AWL200 - Leadership and Transformation

Unit details

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Year:

2023 unit information

Enrolment modes:

Commencing 2024:

Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Online

Credit point(s):1
EFTSL value:0.125
Unit Chair:Trimester 2: TBA
Prerequisite:

Students must have passed 6 credit points of study, prior to enrolling in this unit

Corequisite:Nil
Incompatible with: Nil
Typical study commitment:

Students will on average spend 150-hours over the trimester undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.

Scheduled learning activities - campus:

1 x 2-hour seminar per week

Scheduled learning activities - online:

Online independent and collaborative learning activities, plus 1 x 1-hour seminar per week (livestreamed and recorded)

Content

Change is inevitable in our personal and professional lives. While it provides opportunities to grow and innovate, facilitating positive and sustainable transformation can be challenging. Through theoretical investigation, case study analysis and professional development activities, you will investigate the nature of change and discover what it takes to lead with purpose and resilience in response to technological disruption, shifting stakeholder needs and expectations, and challenging conditions and environments. The unit will help you understand what constitutes effective individual and team behaviours and performance, and how to cultivate and contribute to them. You will also explore your own leadership capabilities, and be empowered throughout the unit to develop the skills, knowledge and experience to become a leader in your chosen field and personal and professional endeavours.

ULO These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes
ULO1 Investigate leadership competencies relevant to their disciplinary area and examine the role of leadership in inspiring, motivating and influencing change.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities

GLO4: Critical thinking

ULO2 Identify and articulate how individual differences can shape leadership styles, situations and practices.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities

GLO2: Communication

GLO4: Critical thinking

ULO3 Critically analyse and evaluate the capabilities of self and others to individually or collectively respond to change and transformation.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities

GLO4: Critical thinking

GLO5: Problem solving

ULO4 Demonstrate a capacity to exhibit and model responsible, ethical, inclusive and accountable leadership and team behaviours.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities

GLO6: Self-management

GLO7: Teamwork

Assessment

Assessment Description Student output Grading and weighting
(% total mark for unit)
Indicative due week
Assessment 1 – Online Exercises 5 x 200-word discussion board posts 25% Information not yet available
Assessment 2 – Case Study Analysis 1400 words
or equivalent
35% Information not yet available
Assessment 3 – Leadership Simulation Learning Portfolio 1600 words
or equivalent
40% Information not yet available

The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.

Hurdle requirement

Brief summary of hurdle requirement Rationale Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes
Participation in leadership simulation exercise – ungraded  A key focus of this unit is on enhancing students’ employability skills in leadership. Students will work in multi-disciplinary teams to undertake a simulated leadership exercise and it is vital that each member contributes to the activity in order to be able to complete the final assessment task. It is a necessary activity to enable ‘discovery-driven’ learning and an opportunity for students to test and enhance their leadership abilities in a controlled environment, as well as their skills in critical reflection. Therefore, the simulated leadership exercise itself is a hurdle requirement, representing the vehicle by which students can complete the graded assessment and demonstrate core ULOs and GLOs.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities

GLO2: Communication

GLO4: Critical thinking

GLO5: Problem solving

GLO6: Self-management

GLO7: Teamwork

Learning Resource

The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via: AWL200

Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.

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