Unit Outline

This unit is about understanding why and how leaders influence change. The focus of the unit is increasing the effectiveness of leadership and change management skills at an individual and organisational level. Leadership and change management are increasingly seen to be key factors affecting the performance of contemporary organisations and are important areas of study in the fields of management and organisational behaviour. Effective leadership and change management are important to professional practices, multinational organisations, the public sector, and not-for-profit organisations. Leadership is what makes things happen.

This unit explores conventional and critical perspectives on leadership and examines the practice of leadership in diverse organisational contexts. Effective leadership requires a thorough knowledge of theory and a range of practical skills to support people in achieving organisational objectives. The unit also covers the personal aspects of leadership, including leaders as relationship builders and organisational shapers. Change is said to be the only constant in 21st -century organisations. Effective change management requires strong diagnosis skills linked to the history, context, challenges, and opportunities faced by an organisation.

This unit will integrate theoretical and practical aspects of change management to enhance capabilities in the design, development, and implementation of change management strategies. It will examine theoretical aspects from both traditional and critical perspectives.

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.	Critically analyse leadership and change management theory and principles.
2.	Evaluate and apply an integrated leadership and change management approach.
3.	Explain how principle elements of leadership impact on self, employees, organisations, and society.
4.	Construct and communicate arguments clearly using academic sources.

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:	Critical Response	Week 9	30 %	LO1, LO3, LO4
Assessment Task 2:	Individual Presentation	Week 13	40 %	LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4
Assessment Task 3:	Reflection & Integration	Refer to Assessment Description	30 %	LO2, LO3, LO4

Assessment details

Assessment Task 1: Critical Response

Task Description:

Please refer to MyLo for assessment description.

Task Length:

2000 words (10% leeway), excluding references

Due Date:

Week 9

Weight:

30 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


1	Justify selection of articles	LO1
2	Identify key contributions to leadership or change management theory and/or evidence	LO1
3	Identify limitations and/or critically analyse leadership or change theory and principles	LO1
4	Articulate relevance of leadership or change management theory to practice and identify potential impacts on employees, organisations, and/or society	LO3
5	Write clearly in an academic style. Reference correctly and consistently	LO4

Assessment Task 2: Individual Presentation

Task Description:

Please refer to MyLo for assessment description.

Task Length:

A 10-min audio-visual presentation

Due Date:

Week 13

Weight:

40 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


1	Evidence need for leadership development/ change management within the organisation	LO3
2	Articulate and justify a proposed leadership development/ change management approach	LO2
3	Indicate effects of proposed approach on employees, organisation, community/society	LO3
4	Integrate theory and academic principles into evidenced of need and proposed approach	LO1
5	Communicate arguments clearly and persuasively using audio-visual presentation	LO4

Assessment Task 3: Reflection & Integration

Task Description:

Please refer to MyLo for assessment description.

Task Length:

1500 words (10% leeway), excluding references

Due Date:

Refer to Assessment Description

Weight:

30 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


1	Reflect on and explain experience of leadership or change	LO3
2	Articulate intended future practice	LO2
3	Write clearly in an academic style. Reference correctly and consistently.	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

There is no prescribed text for this Unit.

Recommended reading materials

Beech, N, MacIntosh, R, Krust, P, Kannan, S & Dadlich, A 2017, Managing Change: Enquiry and Action; Australasian Edition, Cambridge, Port melbourne.

Boonstra, J 2013 Cultural change and leadership in organizations, Wiley Blackwell, Chichester UK.

Daft, R (with the assistance of Lane, PG) 2018, The leadership experience (7th edition), Cengage Learning, Boston Melbourne.

Dolphin, R.R., 2005. Internal communications: Today's strategic imperative. Journal of marketing communications, 11(3), pp.171-190.

Goffee, R & Jones, G 2006, Why should anyone be led by you? What it takes to be an authentic leader, Harvard Business School Press, Boston.

Hayes J 2014, The Theory and Practice of Change Management (4th edition), Palgrave Macmillan, Hampshire, UK.

Hubbard, G, Samuel, D, Cocks, G & Heap, S 2007, The first XI: winning organisations in Australia, (2nd edition), John Wiley, Brisbane.

Marturano, J 2014, Finding the space to lead, Bloomsbury Press, New York.

Rickards, T & Clark, M 2006, Dilemmas of leaders, Routledge, London.

Sinclair, A 2005, Doing leadership differently, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne.

Spicer, A & Alvesson, M (eds.) 2010, Metapors we lead by: understanding leadership in the real world, Taylor and Francis.

Storey, J (ed.) 2016, Leadership in organizations: current issues and key trends (3rd edition), Routledge, London.

Waddell, DM, Creed, A, Cummings, TG & Worley, CG 2017, Organisational change: development and transformation, (6th edition), Cengage learning, Victoria.

Yukl, G 2013, Leadership in organizations, 8th edn, Pearson, Upper Saddle River. (At the end of this book, there is a very large list of leadership references).

Other required resources

In addition to the texts/software recommended above, you are also expected to be familiar with the key academic journals in the discipline from which useful insights may be derived. In particular, you are encouraged to review regularly the relevant papers that are published in:
Academy of Management Executive
Academy of Management Journal
Academy of Management Review
Annual Review of Psychology
Australian Journal of Management
Australian Journal of Psychology
Australian Psychologist
British Journal of Management
Employee Relations
Group and Organization Management
Human Resource Management Journal
International Journal of Strategic Change Management
Journal of Applied Behavioural Science
Journal of Applied Psychology
Journal of Change Management Development
Journal of Leadership and Organizational Change Studies
Journal of Management
Journal of Management Studies
Journal of Management and Organization
Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology
Journal of Occupational Behaviour
Journal of Occupational Health Psychology
Journal of Organizational Behaviour
Journal of Organizational Change Management
Journal of Leadership
Leadership and Organisation Development Journal
Journal of Management Learning
Organizational Development Journal
Organizational Dynamics
Public Administration Review
The Journal of Change Management
The Leadership Quarterly
(Please note differing spelling of ‘behaviour’ and ‘organisation’)