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Leading and Managing People in Chaos and Complexity
Postgraduate | SWI-BUS70012 | 2018
Course information for 2018 intake
Find out what management techniques are appropriate when an organisation transforms and adapts to change.Debate new and emerging leadership theories. Address the issues that arise when commercial, environmental, social and political domains are integrated.
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- -
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Leading and Managing People in Chaos and Complexity
About this subject
Students who successfully complete this subject will be able to:
- Critically analyse leadership models in historical and contemporary business environments
- Apply problem solving methodologies to complex environments that require leadership skills associated with building a “readiness-for change” culture, embedding organisational and individual resilience
- Critically analyse leadership and managerial competencies relevant to leveraging emergent knowledge creation and adaptive practice required for collaborative, multi-stakeholder agendas associated with global business dynamics
- Demonstrate developed knowledge to build social capital and related teamwork as an element of sustainable business practice in meeting complex global agendas
- Communicate proficiently in professional practice to a variety of audiences, function as an effective member or leader within a diverse team.
- Organisational development & behaviour: the change challenge
- Nature and pace of change: strategic management challenges
- Complexity theories, leadership and management practice
- Complexity and team dynamics
- The individual's response to change
- Noetic behaviour and change management practice
- Cognitive processing under stress: the role of sensemaking
- Facilitating effective change
- Motivation, empowerment and employee engagement
- Resilience and coping with change
- Sustainable people leadership and management practices: responsible and eco-leadership
The subject enables students to conceptualise challenges to leading and managing organisations and stakeholders in adapting to complex and often paradigm-shifting organisational environments. It critiques emerging debates around new business competencies for leaders and managers to leverage emergent knowledge creation and adaptive practice required for collaborative, multi-stakeholder agendas associated with global business dynamics. In so doing, it critiques the complexity of integrating commercial, environmental, social, people, political and governance domains of business activity. The subject aims to facilitate students' capacity to conceptualise and operate within levels of complexity in organisational agendas, contribute to organisational adaptive process and associated culture building.
Please note: assessment values are indicative only, details will be advised at the start of the subject.
- Individual (30-50%)
- Group Discussion Board Task (20-30%)
- Individual (30-40%)
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Entry requirements
To enrol in this subject, you must be admitted into a degree.
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
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