Unit Outline

Organisations everywhere now operate in an environment of rapid, on-going and disruptive change. Leaders play a key role managing such change, which can include system-wide and local reforms, restructuring and innovations. Often, many planned changes are not implemented in practice as originally conceived. This unit examines some of the forces of change and for change in society today, focusing in particular on both barriers and facilitators. Students will develop deeper understandings of change processes, appreciate the complexities of these processes and identify some strategies to successfully lead change.

Intended Learning Outcomes

As per the Assessment and Results Policy 1.3, your results will reflect your achievement against specified learning outcomes.

On completion of this unit, you will be able to:


1	Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the nature of, and challenges of change in complex organisations today and how leaders might respond to such changes.
2	Critically examine these challenges through the analysis, synthesis and evaluation of relevant literature
3	Apply new knowledge and understanding in a critically analytical way to practice
4	Critically reflect upon and evaluate leadership of organisational change in practice

Requisites


REQUISITE TYPE	REQUISITES
Anti-requisite (mutual excl)	ESM707

Alterations as a result of student feedback

As a result of student feedback, content has been updated and fortnightly zoom sessions will continue to be offered since they were deemed relevant and helpful for reinforcing key understandings

How will I be Assessed?

For more detailed assessment information please see MyLO.

Assessment schedule


ASSESSMENT TASK #	ASSESSMENT TASK NAME	DATE DUE	WEIGHT	LINKS TO INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES
Assessment Task 1:	Critical Reflection	Week 6	40 %	LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4
Assessment Task 2:	Analytical Essay	Week 13	60 %	LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4

Assessment details

Assessment Task 1: Critical Reflection

Task Description:

Assessment Task 1:
Explore and then analyse two approaches to / theories of organisational change. Discuss how these theories could guide the practice of leaders in your professional context.
Refer to the relevant literature to support your points. Other requirements:
Include at least 10 reputable sources to support your work (e.g., refereed journal articles,
textbooks from UTAS library site). Higher quality papers tend to draw on a wider literature base.
Referencing and academic writing to follow APA
convention

Task Length:

1500 words (maximum) – penalty applies for exceeding this limit

Due Date:

Week 6 (30/Aug/2024)

Weight:

40 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


1	Identification and explanation of key learnings and prior understandings of topics/ideas covered in module materials with reference to relevant literature	LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4
2	Critical reflection/analysis of key learnings to current and/or future practices with reference to relevant literature	LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4
3	Presentation of ideas – follows specified genre/structure and APA convention for academic writing and referencing	LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4

Assessment Task 2: Analytical Essay

Task Description:

Assessment Task 2:
You are required to identify and analyse a change (a “chosen change”) that has taken/is taking/about to take place in your organisation or one that you know well. For a major paper such as this one, you are expected to draw on ideas from across all modules in this analysis.

Task Length:

2500 words (maximum) – penalty applies for exceeding this limit

Due Date:

Week 13 (25/Oct/2024)

Weight:

60 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


1	Identification, analysis and synthesis of contextual information and key leadership issues pertinent to chosen change	LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4
2	Critical literature review that demonstrates analysis and synthesis of key leadership issues pertinent to chosen change	LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4
3	Application of literature review in analysing and synthesising key leadership issues as they pertain to chosen change	LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4
4	Presentation of ideas – follows specified genre/structure and APA convention for academic writing and referencing	LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4

How your final result is determined

To pass this unit, you need to demonstrate your attainment of each of the Intended Learning Outcomes, achieve a final unit grade of 50% or greater, and pass any hurdle tasks.

Submission of assignments

Where practicable, assignments should be submitted to an assignment submission folder in MYLO. You must submit assignments by the due date or receive a penalty (unless an extension of time has been approved by the Unit Coordinator). Students submitting any assignment in hard copy, or because of a practicum finalisation, must attach a student cover sheet and signed declaration for the submission to be accepted for marking.

Academic integrity

Academic integrity is about acting responsibly, honestly, ethically, and collegially when using, producing, and communicating information with other students and staff members.

In written work, you must correctly reference the work of others to maintain academic integrity. To find out the referencing style for this unit, see the assessment information in the MyLO site, or contact your teaching staff. For more detail about Academic Integrity, see Important Guidelines & Support.

Requests for extensions

If you are unable to submit an assessment task by the due date, you should apply for an extension.

A request for an extension should first be discussed with your Unit Coordinator or teaching support team where possible. A request for an extension must be submitted by the assessment due date, except where you can provide evidence it was not possible to do so. Typically, an application for an extension will be supported by documentary evidence: however, where it is not possible for you to provide evidence please contact your Unit Coordinator.

The Unit Coordinator must notify you of the outcome of an extension request within 3 working days of receiving the request.

Late penalties

Assignments submitted after the deadline will receive a late penalty of 5% of the original available mark for each calendar day (or part day) that the assignment is late. Late submissions will not be accepted more than 10 calendar days after the due date, or after assignments have been returned to other students on a scheduled date, whichever occurs first. Further information on Late Penalties can be found on the Assessments and Results Procedure.

Review of results and appeals

You are entitled to ask for a review of the marking and grading of your assessment task if there is an irregularity in the marking standards or an error in the process for determining the outcome of an assessment. Details on how to request a review of a mark for an assignment are outlined in the Review and Appeal of Academic Decisions Procedure.

Required Resources

Required reading materials

Cameron, E., & Green, M. (2020). Making sense of change management: A complete guide to models, tools and techniques or organizational change (5th ed.). Kogan Page