INF549 Applying Leadership in Information Organisations (16)

This subject is designed to provide students the opportunity to synthesise previous coursework and their professional involvement and experience and to apply high level leadership skills such as consensus building and ethical decision-making. The subject supplements and integrates previous learning and is designed to provide maximum exposure to various concepts and perspectives of leadership through observational experiences, critical thinking, and self-analysis. It is also designed to enable the demonstration of previously learned leadership and information theories, styles, and strategies. Students will apply their leadership knowledge in a practice based project.

Availability

Session 1 (30)
Online
Wagga Wagga Campus

Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details: INF549. Where differences exist between the Handbook and the SAL, the SAL should be taken as containing the correct subject offering details.

Subject Information

Grading System

HD/FL

Duration

One session

School

School of Information Studies

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:
  • critically analyse real-world leadership situations and apply leadership and organisational theories;
  • integrate previous workplace experiences, coursework, and knowledge of leadership and self with information that is learned about leadership and all other subjects during this course;
  • demonstrate appropriate and effective use of critical thinking skills and self-analysis;
  • demonstrate effective use of organisational writing, and oral skills that are appropriate for each assignment;
  • articulate an advanced and authentic understanding and positioning of leadership as it is applied to develop strategy and competitive organisational postioning; and
  • demonstrate the capacity to creatively initiate and manage healthy change.

Syllabus

This subject will cover the following topics:
  • Defining organisational purposes and goals
  • Designing and structuring communication
  • Articulating decision making and planning systems to achieve desired shared goals
  • Initiating and sustaining partnership and other relationships with stakeholders, beneficiaries and different kinds of staff, users and audiences in light of Porter's five forces model;
  • Planning and presenting a practice based workplace leadership project demonstrating strategy design and implementation
  • Frameworks to identify organizational capabilities;
  • Competitive advantage;
  • Organizational resources and goals;

Indicative Assessment

The following table summarises the assessment tasks for the online offering of INF549 in Session 2 2019. Please note this is a guide only. Assessment tasks are regularly updated and can also differ to suit the mode of study (online or on campus).

Item Number
Title
Value %
1
Analysis and evaluation of an organisation
35
2
Strategic options
35
3
Change management planning
30

The information contained in the CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: October 2020. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.

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