Leading and Managing Change G (9802.1)
Available teaching periods | Delivery mode | Location |
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View teaching periods | On-Campus |
UC - Canberra, Bruce |
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
Prerequisites
None.Corequisites
None.Incompatible units
None.Equivalent units
None.Assumed knowledge
None.Year | Location | Teaching period | Teaching start date | Delivery mode | Unit convener |
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2023 | UC - Canberra, Bruce | Period 5 | 25 September 2023 | On-Campus | Dr Brendan McCaffrie |
2024 | UC - Canberra, Bruce | Period 5 | 30 September 2024 | On-Campus | Dr Brendan McCaffrie |
Required texts
Essential 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.
Williams, D (2015); Leadership for a Fractured World; Berrett-Koehler Publishers pp 185-205
Participation requirements
None
Required IT skills
None
Work placement, internships or practicums
None