
  • Year

    2015
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    20
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

Description

This unit builds on concepts introduced in the Managing People and Organisations unit and aims to establish and expand on the fundamentals of Strategy, Strategic Planning, Organisational Change and Transformational Leadership. Through a combination of theoretical approaches and business case studies, students will expand their strategic thinking, visioning and leadership capability. Students will develop a Strategic Plan and learn how to hold its vision, elicit the alignment and ownership of the stakeholders and effectively manage change. The overarching intention is to deepen their capacity to apply the art and craft of leadership and management.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 2 units from FBL5010, MBA6115

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. 'develop a vision'.
  2. Apply different approaches to managing organisational change.
  3. Build leadership skills necessary to lead change efforts.
  4. Create a strategic plan.
  5. Examine the role of internal and external stakeholders in business planning.
  6. Recognise the need for organisational change and transformation.

Unit Content

  1. Communication.
  2. Decision making, critical thinking and reflection.
  3. Failures of organisational change and transformation.
  4. Leadership today.
  5. Leading change.
  6. Management versus leadership.
  7. Organisational change and transformation.
  8. Power and influence position, politics and hierarchy.
  9. Stakeholder management.
  10. Strategic planning - A future based approach.
  11. Strategy- bringing the vision to life.
  12. Your influence Authentic leadership and your pathway.

Additional Learning Experience Information

This unit will impart fundamental theories and models which will be grounded in practice by way of discussion of current issues in the media, case studies, group work, role-plays and in-basket exercises. Students will be asked to work independently and in groups, in-class and outside, to gain an in-depth understanding of current issues relating to strategy, strategic planning, organisational change and transformational leadership.

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
ProjectProject - Analysis of a leader40%
ReportStrategic Leadership plan35%
ParticipationParticipation (discussion board and in-session)25%

Text References

  • ^ McKee, A., Kemp, T., & Spence, G. (2013). Management: A focus on leaders. Frenchs Forest: Pearson Australia.
  • McKeown, M. (2012). The strategy book. Harlow: Pearson Education
  • Zaffron, S., & Logan, D. (2009). The three laws of performance. San Francisco: Jossey - Bass Warren Bennis Series.
  • Spector, B. (2013). Implementing organizational change: Theory into practice (3rd ed.). Boston: Pearson.
  • Yukl, G. (2013). Leadership in organizations (8th ed.). Upper Saddle River, N.J. :Pearson.
  • Clawson, J. G. (2012). Level three leadership: Getting below the surface (5th ed.). Boston: Prentice Hall.
  • Snook, S.A, Nohria, N., & Khurana, R.K. (2012). The handbook of teaching leadership: Knowing, doing, being. Los Angeles, CA: SAGE Publications.

^ Mandatory reference


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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Faculty of Business and Law

School: Business

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

    Strategic Leadership & Stakeholder Management
  • Unit Code

    MBA6140
  • Year

    2015
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    20
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

Description

This unit builds on concepts introduced in the Managing People and Organisations unit and aims to establish and expand on the fundamentals of Strategy, Strategic Planning, Organisational Change and Transformational Leadership. Through a combination of theoretical approaches and business case studies, students will expand their strategic thinking, visioning and leadership capability. Students will develop a Strategic Plan and learn how to hold its vision, elicit the alignment and ownership of the stakeholders and effectively manage change. The overarching intention is to deepen their capacity to apply the art and craft of leadership and management.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 2 units from FBL5010, MBA6115

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. 'develop a vision'.
  2. Apply different approaches to managing organisational change.
  3. Build leadership skills necessary to lead change efforts.
  4. Create a strategic plan.
  5. Examine the role of internal and external stakeholders in business planning.
  6. Recognise the need for organisational change and transformation.

Unit Content

  1. Communication.
  2. Decision making, critical thinking and reflection.
  3. Failures of organisational change and transformation.
  4. Leadership today.
  5. Leading change.
  6. Management versus leadership.
  7. Organisational change and transformation.
  8. Power and influence position, politics and hierarchy.
  9. Stakeholder management.
  10. Strategic planning - A future based approach.
  11. Strategy- bringing the vision to life.
  12. Your influence Authentic leadership and your pathway.

Additional Learning Experience Information

This unit will impart fundamental theories and models which will be grounded in practice by way of discussion of current issues in the media, case studies, group work, role-plays and in-basket exercises. Students will be asked to work independently and in groups, in-class and outside, to gain an in-depth understanding of current issues relating to strategy, strategic planning, organisational change and transformational leadership.

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
ProjectProject - Analysis of a leader40%
ReportStrategic Leadership Plan50%
ParticipationParticipation (discussion board and in-session)10%

Text References

  • ^ McKee, A., Kemp, T., & Spence, G. (2013). Management: A focus on leaders. Frenchs Forest: Pearson Australia.
  • Yukl, G. (2013). Leadership in organizations (8th ed.). Upper Saddle River, N.J. :Pearson.
  • Spector, B. (2013). Implementing organizational change: Theory into practice (3rd ed.). Boston: Pearson.
  • McKeown, M. (2012). The strategy book. Harlow: Pearson Education
  • Clawson, J. G. (2012). Level three leadership: Getting below the surface (5th ed.). Boston: Prentice Hall.
  • Zaffron, S., & Logan, D. (2009). The three laws of performance. San Francisco: Jossey - Bass Warren Bennis Series.
  • Snook, S.A, Nohria, N., & Khurana, R.K. (2012). The handbook of teaching leadership: Knowing, doing, being. Los Angeles, CA: SAGE Publications.

^ Mandatory reference


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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