MBO5006 · Governance, continuity and crisis management

Overview

This unit explores contemporary practice of governance in light of an increasingly digital and dynamic business environment. It introduces the key concepts, frameworks, and theoretical foundations necessary for leaders without governance backgrounds to work effectively with the organisation’s governance and crisis management professionals. Specifically, the unit integrates knowledge of governance, continuity, and crisis management, the linkages between each level illustrated through a range of opportunities and risks (e.g. cyber security threats, privacy breaches, etc). To deepen and extend understanding, the unit introduces a series of forces - technological, social, environmental, economic, and geopolitical – which will shape the practice of governance and crisis management in the future. Informed with foundational knowledge and enlightened by future directions, this unit prepares leaders to understand the organisation’s governance function in light of contributions it should make to strategic performance, today and in the future. As one of six operational knowledge units, it also provides ample opportunity to apply your learning to professional practice and build a portfolio of projects relevant to your career.

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. demonstrate advanced understanding and application of governance theory, methods, tools and frameworks
2. evaluate the integration of digital advancements within an organization’s management of governance, continuity, and crises
3. examine the potential impact of technological, social, environmental, economic, and geopolitical forces on the future practice of governance, continuity, and crisis management.

Workload

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 150 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Independent study may include associated readings, assessment and preparation for scheduled activities. You are expected to complete all pre-class activities prior to your scheduled class, and post-class activities should be completed after your scheduled class. Learning activities may include a combination of teacher directed, peer directed and online engagement activities.

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