This course introduces you to leadership and organisational change theories and frameworks, and provides opportunities to develop skills and practices for effectively achieving personal, interpersonal, and organisational goals.  In leading people, you will explore ethical and values-based leadership, and develop skills to motivate others, negotiate, and make decisions.  In leading change, you will develop skills for setting and communicating a compelling vision, gaining support, and leading yourself and others through transformational change processes. 

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:

Upon successful completion of the requirements for this course, students will be able to:

1. Distinguish between various leadership and change models and frameworks, their relevant foundations, and their strengths and weaknesses. (EBM: Ask and Understand)
2. Choose appropriate models and approaches for addressing specific leadership and change challenges. (EBM: Acquire and Apply)
3. Summarize relevant contextual information and factors influencing effective leadership and change management practice. (EBM: Aggregate and Analyse)
4. Critique the factors and events contributing to failures in leadership and change implementation using applicable models and frameworks. (EBM: Appraise and Evaluate)
5. Reflect on feedback provided during cases and exercises to improve leadership and change skills. (EBM: Assess and Evaluate)
6. Integrate evidence from real-world leadership and change problems to find solutions. (EBM: Aggregate and Create)
7. Generate a plan for implementing a solution to leadership and change challenges in one’s life and work roles. (EBM: Apply and Create)

 

Research-Led Teaching

Research-Led Teaching includes:

• Introduction to Blooms taxonomy of learning so students can confidently demonstrate against learning outcomes
• Critical discussion of contemporary research in Leading People and Change;
• In-class activities and in class group work to help students apply Leading People and Change concepts to personal and organisational change;
• The assessment in the course requires students to review contemporary research on the topic of leadership and personal change;
• The assessment requires students to submit reflections on contemporary research articles and apply leadership theory; and
• Fostering students relying upon best available evidence-based management.

Field Trips

There are no field trips.

Additional Course Costs

There are no additional class costs.

Examination Material or equipment

There is no formal examination for this course.

Required Resources

Recommended textbook: The Theory and Practice of Change Management (5th Edition), John Hayes, Macmillan International Higher Education (copies in Library reserve). Availability of this as an e-book through the library is being investigated.

Contemporary research articles which are accessible through the ANU Library and will be posted to Wattle.

Recommended Resources

The journals listed below are available on the ANU library database.

• Leadership Specialist Journals - Leadership, Leadership and Organisational Development, The Leadership Quarterly;
• Organisational Change Specialist Journals - Journal of Change Management, International Journal of Organisational Change Management;
• Management Journals - The following journals cover a range of topics in Leadership and Change: Academy of Management Review (conceptual articles only),
• Academy of Management Journal (empirical articles only), Journal of Management Studies, Journal of Management, International Journal of Management Reviews (literature reviews of topics in management). 

Staff Feedback

Students will be given feedback in the following forms in this course:

• Written comments
• Verbal comments
• Feedback to the whole class, to groups, to individuals, focus groups

Student Feedback

ANU is committed to the demonstration of educational excellence and regularly seeks feedback from students. Students are encouraged to offer feedback directly to their Course Convener or through their College and Course representatives (if applicable). The feedback given in these surveys is anonymous and provides the Colleges, University Education Committee and Academic Board with opportunities to recognise excellent teaching, and opportunities for improvement. The Surveys and Evaluation website provides more information on student surveys at ANU and reports on the feedback provided on ANU courses.

Class Schedule

Week/Session	Summary of Activities	Assessment
1	Topic 1: Introduction, review of the learning objectives, learning strategies and assessment items, including: How the course hangs together, explanation of assessment and guide on completing assessment Taxonomy of learning An introduction to concepts of change and leadership Leadership inventory instrument Change readiness inventory instrument	Reading: Articles on Wattle including Bloomberg's taxonomy of learning
2	Topic 2: Leadership & Leading Change Exploring current Leadership models (ethical, charismatic, authentic, transformational and transactional)	Reading: Chapter 9 - and additional articles to expand on this to reflect leadership more broadly and not just leading change
3	Topic 3: Exploring Change Models (planned and unplanned)	Reading: Chapters 3, 4, 7 & 8 and any articles on Wattle First multiple choice quiz opens Friday, 5 PM
4	Topic 4: Ethics of Leading Change	Reading: Chapters 11 & 12 and any articles on Wattle
5	Topic 5: Interventions (process, strategy and structure)	Reading: Chapters 1, 2 and 5 and any articles on Wattle Second multiple choice quiz opens Friday, 5 PM
6	Topic 6: Managing People through Change and Overcoming Resistance through Effective Leadership	Reading: Chapters 6 & 10 and any articles on Wattle First reflection due Friday, 5 PM
7	Topic 7 (a): The discipline of managing change Includes concepts, strategies, budgets / resources, scenarios / planning, milestones (for success), judgement, evidence and best-fit for success	Reading: Chapters 28, 29, 30 and 31 and any articles on Wattle Major Essay due Monday, 9 AM
8	Topic 8 (more accurately, 7b): The discipline of managing change (continued) Readiness for change, execution, managing, monitoring and feedback / evaluation	Reading: Chapters 13, 14 and 15 and any articles on Wattle
9	Topic 9: Case study – basics introduction	Reading: Chapter 34 (plus appropriate case studies) and any articles on Wattle Second reflection due Friday, 5 PM
10	Topic 10: Case study – complex	Reading: Chapter 34 (plus appropriate case studies) and any articles on Wattle
11	Topic 11: The future of work and exploring leadership and change dimensions (e.g. triple bottom line, automation/technology/mobile apps and post-epidemic)	Reading: Any articles on Wattle
12	Topic 12: Revision Revisit leadership and change readiness inventory - facilitated discussion on reflections on any changes	Reading: Chapters 32 and 33 Case Study/Leading change proposal due Friday, 5 PM

Tutorial Registration

Further details about the structure and teaching activities for this course will be available on the course Wattle site at the start of Week 1.

Assessment Summary

Assessment task	Value	Due Date	Return of assessment	Learning Outcomes
Quiz 1 (20-Question Multiple Choice Quizzes via Wattle)	10 %	17/08/2020	17/08/2020	1
Quiz 2 (20-Question Multiple Choice Quizzes via Wattle)	10 %	31/08/2020	31/08/2020	1
Reflection 1 on Leadership and Change	10 %	04/09/2020	21/09/2020	3,4
Major Essay	30 %	21/09/2020	06/10/2020	2,5,6
Reflection 2 on Leadership and Change	15 %	09/10/2020	23/10/2020	3,4
Change Management Proposal/Case Study	25 %	30/10/2020	03/12/2020	1,2,3,5,6,7

* If the Due Date and Return of Assessment date are blank, see the Assessment Tab for specific Assessment Task details

Policies

ANU has educational policies, procedures and guidelines, which are designed to ensure that staff and students are aware of the University’s academic standards, and implement them. Students are expected to have read the Academic Misconduct Rule before the commencement of their course. Other key policies and guidelines include:

• Student Assessment (Coursework) Policy and Procedure
• Special Assessment Consideration Policy and General Information
• Student Surveys and Evaluations
• Deferred Examinations
• Student Complaint Resolution Policy and Procedure

Assessment Requirements

The ANU is using Turnitin to enhance student citation and referencing techniques, and to assess assignment submissions as a component of the University's approach to managing Academic Integrity. For additional information regarding Turnitin please visit the ANU Online website Students may choose not to submit assessment items through Turnitin. In this instance you will be required to submit, alongside the assessment item itself, hard copies of all references included in the assessment item.

Moderation of Assessment

Marks that are allocated during Semester are to be considered provisional until formalised by the College examiners meeting at the end of each Semester. If appropriate, some moderation of marks might be applied prior to final results being released.

Participation

Students are expected to prepare before seminars and on-line activities by reading the relevant chapters of the textbook, reading the articles posted to Wattle and by undertaking any activities or reflections that support individual learning. In addition it is expected that students will have reflected on the material and identified any novel or uncomfortable concepts which can be shared to facilitate group discussion and learning.

Failure to submit any one assessment item will NOT trigger a Fail grade, but it is difficult to achieve a Pass grade unless all assessment items are attempted and submitted.

Examination(s)

There is no formal examination for this course.

Assessment Task 1

Quiz 1 (20-Question Multiple Choice Quizzes via Wattle)

Individual Assessment comprising 10% of total, completed as 20 questions (i.e. MC quizzes) worth 0.5% each

Due: Opens at 5 PM, Friday Week 3 and closes at 9 AM, Monday Week 4 on the course Wattle site.

Quiz grounded in reading of Chapters from recommended text.

Please note: Question order and Answer options will be shuffled by Wattle.

Results and feedback will be available upon close of the task i.e. Monday morning after 9 AM.

Assessment Task 2

Quiz 2 (20-Question Multiple Choice Quizzes via Wattle)

Individual Assessment comprising 10% of total, completed as 20 questions (i.e. MC quizzes) worth 0.5% each

Due: Opens at 5 PM, Friday Week 5 and closes at 9 AM, Monday Week 6 on the course Wattle site.

Quiz grounded in reading of Chapters from recommended text.

Please note: Question order and Answer options will be shuffled by Wattle.

Results and feedback will be available upon close of the task i.e. Monday morning after 9 AM.

Assessment Task 3

Reflection 1 on Leadership and Change

Individual Assessment - 10%

Each class participant will write a paper of no more than 500 words (references excluded) on Leadership and Change based on the following:

Pulling from multiple course materials and outside sources and using Tier 2 critical thinking skills from Bloom’s Taxonomy,

• using a leadership inventory tool to identify leadership preferences and indicating how they may relate to leadership theory and concepts. Reflection to explore how student will augment their leadership preferences from available research.
• using scholarly research on organisational change to indicate how they may become leaders of change and change agents.

The paper will need to reflect ideas shared in lectures and in reading materials during the first six weeks of the course, as well as additional sources as appropriate.

Additional marking criteria will be posted on Wattle at least two weeks before due date.

Due: 5 PM, Friday Week 6 via Turnitin on the course Wattle site

Return of assessment: 9 AM, Monday Week 7 (i.e. after mid-semester break)

Assessment Task 4

Major Essay

Individual Assessment - 30%.

An essay question posted to Wattle by beginning of semester that will allow students to demonstrate confidence with the relevant contemporary literature on leading organisation change and evidence-based management.This will be a theoretical exploration of leading organisational change with respect to learning outcomes 2, 5 and 6 to complement the applied learning and reflective tasks

The paper should be a maximum of 2500 words excluding references and marking criteria will be published to Wattle by first week of semester.

Due: 9 AM, Monday Week 7 via Turnitin on the course Wattle site

Return of assessment: 9AM, Tuesday Week 9

Assessment Task 5

Reflection 2 on Leadership and Change

Individual Assessment - 15%

Each class participant will write a paper of no more than 750 words (references excluded) on Leadership and Change based on the following:

Pulling from multiple course materials and outside sources and using Tier 2 critical thinking skills from Bloom’s Taxonomy,

• using a leadership inventory tool to identify leadership preferences and indicating how they may relate to leadership theory and concepts. Reflection to explore how student will augment their leadership preferences from available research.
• using scholarly research on organisational change to indicate how they may become leaders of change and change agents.

The paper will need to reflect ideas shared in lectures and in reading materials during the first nine weeks of the course, as well as additional sources as appropriate.

Additional marking criteria will be posted on Wattle at least two weeks before due date.

Due: 5 PM, Friday Week 9 via Turnitin on the course Wattle site

Return of assessment: 5PM, Friday Week 11

Assessment Task 6

Change Management Proposal/Case Study

Individual Assessment - 25%.

A case study where the students each document a change management proposal they are intending to lead. More details regarding the specific challenges of assignment will be provided on Wattle (by first week of semester) but submission will only be after two dedicated seminars on case studies in Weeks 9 and 10. The task is to prepare a change management plan to identify and resolve the major issues. This plan will need to include:

• The change management model(s) that provide the theoretical basis for the plan.
• The specific steps of the plan as they relate to this model. This includes actions to be taken by you or others as leaders.
• How this plan addresses the culture of the organisation and any desired changes in culture.
• How the employees impacted by the change will be engaged.
• A proposed timeline for implementation.
• Additional aspects of the plan as appropriate.

The plan should be a maximum of 12 pages excluding references.

Additional marking criteria will be posted on Wattle at least two weeks before due date.

Due: 5 PM, Friday Week 12 via Turnitin on the course Wattle site

Return of assessment: after release of results on 03 December 2020

Academic Integrity

Academic integrity is a core part of our culture as a community of scholars. At its heart, academic integrity is about behaving ethically. This means that all members of the community commit to honest and responsible scholarly practice and to upholding these values with respect and fairness. The Australian National University commits to embedding the values of academic integrity in our teaching and learning. We ensure that all members of our community understand how to engage in academic work in ways that are consistent with, and actively support academic integrity. The ANU expects staff and students to uphold high standards of academic integrity and act ethically and honestly, to ensure the quality and value of the qualification that you will graduate with. The University has policies and procedures in place to promote academic integrity and manage academic misconduct. Visit the following Academic honesty & plagiarism website for more information about academic integrity and what the ANU considers academic misconduct. The ANU offers a number of services to assist students with their assignments, examinations, and other learning activities. The Academic Skills and Learning Centre offers a number of workshops and seminars that you may find useful for your studies.

Online Submission

The ANU uses Turnitin to enhance student citation and referencing techniques, and to assess assignment submissions as a component of the University's approach to managing Academic Integrity. While the use of Turnitin is not mandatory, the ANU highly recommends Turnitin is used by both teaching staff and students. For additional information regarding Turnitin please visit the ANU Online website.

Hardcopy Submission

For some forms of assessment (hand written assignments, art works, laboratory notes, etc.) hard copy submission is appropriate when approved by the Associate Dean (Education). Hard copy submissions must utilise the Assignment Cover Sheet. Please keep a copy of tasks completed for your records.

Late Submission

Late submission of assessment tasks without an extension are penalised at the rate of 5% of the possible marks available per working day or part thereof. Late submission of assessment tasks is not accepted after 10 working days after the due date, or on or after the date specified in the course outline for the return of the assessment item. Late submission is not accepted for take-home examinations.

All requests for extensions to assessment in RSM courses must be submitted to the RSM School Office with a completed application form and supporting documentation. The RSM Extension Application Form and further information on this process can be found at https://www.rsm.anu.edu.au/education/education-programs/notices-for-students/extension-application-procedure/

Referencing Requirements

Accepted academic practice for referencing sources that you use in presentations can be found via the links on the Wattle site, under the file named “ANU and College Policies, Program Information, Student Support Services and Assessment”. Alternatively, you can seek help through the Students Learning Development website.

Returning Assignments

All assignments will be graded and feedback will be provided either:

• Via the course Wattle site,
• and where appropriate in person by appointment with the course lecturer.

Extensions and Penalties

Extensions and late submission of assessment pieces are covered by the Student Assessment (Coursework) Policy and Procedure The Course Convener may grant extensions for assessment pieces that are not examinations or take-home examinations. If you need an extension, you must request an extension in writing on or before the due date. If you have documented and appropriate medical evidence that demonstrates you were not able to request an extension on or before the due date, you may be able to request it after the due date.

Resubmission of Assignments

Unless specified otherwise in the assignment requirements, resubmissions are permitted up until the due date and time, but not allowed afterwards.

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• ANU Health, safety & wellbeing for medical services, counselling, mental health and spiritual support
• ANU Diversity and inclusion for students with a disability or ongoing or chronic illness
• ANU Dean of Students for confidential, impartial advice and help to resolve problems between students and the academic or administrative areas of the University
• ANU Academic Skills and Learning Centre supports you make your own decisions about how you learn and manage your workload.
• ANU Counselling Centre promotes, supports and enhances mental health and wellbeing within the University student community.
• ANUSA supports and represents undergraduate and ANU College students
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