EDF5625 · Educational organisations, culture and change

Overview

This unit focuses on understanding how leaders influence change in educational organisations. You will develop your knowledge and skills to effect change and set directions for individuals and groups, shape organisational culture, facilitate the development of shared goals, and encourage others to participate in change processes. As educational organisations are varied and dynamic, leaders are faced with a multitude of demands. This unit will broaden your perspectives on issues related to diversity in organisations and common reasons individuals resist organisational change. At the conclusion of the unit, you will be prepared to lead diverse groups of educators and learners towards successful organisational change.

Offerings

Assessment

The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items. That is not a guarantee there is none.

Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.

Requisites

The Handbook lists no prerequisite, corequisite or prohibition for this unit.

Learning outcomes

1. understand how leaders shape organisations and organisational culture
2. think critically and challenge traditional notions of change in educational settings
3. examine the ways leaders can create positive change in educational organisations
4. reflect on personal values, beliefs, thinking, and leadership actions as they relate to organisational change
5. identify issues of inequity in educational organisations
6. develop a plan to create equitable educational organisations.

Workload

The minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per teaching period comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Usually, you can expect to engage with: • 12 hours of scheduled learning delivered on campus via weekly/regular directed learning activities, 12 hours of scheduled learning delivered online via a combination of synchronous and asynchronous directed learning activities, and the remaining hours to be allocated towards self-directed/independent study OR • 24 hours of scheduled learning delivered online via a combination of synchronous and asynchronous directed learning activities, and the remaining hours to be allocated towards self-directed/independent study^ ^ International students studying in Australia are not permitted to undertake this scheduled learning delivery mode. Scheduled learning activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

Student experience, not official rules. Nothing here changes what the Handbook says.