Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Unit Convenor
Joseph McIvor
Contact via Email
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Credit points |
Credit points
3
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
Admission to BBusLeadCom and ((42cp at 100 level or above) including MGMT202)
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
In this unit students will be examining the skills and techniques for problem solving, critical decision making and strategic thinking, all to be used in an organisational context. Students will learn to be strategic thinkers in that the actions they undertake today will yield the best possible outcomes in the future for themselves and their organisations. Students will learn to make sense of a complex world and transform the way they think, behave and interact with others as a leader and individual. This unit will develop the students as strategic thinkers and problem solvers.
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On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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Individual Report | 30% | No | Week 7 |
Video + Annotated Bibliography | 40% | No | Week 10 |
Individual Essay | 30% | No | Week 13 |
Due: Week 7
Weighting: 30%
Late tasks must also be submitted through Turnitin. No extensions will be granted. There will be a deduction of 10% made from the total available marks for each 24 hour period or part thereof that the submission is late (for example, 25 hours late in submission incurs a 20%). Late submissions will be accepted up to 96 hours after the due date and time.
This penalty does not apply for cases in which an application for Special Consideration is made and approved. Note: applications for Special Consideration Policy must be made within 5 (five) business days of the due date and time.
Due: Week 10
Weighting: 40%
Late tasks must also be submitted through Turnitin. No extensions will be granted. There will be a deduction of 10% of the total available marks for each 24 hour period or part thereof that the submission is late (for example, 25 hours late in submission incurs a 20%). Late submissions will be accepted up to 96 hours after the due date and time.
This penalty does not apply for cases in which an application for Special Consideration is made and approved. Note: applications for Special Consideration Policy must be made within 5 (five) business days of the due date and time.
Due: Week 13
Weighting: 30%
Late tasks must also be submitted through Turnitin. No extensions will be granted. There will be a deduction of 10% made from the total available marks for each 24 hour period or part thereof that the submission is late (for example, 25 hours late in submission incurs a 20% deduction). Late submissions will be accepted up to 96 hours after the due date and time.
This penalty does not apply for cases in which an application for Special Consideration is made and approved. Note: applications for Special Consideration Policy must be made within 5 (five) business days of the due date and time.
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Unit web page | The web page for this unit can be found at: https://ilearn.mq.edu.au/login/ |
Technology Used and Required | Students will need to be familiar with a web browser to access the unit web page. |
Delivery Format and Other Details |
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Recommended readings |
Week | Seminar Topic |
1 | Introduction to critical thinking and problem solving |
2 | Dealing with information and evidence |
3 | Identification and Analysis of Stakeholders |
4 | Design Thinking: Identifying problems and developing solutions |
5 | Analysing Leadership and Leaders |
6 | Managing Change |
7 | Understanding Organisational Culture |
Recess | 2 weeks recess |
8 | Understanding Motivation |
9 | Essay and skills workshop: Writing persuasive arguments |
10 | Flexibility, Inequality and The Changing Nature of Work |
11 | Controversies in Gender Politics |
12 | The nexus of environment and economy |
13 | Looking into an uncertain future: AI, Automation and the 'Fourth Industrial Revolution' |
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This graduate capability is supported by:
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We want our graduates to be capable of reasoning, questioning and analysing, and to integrate and synthesise learning and knowledge from a range of sources and environments; to be able to critique constraints, assumptions and limitations; to be able to think independently and systemically in relation to scholarly activity, in the workplace, and in the world. We want them to have a level of scientific and information technology literacy.
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The Program Learning Outcomes have been added to this iteration of the unit guide.
The topic areas of global contexts and sustainability are underpinned in this unit by both the lecture content and readings assigned and uploaded on iLearn. The focus is centred around the leadership applications of sustainability within the context of problem solving & critical thinking, and the importance of leaders operating and understanding the global context.
Students are expected within their assessment task to acknowledge these concepts (if applicable) and apply them accordingly.
This unit supports the development of Program Learning Outcomes (PLO) for degree(s) delivered by the Faculty of Business & Economics. PLOs describe the educational outcomes by a degree and what you should be able to know, understand and do by the end of your degree.
This unit's learning outcomes and assessment contribute to the following BBLC PLOs:
PLO 4: Apply power and influencing techniques within organisations
PLO 6: Critically and strategically analyse business issues.
PLO 8: Demonstrate effective oral communication in a business environment
PLO 9: Demonstrate effective written communication in a business environment
This unit draws on research from a variety of sources. Students are encouraged to conduct their own independent research on topics relevant to the course. Lectures and tutorials will include regular discussions about current practice as well as theoretical application. Students can utilise a range of websites, journals and texts in conducting their own research