EUN658 Leading Innovation and Change
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| Unit code: | EUN658 |
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| Equivalent(s): | LCN630, EUZ658, GSZ602, LCN631 |
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Timetable | Details in HiQ, if available |
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| CSP student contribution | $555 |
| Domestic tuition unit fee | $2,976 |
| International unit fee | $4,020 |
Unit Outline: Semester 2 2024, Kelvin Grove, Internal
| Unit code: | EUN658 |
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| Credit points: | 12 |
| Equivalent: | GSZ602, LCN630, LCN631, EUZ658 |
| Coordinator: | Chris Blundell | christopher.blundell@qut.edu.au |
Overview
The dynamics of educational institutions and contexts require leaders to identify and cultivate innovations that purposefully respond to changing needs and new opportunities. This unit will provide you, as a current or emerging leader, with conceptual and practical tools for understanding, designing and activating innovation in the real world. You will explore relevant leadership models and processes, strategic thinking and planning, governance, and the importance of understanding and working with people to realise meaningful change.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Demonstrate a body of knowledge including recent developments in the field of leading innovation and change (CLO1.1).
- Use cognitive and critical reflection skills to demonstrate mastery of theoretical knowledge and professional practice or scholarship (CLO2.1).
- Use cognitive, technical and creative skills to investigate, analyse and synthesise complex information, problems, concepts and theories and to apply established theories to leading innovation and change (CLO2.2).
- Demonstrate technical and communication skills relevant to leading innovation and change to design, evaluate, implement, analyse and theorise about developments that contribute to professional practice or scholarship (CLO2.4).
- Demonstrate application of knowledge and skills with creativity and initiative to new situations in professional practice related to leading innovation and change (CLO3.1).
Content
In this unit you will explore the following topics from both a practical and critical perspective:
- Innovation theory, change management theory and systems theory.
- Models, strategies and processes for leading innovation and change in educational institutions and contexts.
- Understanding and working with people to activate meaningful change.
- Processes of strategic planning, knowledge sharing, governance and risk management.
Learning Approaches
This unit adopts a range of approaches to learning, including face-to-face and online. Materials to support your participation will be provided through the unit’s Canvas site, and you will learn by engaging in the following:
- Student-centred, self-paced learning with a strong focus on the application of theory to real world scenarios.
- Active participation in on-line collaborations and workshops.
- Individual and small group activities.
- Authentic assessment tasks in which you will apply scholarly knowledge to real world scenarios and in your own context.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
You will be encouraged to engage in self-assessment through planned activities. Additionally, formative feedback in this unit will include peer or group feedback on activities designed to support your learning and to provide a foundation for assessment. Feedback will also be provided through the criteria and standards of the summative assessment tasks.
Assessment
Overview
There are two pieces of written assessment for this unit. Both tasks are interrelated and provide opportunities for you to identify and rationalise opportunities for innovation (task 1), then develop and rationalise an innovation strategy for an educational organisation and/or practice (task 2). These tasks build on the unit’s core learning experiences and assess all unit learning outcomes.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Case Study: Improvement opportunity for an educational organisation/practice
Use theories of leading innovation and change to conduct a case study, including a situational analysis, of an educational organisation and/or practice for the purpose of identifying and rationalising opportunities for innovation.
This is an assignment for the purposes of an extension.
Relates to learning outcomes
CLOs 1.1, 2.1, 2.2, 2.4, 3.1
Assessment: Innovation strategy for an educational organisation/practice
Based on your case study (Task 1), develop and rationalise an innovation strategy for an educational organisation and/or practice.
This is an assignment for the purposes of an extension.
Relates to learning outcomes
CLOs 1.1, 2.1, 2.2, 2.4, 3.1
Academic Integrity
Students are expected to engage in learning and assessment at QUT with honesty, transparency and fairness. Maintaining academic integrity means upholding these principles and demonstrating valuable professional capabilities based on ethical foundations.
Failure to maintain academic integrity can take many forms. It includes cheating in examinations, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, and submitting an assessment item completed by another person (e.g. contract cheating). It can also include providing your assessment to another entity, such as to a person or website.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Further details of QUT’s approach to academic integrity are outlined in the Academic integrity policy and the Student Code of Conduct. Breaching QUT’s Academic integrity policy is regarded as student misconduct and can lead to the imposition of penalties ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Resources
Relevant resource materials will be available electronically through the unit Canvas site. Additional references for assessment can be found in the library. There is no prescribed textbook.
Risk Assessment Statement
There are no out-of-the-ordinary risks associated with the general conduct of this unit.
Unit Outline: Semester 2 2024, Online
| Unit code: | EUN658 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Equivalent: | GSZ602, LCN630, LCN631, EUZ658 |
Overview
The dynamics of educational institutions and contexts require leaders to identify and cultivate innovations that purposefully respond to changing needs and new opportunities. This unit will provide you, as a current or emerging leader, with conceptual and practical tools for understanding, designing and activating innovation in the real world. You will explore relevant leadership models and processes, strategic thinking and planning, governance, and the importance of understanding and working with people to realise meaningful change.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Demonstrate a body of knowledge including recent developments in the field of leading innovation and change (CLO1.1).
- Use cognitive and critical reflection skills to demonstrate mastery of theoretical knowledge and professional practice or scholarship (CLO2.1).
- Use cognitive, technical and creative skills to investigate, analyse and synthesise complex information, problems, concepts and theories and to apply established theories to leading innovation and change (CLO2.2).
- Demonstrate technical and communication skills relevant to leading innovation and change to design, evaluate, implement, analyse and theorise about developments that contribute to professional practice or scholarship (CLO2.4).
- Demonstrate application of knowledge and skills with creativity and initiative to new situations in professional practice related to leading innovation and change (CLO3.1).
Content
In this unit you will explore the following topics from both a practical and critical perspective:
- Innovation theory, change management theory and systems theory.
- Models, strategies and processes for leading innovation and change in educational institutions and contexts.
- Understanding and working with people to activate meaningful change.
- Processes of strategic planning, knowledge sharing, governance and risk management.
Learning Approaches
This unit adopts a range of approaches to learning, including face-to-face and online. Materials to support your participation will be provided through the unit’s Canvas site, and you will learn by engaging in the following:
- Student-centred, self-paced learning with a strong focus on the application of theory to real world scenarios.
- Active participation in on-line collaborations and workshops.
- Individual and small group activities.
- Authentic assessment tasks in which you will apply scholarly knowledge to real world scenarios and in your own context.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
You will be encouraged to engage in self-assessment through planned activities. Additionally, formative feedback in this unit will include peer or group feedback on activities designed to support your learning and to provide a foundation for assessment. Feedback will also be provided through the criteria and standards of the summative assessment tasks.
Assessment
Overview
There are two pieces of written assessment for this unit. Both tasks are interrelated and provide opportunities for you to identify and rationalise opportunities for innovation (task 1), then develop and rationalise an innovation strategy for an educational organisation and/or practice (task 2). These tasks build on the unit’s core learning experiences and assess all unit learning outcomes.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Case Study: Improvement opportunity for an educational organisation/practice
Use theories of leading innovation and change to conduct a case study, including a situational analysis, of an educational organisation and/or practice for the purpose of identifying and rationalising opportunities for innovation.
This is an assignment for the purposes of an extension.
Relates to learning outcomes
CLOs 1.1, 2.1, 2.2, 2.4, 3.1
Assessment: Innovation strategy for an educational organisation/practice
Based on your case study (Task 1), develop and rationalise an innovation strategy for an educational organisation and/or practice.
This is an assignment for the purposes of an extension.
Relates to learning outcomes
CLOs 1.1, 2.1, 2.2, 2.4, 3.1
Academic Integrity
Students are expected to engage in learning and assessment at QUT with honesty, transparency and fairness. Maintaining academic integrity means upholding these principles and demonstrating valuable professional capabilities based on ethical foundations.
Failure to maintain academic integrity can take many forms. It includes cheating in examinations, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, and submitting an assessment item completed by another person (e.g. contract cheating). It can also include providing your assessment to another entity, such as to a person or website.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Further details of QUT’s approach to academic integrity are outlined in the Academic integrity policy and the Student Code of Conduct. Breaching QUT’s Academic integrity policy is regarded as student misconduct and can lead to the imposition of penalties ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Resources
Relevant resource materials will be available electronically through the unit Canvas site. Additional references for assessment can be found in the library. There is no prescribed textbook.
Risk Assessment Statement
There are no out-of-the-ordinary risks associated with the general conduct of this unit.