Unit Outline

In this unit, higher level workplace managers/supervisors will develop interpersonal skills focused on strategic leadership and engagement because they are now empowered to ensure an inclusive, ethical internal working climate, and to engage with colleagues as ethical, diverse-thinking leaders. Students will also develop interpersonal skills through external engagement with diverse community stakeholders to develop future-focused strategies addressing complex problems in challenging social, cultural, and economic environments. They will apply critical thinking and analysis skills to ensure they are leaders exercising effective strategic decision making to influence policy around complex problems. This is because leaders are now expected to learn from diverse community stakeholders (including government, not-for-profit, and community representatives, and vulnerable people) to inform their direction. These interpersonal skills are deepened through development of intrapersonal reflective practice skills where they build knowledge of leadership theories to consolidate the type of ethical leader they are now and in future.

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	Engage collaboratively with diverse stakeholders ensuring alignment of stakeholder needs with the students’ employment context
2	Analyse research evidence for managing human/material resources
3	Apply theories of ethical leadership to design strategies for addressing complex problems
4	Communicate across diverse settings and audiences in a manner commensurate with a strategic, ethical, community-engaged workplace leader

Alterations as a result of student feedback

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:	Reflection	Refer to Assessment Description	20 %	LO2, LO3, LO4
Assessment Task 2:	Leadership Vision	Refer to Assessment Description	30 %	LO2, LO3, LO4
Assessment Task 3:	Assessment of community engagement	Refer to Assessment Description	50 %	LO1, LO3, LO4

Assessment details

Assessment Task 1: Reflection

Task Description:

You will write and forecast your five year plan for becoming an ethical leader with reference to your leadership vision. Drawing on critically reflective practice, you will write about how you plan to develop yourself personally, and in terms engaging with colleagues and community, to become an ethical leader. Your reflection will draw on the tools and learnings discussed in your
course, and the unit, to plan steps/practices to support your ongoing development as a futurefocused ethical leader. You are encouraged to cite (using in-text citations) research literature to support your points, but you are not required to submit a reference list

Task Length:

Completed spreadsheet – maximum 3 pages

Due Date:

Refer to Assessment Description

Weight:

20 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


1	Integrate research evidence to support how you will ethically manage the human elements of leadership	LO2
2	Design a future-focused leadership plan	LO3
3	Communicate in the form of a spreadsheet at the level commensurate with an ethical leader	LO4

Assessment Task 2: Leadership Vision

Task Description:

You will reflect deeply on being an ethical leader and formulate your own personal leadership
vision. This vision will reveal your understanding of theories/models/styles of leadership and
reflect how such leadership ideas underpin your future practice as an ethical leadership
practitioner. You will critically reflect on your leadership practice, and/or the leadership practice
of others around you, to develop your own position of what it means to you to be an ethical
leader. You need to cite research literature (using in-text citations) and you will need to provide a
reference list of sources you have cited

Task Length:

2000 words, excluding reference list

Due Date:

Refer to Assessment Description

Weight:

30 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


1	Integrate research evidence about ethical leadership	LO2
2	Articulate your personal leadership vision drawing on relevant leadership theories/models/styles	LO3
3	Critically reflect on your leadership practice, and/or the leadership practices of others	LO2
4	Communicate clearly using a written essay format	LO4

Assessment Task 3: Assessment of community engagement

Task Description:

You will engage in a set of tasks to assess threshold professional standards. You will be assessed
at your face-to-face course for your capacity to undertake engagement with representatives
from diverse communities in the context of the organisation with which you are employed. This
may include a range of activities such as:
- Engaging with representatives of diverse communities to understand their needs and
expectations
- Learning individually, and collaboratively in syndicates, about complex problems
involving diverse communities to show your capacity as diverse-thinking leaders
- Developing evidence-based preliminary strategies for addressing complex problems
involving diverse communities intersecting with your work role
- Communicating your learning from engagement with representatives of diverse
communities about addressing complex problems
- Communicating your understanding of complex problems involving diverse communities
at a level commensurate with an ethical leader
- Making influential arguments to higher level managers and key stakeholders about
implementing strategies for addressing complex problems involving diverse communities
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- Critically reflecting on their experience of engagement with diverse stakeholders
- Show an evidence-based approach by informing your understanding, strategies, and
communications with research evidence

Task Length:

Due Date:

Refer to Assessment Description

Weight:

50 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


1	Apply knowledge about diverse communities	LO1
2	Demonstrate engagement with diverse community stakeholders	LO1
3	Apply research evidence to support your complex problem strategy	LO3
4	Communicate clearly your understanding of complex problems involving diverse communities	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.