units

EDF6823

Faculty of Education

18 September 2017 22 December 2024
Monash University

Postgraduate - Unit

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12 points, SCA Band 1, 0.250 EFTSL

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LevelPostgraduate
FacultyFaculty of Education
OfferedSingapore Term 3 2015 (Online)
Coordinator(s)Associate Professor Zane Ma Rhea

Synopsis

This unit focuses on the theory and practice of managing change in a range of organisational contexts. As means for achieving effective change, particular consideration is given to strategies for managing the effective development of organisational and human resource capability. Topics include understanding the nature of organisations, and practices associated with managing people, and issues power and authority in a complex globalised context. Human responses to change are also examined, and a variety of processes concerned with decision-making, problem-solving, organisational learning and knowledge management are explored and evaluated.

Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. acquire detailed knowledge and understanding of the major trends in theories of organisations
  2. have an understanding and critical appreciation of new organisational forms and organisational processes
  3. demonstrate skills in devising a range of strategies and approaches to change management, team leadership and the enhancement of team-based and organisation-wide learning
  4. have the knowledge and skills required to formulate their own understandings of management and change in the light of their own organisational practices.

Assessment

Essay 1 (4000 words, 50%)
Essay 2 (4000 words, 50%)

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload equals 288 hours per semester/term comprising:

(a.) Contact hours for on-campus students

  • 6 seminars x 4 hours (one session per week - compulsory)
  • 5 tutorials x 3 hours (on weeks when seminars not offered - optional)

(b.) Requirements for offshore Kaplan based students:

  • one intensive block comprising two week nights and weekend days, normally from Thursday to Sunday
  • at least fourteen hours of online study per term

(c.) Additional requirements (all students):

  • independent study to make up the minimum required hours per week

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Chief examiner(s)

Associate Professor Zane Ma Rhea