LB5208 - Leadership in Contemporary Organisations
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2007 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 2 |
| Administered by: | School of Business |
The Third Wave and the Knowledge Economy: service orientated organisations. Progressive Virtuality: hierarchies; networks; clusters; agile organisations; models of virtual organisations. Managing in the Value Chain: customer relationship management; supply chain management; process value management. Knowledge Management: core competences; organisational identity; intellectual capital. Performance Management: value creation; productivity and innovation; balanced scoreboards.
Learning Outcomes
- understand the notion of the Knowledge Economy and its implications for organisational functioning;
- become familiar with models of virtial organisations as a way of considering structural options for organisations;
- develop skills relevant to managing processes in and around organisations, and relationships with customers and suppliers;
- develop an understanding of Knowledge Management, and illustrate it in relation to core competences, organisational identity, and intellectual capital in organisations;
- develop skills relevant to managing performance in organisations (progess in value creation, waste elimination, innovation) illustrated through the notion of 'balanced scorecards'.
Graduate Qualities
- The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments;
- The ability to adapt knowledge to new situations;
- The ability to define and to solve problems in at least one discipline area;
- The ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences;
- The ability to lead, manage and contribute effectively to teams;
- The ability to speak and write logically, clearly and creatively;
- The ability to calculate, produce, interpret and communicate numerical information;
- The ability to access and employ online technologies effectively;
- The ability to use and interpret different media;
- A coherent and disciplined body of skills, knowledge, values and professional ethics in at least one discipline area;
- The ability to reflect on and evaluate learning processes and products;
- The ability to learn independently and in a self-directed manner;
- A commitment to lifelong learning and intellectual development.
Availabilities | |
| Townsville, Block, Study Period 4 | |
| Census Date 30-Mar-2007 | |
| Non-standard start/end 23-Feb-2007 to 04-Apr-2007 | |
| Face to face teaching 23-Feb-2007 to 11-Mar-2007 | |
| Coordinator: | Mr Noel Richards |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); assignments (30%); as per the subject study guide (20%). |
| Cairns, Block, Study Period 9 | |
| Census Date 12-Oct-2007 | |
| Face to face teaching 12-Oct-2007 to 21-Oct-2007 | |
| Coordinator: | Mr Noel Richards |
| Lecturer: | Assoc. Professor Darren Lee-Ross. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); assignments (30%); as per the subject study guide (20%). |
| HolmesSydney, Internal, Study Period 4 | |
| Census Date 30-Mar-2007 | |
| Non-standard start/end 23-Feb-2007 to 04-Apr-2007 | |
| Coordinator: | Mr Noel Richards |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); assignments (30%); essays/presentations (20%). |
| JCU Singapore, Internal, Study Period 51 | |
| Census Date 30-Mar-2007 | |
| Coordinator: | Mr Noel Richards |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); assignments (30%); essays/presentations (20%). |
| JCU Singapore, Internal, Study Period 53 | |
| Census Date 14-Dec-2007 | |
| Coordinator: | Mr Noel Richards |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); assignments (30%); essays/presentations (20%). |
| JCU Singapore, Internal, Study Period 52 | |
| Census Date 31-Aug-2007 | |
| Coordinator: | Mr Noel Richards |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); assignments (30%); essays/presentations (20%). |
| SIMA S'pore, Block, Study Period 25 | |
| Census Date 29-Jun-2007 | |
| Face to face teaching 28-May-2007 to 06-Jul-2007 (Taught in Mandarin by SIMA in SG. Exam date 19 July) | |
| Coordinator: | Mr Noel Richards |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); assignments (30%); essays/presentations (20%). |
| JCU Brisbane, Internal, Study Period 22 | |
| Census Date 31-Aug-2007 | |
| Coordinator: | Mr Noel Richards |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); assignments (30%); essays/presentations (20%). |
| JCU Brisbane, Internal, Study Period 23 | |
| Census Date 14-Dec-2007 | |
| Coordinator: | Mr Noel Richards |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); assignments (30%); essays/presentations (20%). |
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