Leadership and Change Management
Duration
- One semester or equivalent
Contact hours
- 32 Hours
On-campus unit delivery combines face-to-face and digital learning.
2024 teaching periods
Hawthorn Higher Ed. Semester 2 |
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Aims and objectives
Workplace challenges and successes will be analysed, and the workplace BIM implementation roadmap further developed. This will be assisted by identifying the most appropriate strategies for managing organisational change.
Students will learn strategies to effectively communicate and engage as part of a collaborative team and how to motivate and empower others. This will include responding to change-resistance, identifying risks and risk mitigation when introducing new processes and workflows.
Unit Learning Outcomes (ULO)
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
1. Reflect on the development of individual skills, knowledge and professional practice, and career progression.
2. Analyse past performance when initiating a leadership role in BIM.
3. Identify appropriate change management strategies to gain investment from decision-makers and to motivate others within the organisation.
4. Develop an updated BIM implementation roadmap that is in harmony with the workplace’s business, market and people strategies.
5. Demonstrate expert communication skills to articulate the value individuals bring to securing new projects and building working relationships.
Unit information in detail
- Teaching methods, assessment, general skills outcomes and content.
Teaching methods
Learning and Teaching Structure | ||
Learning Activity | Duration/Location | Hours |
Scheduled hours |
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Face to Face Contact | 2 x 2-day intensive workshop (8 hours per day) | 32 |
Workplace based Learning | On site workplace review of students current, and proposed BIM, project documentation | 24 |
Online learning activities | Webinar and online collaboration tool | 40 |
Unspecified Learning Activities (includes independent study, assignment preparation, revision) |
| 54 |
TOTAL |
| 150 hours |
Assessment
Types | Individual or Group task | Weighting | Assesses attainment of these ULOs |
Personal review | Individual | 40-60% | 1,2 |
Workplace problem Solving | Individual | 30-40% | 3 |
Report and presentation | Group | 10-20% | 4, 5 |
General skills outcomes
• Communication skills
• Cognitive skills
• Ability to tackle unfamiliar problems
• Initiative and enterprise skills
• Teamwork skills
• Self-management skills
Content
• Presentation of recommendations
• Change roadmap
• Communication
• Monitoring
• Continual improvement
Study resources
- References.