Leading and Managing Change G (9802.1)
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EFTSL | Credit points | Faculty |
0.125 | 3 | Faculty Of Business, Government & Law |
Discipline | Study level | HECS Bands |
Institute For Governance And Policy Analysis | Graduate Level | 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) |
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:1. Understand the foundational concepts and models associated with leadership and change management in public administration;
2. Articulate the emerging policy challenges to government, across different portfolios, and the role of leadership therein;
3. Analyse the tensions between competing approaches to public management in the context of incremental and radical changes to governing structures;
4. Critically evaluate the nature of leadership and its relationship to policy outcomes across a range of substantive policy areas; and
5. Demonstrate these competencies in a project, incorporating original research on dimensions of leadership and change in public administration.
Graduate attributes
1. UC graduates are professional - display initiative and drive, and use their organisation skills to plan and manage their workload1. 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 - make creative use of technology in their learning and professional lives
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 - evaluate and adopt new technology
Prerequisites
None.Corequisites
None.Incompatible units
None.Equivalent units
None.Assumed knowledge
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Required texts
Readings:
Porteous, P. (2011); Blinded by Vision: Lamenting Leadership, Public Administration Today – pp 8-12
Tourish, D (2020): Why the coronavirus crisis is also a crisis of leadership; Leadership SAGE Vol. 16(3) 261–272 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1742715020929242
Williams, D (2015); Earth Shakers: The Art and Craft of the Global Change Agent; http://changethis.com/manifesto/129.02.EarthShakers/pdf/129.02.EarthShakers.pdf
Zaleznik, A (1992); Managers and Leaders - are they different? Harvard Business Review
Porteous, P (2013); Localism: From adaptive to social leadership; Policy Studies, 2013
Diamond, J; Why do some societies make disastrous decisions? Source: http://www.edge.org/documents/archive/edge114.html
Gladwell, Malcolm; The Vanishing; New Yorker 2005
Meyerson, D (2003); Tempered Radicals: How People Use Difference to Inspire Change at Work; Harvard Business School Press, Boston, pp 141-164
Porteous, P. (2020) "Leadership and the Global Pandemic" RSOG Insight (Malaysia)
Argyris, C (1991); Teaching Smart People How to Learn; Harvard Business Review, May-June 1991
Scott, S; Say It Fiercely; VIVE
Einfield, N: University of Sydney; Navigating the post-truth debate: some key co-ordinates https://sydneyinitiativefortruth.org/2017/05/16/navigating-the-post-truth-debate-some-key-co-ordinates/
Porteous, P (2018) Social Leadership and Collaborative Engagement for Communities under Stress Journal of Peacebuilding & Development, 13:3, 23-39, DOI: 10.1080/15423166.2018.1494620
Lowndes, Pratchett, Stoker. CLEAR: An auditing tool for citizen participation at the local level. 2006.
Waterford, J (2023) A public service beholden to stakeholders and ignorant of citizens The Canberra Times 2 April 2023
Madsbjerg, C and Rasmussen, M; An Anthropologist walks into the bar…; Harvard Business Review March 2014
Williams, D (2015); Leadership for a Fractured World; Berrett-Koehler Publishers pp 185-205
Valles, C (1989); The Art of Choosing; Image Books, Doubleday
Kreider, T (2012); The ‘Busy' Trap; New York Times, 30 June 2012
Submission of assessment items
Special assessment requirements
The use of large language models (AI) to generate responses to any of the three assessments in not encouraged in this Unit.
If a student does use AI to generate all or part of an assessment response, the prior agreement of the Unit Convenor and Program Director is required and all instances of AI text must be fully referenced and acknowledged using UC citation methods for the use of AI.
Supplementary assessment
Nil
Students must apply academic integrity in their learning and research activities at UC. This includes submitting authentic and original work for assessments and properly acknowledging any sources used.
Academic integrity involves the ethical, honest and responsible use, creation and sharing of information. It is critical to the quality of higher education. Our academic integrity values are honesty, trust, fairness, respect, responsibility and courage.
UC students have to complete the Academic Integrity Module annually to learn about academic integrity and to understand the consequences of academic integrity breaches (or academic misconduct).
UC uses various strategies and systems, including detection software, to identify potential breaches of academic integrity. Suspected breaches may be investigated, and action can be taken when misconduct is found to have occurred.
Information is provided in the Academic Integrity Policy, Academic Integrity Procedure, and University of Canberra (Student Conduct) Rules 2023. For further advice, visit Study Skills.
Participation requirements
None
Required IT skills
None
In-unit costs
Nil
Work placement, internships or practicums
None