James Cook University Subject Handbook - 2021

LB5234 - Leading and Managing Organisational Change

Subject Description

The subject examines contemporary thinking, theory, practices, and issues of change and change leadership, within a context of emerging change challenges in an increasingly complex world. The subject establishes a framework to examine and reflect on change in a range of contemporary contexts. Participants examine critically, change in contemporary contexts and reflect on future change directions and challenges within business and industry settings. Ultimately, the subject draws participants to consider their own leadership perspectives and practice within the contexts in which they will be leading.

Learning Outcomes

• synthesise contemporary change concepts, theories, models and change framework(s) within a leadership framework
• evaluate contemporary change and leadership approaches, and their application to contemporary organisations and industries, in a range of contexts
• critically reflect on, and plan for, new directions in change and change leadership to reflect future directions and challenges to build organisational resilience
• demonstrate a capacity for personal reflection and self-development in relation to professional approaches to theoretical and practical change contexts

Subject Assessment

• Oral > Presentation 1 - (15%) - Individual
• Written > Essay (including multi-draft) 1 - (35%) - Individual
• Written > Research report - (50%) - Group & Individual

Note that minor variations might occur due to the continuous subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.

Inadmissible Subject Combinations:  LB5215

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