420102 Building Enterprise Agility
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Credit points: 6 cp
Subject level:
Postgraduate
Result type: Grade and marksThere are course requisites for this subject. See access conditions.
Description
The organisations and enterprises that will thrive, especially in the 'new normal', are those prepared for technological disruption. These organisations will need to embrace competition in increasingly dynamic environments, where technology is at the forefront of driving change, innovation and success. This subject enables students to work agilely at an enterprise level, to understand what enterprise adaptability looks like at scale, its impact on operations, and the implications for the culture and leadership of an organisation.
Subject learning objectives (SLOs)
Upon successful completion of this subject students should be able to:
| 1. | Build enterprise adaptability knowledge and responsive capabilities of the organisation. (C.1) |
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| 2. | Develop an organisational adaptability roadmap. (C.1) |
| 3. | Develop strategies for change and change management. (B.1) |
| 4. | Contribute to building leadership teams for change. (B.1) |
Course intended learning outcomes (CILOs)
This subject also contributes specifically to the development of the following Course Intended Learning Outcomes (CILOs):
- Socially Responsible: FEIT graduates identify, engage, and influence stakeholders, and apply expert judgment establishing and managing constraints, conflicts and uncertainties within a hazards and risk framework to define system requirements and interactivity. (B.1)
- Design Oriented: FEIT graduates apply problem solving, design thinking and decision-making methodologies in new contexts or to novel problems, to explore, test, analyse and synthesise complex ideas, theories or concepts. (C.1)
Teaching and learning strategies
This subject is made up of six modules delivered online over six weeks. Students work through each module at their own pace and momentum is maintained through weekly interactive activity attached to each theme and/or concept within the modules. Within each online module, content will be delivered through a mixture of short video presentations, interactive worksheets, animated learning materials, questions/activities, use cases and short summary/comprehension/annotation exercises for selected readings and concepts using CANVAS. Interactive activities throughout the modules will provide students with the opportunity to apply their understanding to practical use cases and engage with their peers.
Over the six weeks, there will also be 3 synchronous one hour online interactive sessions, facilitated by teaching staff, that discuss the module, and provide opportunities for task-based group activity, discussion, feedback on learning progress and Q & A sessions. The assessment tasks build on each other in a way that feedback for earlier tasks can inform later tasks.
Content (topics)
Week Module
- The need for agility
- Organisational strategy and IT agility
- Assessing Agility of organisations
- Enabling Enterprise agility
- Organisation culture and managing change
- Leading agility enterprises
Assessment
Assessment task 1: Analysis using VUCA (Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity and Ambiguity) audit
| Intent: | Assess the agility needs and requirements of an organisation |
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| Objective(s): | This assessment task addresses the following subject learning objectives (SLOs): 1 This assessment task contributes to the development of the following Course Intended Learning Outcomes (CILOs): C.1 |
| Type: | Report |
| Groupwork: | Individual |
| Weight: | 15% |
| Length: | 700 words (+/- 10%) |
Assessment task 2: Assessing the agility of an enterprise
| Intent: | Understanding the organizational context, level of agility and challenges faced to assess and identify status of the organization in their journey to enterprise agility. |
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| Objective(s): | This assessment task addresses the following subject learning objectives (SLOs): 2 and 3 This assessment task contributes to the development of the following Course Intended Learning Outcomes (CILOs): B.1 and C.1 |
| Type: | Report |
| Groupwork: | Individual |
| Weight: | 40% |
| Length: | 1,200 words |
Assessment task 3: Enterprise agility roadmap and recommendations
| Intent: | Analyse key aspects of the organisation (digitally enabled sense making capabilities, agile maturity, and culture) and develop an agile transformation strategy, including recommendations, barriers and a change management plan. |
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| Objective(s): | This assessment task addresses the following subject learning objectives (SLOs): 3 and 4 This assessment task contributes to the development of the following Course Intended Learning Outcomes (CILOs): B.1 |
| Type: | Report |
| Groupwork: | Individual |
| Weight: | 45% |
| Length: | 1,500 words |
Minimum requirements
In order to pass the subject, a student must achieve an overall mark of 50% or more.
Required texts
Published Canvas materials.
Recommended texts
There is no recommended text for this subject. The subject has a list of recommended readings for each module, the reading list is available in Canvas.