Leadership for Innovation

Unit Code:HBO682

Credit Points	Duration	Contact Hours	Campus	Prerequisite	Corequisite
12.5 Credit Points	One teaching period.	36 hours of contact	Hawthorn	Nil	Nil

Credit Points

Duration

Contact Hours

Campus

Prerequisite

Corequisite

12.5 Credit Points

One teaching period.

36 hours of contact

Hawthorn

Nil

Related Course/s:

A core unit in the Master of Business Administration (CMBA640) and Master of Business Administration / Master of Strategic Foresight (CMBF680).

Aims & Objectives:

This unit is designed to provide students with skills and practice that are critical in leading innovative and entrepreneurial activities and ventures in established organisations. Its focus is the individual and collective leadership behaviours and practices that enable organisations to develop innovative teams and cultures, and successfully establish and sustain high growth entrepreneurial initiatives. It is intended that students are able to apply effective thinking and practice in a range of organisational, industry and cultural contexts.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

Outline the leadership practices required for innovation and change in organisations.
Better manage the tension between leading innovative activities and established or entrenched elements of an organisation.
Diagnose and plan for the organisational practices needed to support innovative activity in established organisations.
Build more innovative teams.
Have insight into their own qualities and development needs as leaders of innovative teams in organisational settings.
Identify the issues involved in leading innovative teams and organisations.

Teaching Methods:

Students attend three (3) hours per week for contact activities per unit.

Assessment:

Individual assignment (20-30%)
Group leadership of class (Group) 15-25%

Individual Learning Contract (25-35%)

Assessment of learning presentation (Individual) 10-20%

Generic Skills Outcomes:

Swinburne Skills
1. Teamwork skills 2. Problem solving skills 3. Communication 4. Ability to tackle unfamiliar problems 5. Ability to work independently

Master of Business Administration skills
1. Leadership skills Research skills 2. Presentation skills 3. Ability to engage in critical enquiry and discussion 4. Ability to behave ethically and sustainably

Content:

Overview of leadership issues in relation to innovation in the context of established organisations.
Leadership capability self assessment.
Creating energy in self and teams for innovation and change.
Holding and managing the tension of competing corporate mind-sets.
Influencing culture to innovate.
Strategic relationship management.
Ethical and sustainable leadership.

Reading Materials:

Clawson JG 2009 Level Three Leadership: getting below the surface, 4th edn, Pearson Prentice-Hall, Upper Saddle
River.
Pedler, M, Burgoyne J & Boydell T 2007 A manager’s guide to self development 5th edn, Kogan Page, New York.