This course provides an introduction to futures thinking and analysis. It develops knowledge and skills to apply different scenario and foresighting approaches to different issues and challenges of national significance. The course will also engage experts across the ANU to provide their research-based insights on Australia's futures and contemporary outlooks from the following lens:
- Gender and social inequalities
- Public health
- Economics
- Environmental and climate changes
- Geopolitical and
- Technology and artificial intelligence.
This is a foundational course for other courses in the Master of Business Administration (MBUSA), in particular, the internal consulting capstone.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
- Describe futures thinking and futures analysis, and their benefits in the workplace
- Explain the benefits and limitations of using different scenario and foresighting approaches
- Explain the ways in which futures analysis can be embedded in teams and organisations to improve decision-making and practice
- Apply different scenario and forecasting approaches, and identify their implications for practice.
Indicative Assessment
- Typical assessments may include, but is not restricted to: in-class exercises, written and oral assignments, quizzes, examinations, group project tasks, oral presentation, and other assessment deemed appropriate to show attainment of the learning outcomes set for the course. Further details will be made available via the Class Summary. (100) [LO 1,2,3,4]
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Workload
Where this course is offered in intensive delivery mode as a continuous block over a shorter period of time, the expected total time commitment for this course will be at least 65 hours for course reading, classes, research, writing and assessment work.
Inherent Requirements
This course has no inherent requirements.
Requisite and Incompatibility
You will need to contact the Research School of Management to request a permission code to enrol in this course.
Prescribed Texts
Information about the prescribed textbook (if any) will be made available via the Class Summary.
Preliminary Reading
Additional information about indicative readings (if any) will be made available via the Class Summary.
Fees
Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.
Commonwealth Support (CSP) Students
If you have been offered a Commonwealth supported place, your fees are set by the Australian Government for each course. At ANU 1 EFTSL is 48 units (normally 8 x 6-unit courses). More information about your student contribution amount for each course at Fees.
- Student Contribution Band:
- 34
- Unit value:
- 3 units
If you are a domestic graduate coursework student with a Domestic Tuition Fee (DTF) place or international student you will be required to pay course tuition fees (see below). Course tuition fees are indexed annually. Further information for domestic and international students about tuition and other fees can be found at Fees.
Where there is a unit range displayed for this course, not all unit options below may be available.
| Units | EFTSL |
|---|---|
| 3.00 | 0.06250 |
Offerings, Dates and Class Summary Links
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