Principles of Resilient Organisations
PostgraduateTAS-HSP5042027
Course information for 2027 intake View information for 2026 course intake
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Enrol by
- 14 Feb 2027
- Entry requirements
- Prior study needed
- Duration
- 14 weeks
- Price from
- $3,145
- Upfront cost
- $0
- Loan available
- HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
Principles of Resilient Organisations
About this subject
Upon successful completion of this subject, the student should be able to:
- Comprehend theoretical approaches in organisational resilience.
- Apply relevant theoretical perspectives and concepts to organisational resilience policy.
- Communicate and integrate organisational resilience concepts in a written form to academic and industry audiences.
- Attributes of organisational resilience
- Resilient leadership
- A culture of resilience
- Organisational decision making
- Creativity and innovation
- Collaborative partnerships
- Internal resourcing
- Leveraging knowledge
- Individual resilience
- Evaluating organisational resilience
- Strategic planning
- Continuous improvement
- Testing and validation
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 subject 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 subject will provide you with the skills to translate theoretical concepts on organisational resilience into tangible outputs for industry. This subject will provide you with an understanding and the requisite skills that can be interrelated with other subjects should you proceed further with your postgraduate studies in organisational resilience.
Successful completion of this subject via Open Access may be used to gain entry to the Graduate Certificate in Organisational Resilience (TAS-ORG-GCE).
- Online Multiple-Choice Quiz (15%)
- Reflect on Your Approach to Leading a Resilient Organisation (20%)
- Discussion Paper to Support the Development or Revision of an Organisational Resilience Strategy or Framework (50%)
- Online Multiple-Choice Quiz (15%)
For textbook details check your university's handbook, website or learning management system (LMS).
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Entry requirements
Others
To be eligible to enrol in this unit as a single subject, students should have:
Relevant work experience in a business resilience, risk management, business continuity management, security management, crisis management, emergency management, or any other role aligned to organisational resilience.
Additional requirements
- Other requirements - Teaching Arrangement: Independent learning (8 hours weekly), Online class (1hr, twice during Semester)
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.
Find out more information on Commonwealth Loans to understand what this means to your eligibility for financial support.
What to study next?
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
Master of Advanced Practice (Organisational Resilience)
PostgraduateTAS-AOR-MAS
Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Organisational Resilience)
PostgraduateTAS-AOR-GDI
Graduate Certificate in Organisational Resilience
PostgraduateTAS-ORG-GCE
Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Communicable Disease Prevention)
PostgraduateTAS-CDP-GDI
Master of Advanced Practice (Communicable Disease Prevention)
PostgraduateTAS-CDP-MAS
Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Workplace Psychology)
PostgraduateTAS-AWP-GDI
Master of Advanced Practice (Workplace Psychology)
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