Organisational Change in Aviation
Duration
- One Semester or equivalent
Contact hours
- Nil Hours
On-campus unit delivery combines face-to-face and digital learning. For Online unit delivery, learning is conducted exclusively online.
Aims and objectives
Students will learn how changes occurring within the aviation industry reflect transitions occurring throughout societies worldwide. Globalisation, technological change and organisational change impact on all forms of work, but particularly so in industries involving high technology. What goes on in either the flight deck, the cabin, the aircraft maintenance area, or the tower, is dependent on the wide organisational context.
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
1. Identify, evaluate and describe policy developments of national and international aviation authorities and the implications for human factors applications
2. Evaluate a range of frameworks for analysing activity in organisation (sociotechnical systems, chaos theory, ecological systems), particularly high reliability organisations and the implications for human factor issues
3. Describe the principle of resistance to change in relation to planning and implementing human factors change programs
4. Describe organisational cultures and their impact on facilitating or resisting change
5. Critically analyse and describe your own organisational cultures
6. Analyse the impact of technological change in aviation and in similar organisations with specific reference to the human factors impact of technological change on communication, collaboration and learning in work
7. Demonstrate through creative and informed individual written communications the application of analysis and theory to current practices and developments in Organisational Change in Aviation
Unit Learning Outcomes
1. Identify, evaluate and describe policy developments of national and international aviation authorities and the implications for human factors applications
2. Evaluate a range of frameworks for analysing activity in organisation (sociotechnical systems, chaos theory, ecological systems), particularly high reliability organisations and the implications for human factor issues
3. Describe the principle of resistance to change in relation to planning and implementing human factors change programs
4. Describe organisational cultures and their impact on facilitating or resisting change
5. Critically analyse and describe your own organisational cultures
6. Analyse the impact of technological change in aviation and in similar organisations with specific reference to the human factors impact of technological change on communication, collaboration and learning in work
7. Demonstrate through creative and informed individual written communications the application of analysis and theory to current practices and developments in Organisational Change in Aviation
Unit information in detail
- Teaching methods, assessment, general skills outcomes and content.
Teaching methods
*Scheduled face to face: N/A
*Scheduled synchronous online Learning events: N/A
Non-scheduled online learning events and activities: 48 hours
Other non-scheduled learning events and activities including independent study: approx. 102 hours
*Scheduled synchronous online Learning events: N/A
Non-scheduled online learning events and activities: 48 hours
Other non-scheduled learning events and activities including independent study: approx. 102 hours
Assessment
| Types | Individual or Group task | Weighting | Assesses attainment of these ULOs |
| Assignment 1 | Individual | 25% | 2,3,4,5,6,7 |
| Assignment 2 | Individual | 35% | 4,5,6,7 |
| Assignment 3 | Individual | 40% | 1,2,4,5,7 |
Minimum requirements to pass this Unit
As the minimum requirements of assessment to pass a unit and meet all Unit Learning Outcomes to a minimum standard, a student must achieve:
(i) an aggregate mark of 50% or more, and
(ii) must complete all assignments.
Students who do not successfully achieve hurdle requirement (ii) in full, will receive a maximum of 44% as the total mark for the unit and will not be eligible for a conceded pass.
As the minimum requirements of assessment to pass a unit and meet all Unit Learning Outcomes to a minimum standard, a student must achieve:
(i) an aggregate mark of 50% or more, and
(ii) must complete all assignments.
Students who do not successfully achieve hurdle requirement (ii) in full, will receive a maximum of 44% as the total mark for the unit and will not be eligible for a conceded pass.
General skills outcomes
You will be provided with feedback on your progress in attaining the following generic skills:
• problem solving skills
• communications skills
• ability to tackle unfamiliar problems, and
• ability to work independently
Content
• the changing aviation context
• impacts of technological change on the organisation of work
• computer-supported cooperative work
• developing organisational systems that support learning
• organisational culture and organisational change
• impacts of technological change on the organisation of work
• computer-supported cooperative work
• developing organisational systems that support learning
• organisational culture and organisational change
Study resources
- Recommended reading.
Recommended reading
A list of reading materials and/or required texts will be made available in the Unit Outline.