Leadership, Innovation and Change (7075.4)

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Leadership, Innovation and Change
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EFTSL Credit points Faculty
0.125 3 Faculty Of Business, Government & Law
Discipline Study level HECS Bands
Canberra School Of Politics, Economics And Society Level 2 - Undergraduate Intermediate Unit Band 4 2021 (Commenced After 1 Jan 2021)
Band 4 2021 (Commenced After 1 Jan Social Work_Exclude 0905)
Band 5 2021 (Commenced Before 1 Jan 2021)
Leadership is an area of critical interest in today's rapidly changing international business environment. There has seldom been a time when leadership was more challenging or more important. To be a leader, one has to make a difference and facilitate positive changes. Innovating and managing change are crucial to organisational success and leaders play a key role in enabling organisations to sustain a competitive advantage. To this end, leaders inspire and motivate others to achieve worthwhile goals. This unit considers contemporary approaches to leadership, innovation and change from the philosophical perspective that leadership skills can be taught. To this end, the unit examines case studies and relevant theoretical perspectives and encourages critical self-reflection.

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
1. Understand the importance of effective leadership in business, government and civil society;

2. Demonstrate an understanding of the theory and practice of leadership in the Australian and international contexts;
3. Contrast theoretical approaches to understanding leadership and developing leadership skills;
4. Demonstrate a sound knowledge of the role of leadership in encouraging entrepreneurial and innovative behaviour; and
5. Undertake projects requiring research, analysis and the effective communication of the results.


Graduate attributes

1. UC graduates are professional - communicate effectively
1. UC graduates are professional - display initiative and drive, and use their organisation skills to plan and manage their workload
1. UC graduates are professional - employ up-to-date and relevant knowledge and skills
1. UC graduates are professional - take pride in their professional and personal integrity
1. UC graduates are professional - use creativity, critical thinking, analysis and research skills to solve theoretical and real-world problems
1. UC graduates are professional - work collaboratively as part of a team, negotiate, and resolve conflict
2. UC graduates are global citizens - adopt an informed and balanced approach across professional and international boundaries
2. UC graduates are global citizens - behave ethically and sustainably in their professional and personal lives
2. UC graduates are global citizens - communicate effectively in diverse cultural and social settings
2. UC graduates are global citizens - think globally about issues in their profession
2. UC graduates are global citizens - understand issues in their profession from the perspective of other cultures
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - adapt to complexity, ambiguity and change by being flexible and keen to engage with new ideas
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - be self-aware
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - reflect on their own practice, updating and adapting their knowledge and skills for continual professional and academic development


Prerequisites

4207 Introduction to Management OR 9525 Principles of Management

Corequisites

None.

Incompatible units

9533 Management Leadership

Equivalent units

9533 Management Leadership

Assumed knowledge

None.
Year Location Teaching period Teaching start date Delivery mode Unit convener
Not available

Required texts

No textbook required. A list of online readings will be provided in Canvas.

Participation requirements

Participation in tutorials is essential. Students who perform well in this unit tend to be those who attend all classes.

Required IT skills

Students are to submit all work via Canvas. It is the student's responsibility to keep a back-up of their work. Technical problems such as poor internet connections or Canvas login issues will not be regarded as reasons for extensions. The ability to back-up one's work and manage one's network access are key skills in the modern workplace.

Work placement, internships or practicums

None

Additional information

Individual work and plagiarism: No tolerance: Work by students' suspected of containing plagiarised content will be submitted to the Associate Dean (Education) of the Faculty for immediate investigation. It is taken for granted that assessment items give evidence of background reading, intelligent criticism, keen observation and the development of a line of argument to support any particular stance adopted.  It is also assumed that, unless explicitly stated otherwise, each assignment is entirely the work of the individual submitting it and is produced specifically for the unit AND the relevant semester in question. Submitting assignments or parts of assignments which have already been submitted for other units and/or semesters will therefore constitute plagiarism for the purposes of assessment in this unit. Plagiarism will not be tolerated. Any item of assessment found to contain plagiarism by the Associate Dean (Education) may attract a sanction including a fail grade for the assessment item or the whole unit.

Good scholarship necessarily requires building on and borrowing from the work of others but this use must be acknowledged.  Cheating, plagiarism, and falsification of data are dishonest practices that contravene academic values of respect for knowledge, scholarship and other scholars. Presenting another person's ideas or arguments by reproducing, paraphrasing, summarising, or other altered forms without acknowledgement is plagiarism. Plagiarism includes submitting work prepared by another author, including another student, as your own and includes the use of an assignment you have previously submitted for another unit or a previous attempt at this unit. Students are expected to have completed the Academic Integrity Module before attempting any assessment in this unit.