15364 Leading Projects in Organisations
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Credit points: 6 cp
Result type: Grade and marks
Requisite(s): 144 credit points of completed study in 144.0000000000 Credit Points spk(s): C10413 Bachelor of Design Architecture Master of Architecture
These requisites may not apply to students in certain courses.
There are course requisites for this subject. See access conditions.
Description
This subject covers essential aspects of project leadership at the strategic, governance, program, project and team levels.
Topics include traditional leadership theories and emerging leadership theories applied to traditional, agile, complex and megaprojects. The competencies required by project leaders at personal, interpersonal and organizational levels as well as the role of the project leader as a coach or a mentor is elaborated. The ethical legal and social responsibilities of leaders in practice are also examined. Students are exposed to narratives of real project leaders, engage in role playing activities, and work on case studies to enable them to apply the concepts learnt in the subject in practice. The subject contributes to graduate attributes related to ethical judgements, communication, systems thinking, organizational management, teams and leadership, and critical engagement.
Subject learning objectives (SLOs)
On successful completion of this subject, students should be able to:
| 1. | Identify aspects of traditional and emergent leadership theories as they relate to the leadership of projects in different contexts. |
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| 2. | Analyse the project leadership competencies required at different levels in an organization |
| 3. | Develop an ability to act as a coach or mentor in leadership roles in projects |
| 4. | Discuss ethical, legal and social responsibilities of leaders in projects |
| 5. | Formulate a comprehensive project leadership capability development plan for an organization using the elements of project leadership learnt from this subject |
Course intended learning outcomes (CILOs)
This subject also contributes to the following Course Intended Learning Outcomes:
- Communicate effectively through oral communication in projects at a professional level (Oral Communication) (C.1)
- Communicate effectively through written communication in projects at a professional level (Written Communication) (C.2)
- Develop and adapt project management knowledge to meet contextual demands (Knowledge Adaptation) (I.2)
- Apply and extend advanced project management knowledge (Advanced Knowledge) (P.2)
- Manage project activities from an organisational perspective (Organisational Management) (P.3)
- Actively reflect on, and improve, project practice (Practice Improvement) (P.5)
- Lead and manage project teams, and work as a project team member at a professional level (Teams and Leadership) (P.6)
- Think critically and synthesise complex data (Critical Engagement) (R.1)
- Define, initiate, and conduct research projects (Research) (R.2)
Contribution to the development of graduate attributes
The term CAPRI is used for the five Design, Architecture and Building faculty graduate attribute categories where:
C = communication and groupwork
A = attitudes and values
P = practical and professional
R = research and critique
I = innovation and creativity.
Course intended learning outcomes (CILOs) are linked to these categories using codes (e.g. C-1, A-3, P-4, etc.).
Teaching and learning strategies
Delivery of this subject will be based around active learning opportunities through targeted activities that will be integrated throughout the sessions through group work and in-class presentations by student groups. In addition, some flipped learning strategies would be integrated into the subject learning philosophy, including the use of pre-readings and/or multimedia content which must be completed prior to the first session. These pre-readings will lead to a pre-workshop assignment to assess your understanding and preparation for the sessions. In addition, online reference and resource material will be provided that will be available throughout the semester, and relevant topics that relate to subject topics will also be posted from time to time to demonstrate relevance on the subject content. Feedback will be provided on formal assignment submissions either during the workshop or through Canvas Learning Management System
Content (topics)
- Traditional leadership theories
- Emerging Leadership theories
- Differences between leading permanent and temporary organizations
- Project leadership needs at organizational, governance, program, project and team level
- Leadership competencies
- Coaching and mentoring followers
- Ethical, legal and social responsibilities of project leaders
Assessment
Assessment task 1: Preworkshop Assignment
| Intent: | Prepare for the block workshop | ||||||||
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| Objective(s): | This task addresses the following subject learning objectives: 1 This task also addresses the following course intended learning outcomes that are linked with a code to indicate one of the five CAPRI graduate attribute categories (e.g. C.1, A.3, P.4, etc.): C.2 | ||||||||
| Type: | Quiz/test | ||||||||
| Groupwork: | Individual | ||||||||
| Weight: | 10% | ||||||||
| Criteria: | Written Communication | ||||||||
| Criteria linkages: |
SLOs: subject learning objectives CILOs: course intended learning outcomes |
Assessment task 2: Group and Individual Work at workshop
| Intent: | Variety of tasks including case studies, group work, and reflective writing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Objective(s): | This task addresses the following subject learning objectives: 1, 2, 3 and 4 This task also addresses the following course intended learning outcomes that are linked with a code to indicate one of the five CAPRI graduate attribute categories (e.g. C.1, A.3, P.4, etc.): C.1, I.2, P.2, P.3 and P.5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Type: | Exercises | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Groupwork: | Group, individually assessed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight: | 40% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Criteria: | Critical thinking and team work at block workshop | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Criteria linkages: |
SLOs: subject learning objectives CILOs: course intended learning outcomes |
Assessment task 3: Post workshop assignment
| Intent: | Ability to learn what was learnt to a context | ||||||||||||||||
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| Objective(s): | This task addresses the following subject learning objectives: 1 and 5 This task also addresses the following course intended learning outcomes that are linked with a code to indicate one of the five CAPRI graduate attribute categories (e.g. C.1, A.3, P.4, etc.): P.6, R.1 and R.2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Type: | Essay | ||||||||||||||||
| Groupwork: | Individual | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight: | 50% | ||||||||||||||||
| Length: | To be advised at the workshop | ||||||||||||||||
| Criteria: | Translating acquired knolwedge to practice | ||||||||||||||||
| Criteria linkages: |
SLOs: subject learning objectives CILOs: course intended learning outcomes |
Minimum requirements
The DAB attendance policy requires students to attend no less than 80% of formal teaching sessions (lectures and tutorials) for each class they are enrolled in to remain eligible for assessment.