Unit Outline

Organisational resilience refers to an organisation’s ability to adapt, evolve, respond, and recover from short term shocks (be they natural hazards or significant changes in market dynamics) and to shape itself to respond to long term challenges. This requires practitioners to have a comprehensive understanding of the skills and knowledge required to develop and enhance an organisation’s resilience. This unit provides you with a thorough understanding of the theoretical concepts and practical applications for Leading Resilient Organisations. You will gain an appreciation of the issues and elements that underlie the practice of organisational resilience and draw upon theoretical concepts, real life case studies and relevant standards. This unit will provide you with the skills to translate theoretical concepts on organisational resilience into tangible outputs for industry. This unit will provide you with an understanding and the requisite skills that can be interrelated with other units should you proceed further with your postgraduate studies in organisational resilience.

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	Comprehend theoretical approaches in organisational resilience.
2	Apply relevant theoretical perspectives and concepts to organisational resilience policy.
3	Communicate and integrate organisational resilience concepts in a written form to academic and industry audiences.

Alterations as a result of student feedback

There are no 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:	Reflect on your approach to leading a resilient organisation.	Week 4	20 %	LO1, LO3
Assessment Task 2:	Online multiple-choice quiz.	Week 6	15 %	LO1
Assessment Task 3:	Online multiple-choice quiz.	Week 11	15 %	LO1
Assessment Task 4:	Discussion paper to support the development or revision of an organisational resilience strategy or framework.	Week 12	50 %	LO1, LO2, LO3

Assessment details

Assessment Task 1: Reflect on your approach to leading a resilient organisation.

Task Description:

A culture of resilience flows from strong and effective leadership. Reflecting on the theoretical concepts from weeks 2 and 3, write a 1,000 word synopsis of how the leadership can enhance the culture of resilience in your organisation.
Please access the Assessment Resources module in the ‘Table of Contents’ that provides the rubric for this assessment task.

Task Length:

1,000 words, excluding reference list

Due Date:

Week 4

Weight:

20 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


1	Identify how the principles that underpin organisational leadership and culture can enhance organisational resilience.	LO1
2	Produce a written synopsis that is clearly communicated and meets scholarly and industry requirements.	LO3

Assessment Task 2: Online multiple-choice quiz.

Task Description:

Students are to answer 30 multiple-choice questions relating to material from Weeks 1 to 5. This is an open book quiz, meaning you can refer to any material. The task is designed to help you assess your own progress in the unit, and your understanding of key concepts. You have a strict time limit of 60 minutes to complete the quiz. If you fail the first attempt, you will have a SECOND attempt. You will NOT receive a second attempt if you pass the FIRST attempt. Questions are set up as one mark each. Once you open the quiz you must complete it. The quiz will be available on MyLo via the quizzes tab at the top of the screen.

Task Length:

Multiple choice quiz. Consisting of 30 questions.

Due Date:

Week 6

Weight:

15 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


1	Comprehend theoretical approaches in organisational resilience.	LO1

Assessment Task 3: Online multiple-choice quiz.

Task Description:

Students are to answer 30 multiple-choice questions relating to material from Weeks 6 to 10. This is an open book quiz, meaning you can refer to any material. The task is designed to help you assess your own progress in the unit, and your understanding of key concepts. You have a strict time limit of 60 minutes to complete the quiz. If you fail the first attempt, you will have a SECOND attempt. You will NOT receive a second attempt if you pass the FIRST attempt. Questions are set up as one mark each. Once you open the quiz you must complete it. The quiz will be available on MyLo via the quizzes tab at the top of the screen.

Task Length:

Multiple choice quiz. Consisting of 30 questions

Due Date:

Week 11

Weight:

15 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


1	Comprehend theoretical approaches in organisational resilience.	LO1

Assessment Task 4: Discussion paper to support the development or revision of an organisational resilience strategy or framework.

Task Description:

Using the HealthCheck tool that you were introduced to in Week 10, assess your organisation’s resilience and identify areas for improvement.
Encompassing the results of the HealthCheck, use the concepts learnt in this unit to provide a justification for enhancing an existing, or proposed, organisational resilience strategy.
Write a 2,500 word discussion paper to support the development, or revision, of an organisational resilience strategy or framework using Webb’s (2019) strategic planning ‘cone’ that you were introduced to in Week 11. You are required to include the result of the HealthCheck in an appendix.
Please access the Assessment Resources module in the ‘Table of Contents’ that provides the rubric for this assessment task.

Task Length:

2,500 words, excluding reference list and appendix.

Due Date:

Week 12

Weight:

50 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


1	Identify how the principles that underpin organisational resilience can enhance strategy across different time horizons.	LO1
2	Apply relevant theoretical perspectives and concepts to measure organisational resilience using the HealthCheck tool.	LO2
3	Produce a written paper that is clearly communicated and meets scholarly and industry requirements.	LO3

How your final result is determined

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

Academic progress review

The results for this unit may be included in a review of your academic progress. For information about progress reviews and what they mean for all students, see Academic Progress Review in the Student Portal.

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.