One Semester or Term

36 Hours

Hawthorn, Sarawak

Nil

 Nil

Credit Points: 12.5 Credit Points

Aims & Objectives:

• Describe the elements of futures thinking
• Undertake a trend analysis on a relevant topic
• Apply creative and innovative thinking to selected contemporary issues
• Prepare probable scenarios around a selected issue
• Work as a team to develop new ideas and scenarios

Teaching Methods:

Lecture (2 hour), Tutorials (1 hours)

Assessment:

Individual assignment (50%), Participation (20%), Team project (30%)

Generic Skills Outcomes:

• Capable in their chosen professional, vocational or study areas
• Entrepreneurial in contributing to innovation and development within their business, workplace or community
• Effective and ethical in work and community situations
• Adaptable and able to manage change
• Aware of local and international environments in which they will be contributing (eg socio-cultural, economic, natural)

Content:

• The nature of our understanding of time, how different timeframes are socially constructed and how both of these impacts on how the future is considered
• Demonstrate a number of tools and techniques that individual s can use to promote creative and innovative thinking
• Show the ways that trends can be analysed and how this aids making forecasts
• Demonstrate the use of cross-impact analysis as an aid to decision-making
• An explanation and demonstration of scenario thinking and how it is used to futures thinking

Reading Materials:

Students are advised to check the unit outline in the relevant teaching period for appropriate textbooks and further reading.