Overview
As a student in the final year of your Bachelor of Engineering course, you will identify and analyse leadership and engineering management techniques applied within industry-based teams, and generate a personal vision for your leadership style. You will also document safety and environmental management systems applied in engineering workplaces, with a focus on cultural aspects. You will examine ethical principles, codes of ethics and apply approaches to ethical decision making. You will develop a three-year career plan outlining professional, technical, and personal aspects of career development. In preparation for this unit, it is strongly recommended that you have undertaken industry practice experience in a workplace, either via Industry Practice unit(s) or vacation employment.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
There are no requisites for this unit.
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
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Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Class Timetable
Assessment Overview
Assessment Grading
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of 'pass' in order to pass the unit. If any 'pass/fail' tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully ('pass' grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the 'assessment task' section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%). Consult the University's Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades.
All University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
You may wish to view these policies:
- Grades and Results Policy
- Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework)
- Review of Grade Procedure
- Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure - Domestic Students
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure - International Students
- Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
- Student Feedback - Compliments and Complaints Policy and Procedure
- Information and Communications Technology Acceptable Use Policy and Procedure
This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Feedback from Unit coordinator reflection
The unit develops practical leadership skills.
Resources and unit materials for developing leadership skills should be maintained in the future.
Feedback from Unit coordinator reflection
An opportunity to develop and understand alternate career options and professional certifications is great.
The aspect of knowledge on professional accreditation and knowledge on the differences between alternate certifications should be maintained.
Feedback from Unit coordinator reflection
There is opportunity to make the content more engaging.
Modern tools should be assessed, making the content more user friendly and engaging.
- Identify and analyse leadership and engineering management techniques
- Generate a personal leadership vision
- Document safety and environmental management systems applied in engineering workplaces, with a focus on cultural aspects
- Apply professional judgment, standard approaches, and codes of ethics to decision making within a business environment
- Develop a three-year career plan outlining professional, technical, and personal aspects of career development.
The Learning Outcomes for this unit are linked with the Engineers Australia Stage 1 Competency Standards for Professional Engineers in the areas of 1. Knowledge and Skill Base, 2. Engineering Application Ability and 3. Professional and Personal Attributes at the following levels:
Intermediate
1.5 Knowledge of engineering design practice and contextual factors impacting the engineering discipline. (LO: 1I 2I 3I )
2.1 Application of established engineering methods to complex engineering problem solving. (LO: 1I 3I 5I )
2.3 Application of systematic engineering synthesis and design processes. (LO: 5I )
3.4 Professional use and management of information. (LO: 1I 3I )
3.6 Effective team membership and team leadership. (LO: 2I 3I )
Advanced
1.4 Discernment of knowledge development and research directions within the engineering discipline. (LO: 1I 3A )
1.6 Understanding of the scope, principles, norms, accountabilities, and bounds of sustainable engineering practice in the specific discipline. (LO: 3A )
3.1 Ethical conduct and professional accountability. (LO: 2I 4A )
3.2 Effective oral and written communication in professional and lay domains. (LO: 2I 3A 5A )
3.3 Creative, innovative, and pro-active demeanour. (LO: 2A 5I )
3.5 Orderly management of self, and professional conduct. (LO: 2A 4A 5A )
Note: LO refers to the Learning Outcome number(s) which link to the competency and the levels: N – Introductory, I – Intermediate and A - Advanced.
Refer to the Engineering Undergraduate Course Moodle site for further information on the Engineers Australia's Stage 1 Competency Standard for Professional Engineers and course level mapping information https://moodle.cqu.edu.au/course/view.php?id=1511
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1 - Report - 30% | |||||
| 2 - Case Study - 30% | |||||
| 3 - Portfolio - 40% | |||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1 - Communication | |||||
| 2 - Problem Solving | |||||
| 3 - Critical Thinking | |||||
| 4 - Information Literacy | |||||
| 5 - Team Work | |||||
| 6 - Information Technology Competence | |||||
| 7 - Cross Cultural Competence | |||||
| 8 - Ethical practice | |||||
| 9 - Social Innovation | |||||
| 10 - First Nations Knowledges | |||||
| 11 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures | |||||
Textbooks
There are no required textbooks.
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
- Microsoft word and Excel
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: Harvard (author-date)
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
s.ullah@cqu.edu.au
Week 1
Begin Date: 10 Mar 2025Module/Topic
Engineering Management
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Week 2
Begin Date: 17 Mar 2025Module/Topic
Engineering Management
Commence development of Industry Report.
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Week 3
Begin Date: 24 Mar 2025Module/Topic
Leadership
Continue development of Industry Report.
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Week 4
Begin Date: 31 Mar 2025Module/Topic
Safety Management
Continue development of Industry Report.
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Week 5
Begin Date: 07 Apr 2025Module/Topic
Guest Lectures
Continue development of Industry Report.
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Vacation Week
Begin Date: 14 Apr 2025Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Week 6
Begin Date: 21 Apr 2025Module/Topic
Ethics
Complete development of Industry Report
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Week 7
Begin Date: 28 Apr 2025Module/Topic
Environmental Management
Commence development of Ethics Case Study.
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Week 8
Begin Date: 05 May 2025Module/Topic
Guest Lectures
Continue development of Ethics Case Study.
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Week 9
Begin Date: 12 May 2025Module/Topic
Professional Development
Complete development of Ethics Case Study.
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Week 10
Begin Date: 19 May 2025Module/Topic
Career Planning
Commence development of Career Plan Portfolio.
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Week 11
Begin Date: 26 May 2025Module/Topic
Review
Continue development of Career Plan Portfolio.
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Week 12
Begin Date: 02 Jun 2025Module/Topic
Review
Complete development of Career Plan Portfolio.
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Review/Exam Week
Begin Date: 09 Jun 2025Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Exam Week
Begin Date: 16 Jun 2025Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
1 Report
As you have learned in the course material, Engineering Management involves the application of general management functions within engineering teams. In addition, amongst the four well-known management functions, you are likely to be exposed to the Controlling function in a Graduate Engineer role.
In this assessment, you will review an industry-based engineering process and document how management control techniques are embedded within the process to ensure the desired results are achieved.
Further details of this assessment task are available on the Moodle site.
Week 6 Friday (25 Apr 2025) 11:59 pm AEST
Within two weeks of the submission deadline
Describe Management Processes
Analyse the Relationship Between Standards, Measures and Feedback
Identify and Describe Safety Processes
Relate Leadership and Culture to Performance
Describe and evaluate leadership skills
Accuracy and Clarity of the Report
Appropriate use of Sentence Structure and Grammar
- Identify and analyse leadership and engineering management techniques
- Document safety and environmental management systems applied in engineering workplaces, with a focus on cultural aspects
2 Case Study
Your second assessment item involves analysis and application of decision-making processes to case studies related to engineering ethics, responding to the ethical issues raised via a Case Study Report.
Your assessment task involves selecting two (2) of the supplied Case Studies and documenting how you would approach an ethical issue identified in the case. You will then apply a structured decision-making process to reach a decision regarding your issue. Your decisions should be supported at each stage by referencing appropriate external standards, laws, guidelines and codes, or by describing your personal beliefs and opinions.
Further details of this assessment task are available on the Moodle site.
Week 9 Friday (16 May 2025) 11:59 pm AEST
Within two weeks of the submission deadline
Identify and describe ethical issues
Analyse relevant legal, technical and professional issues
Ability to provide reasonable decision options
Express ethical views in a clear and appropriate manner
Consistently apply a decision-making framework
Accuracy and Clarity of the Report
Appropriate use of Sentence Structure and Grammar
- Apply professional judgment, standard approaches, and codes of ethics to decision making within a business environment
3 Portfolio
The final assessment item of this unit involves the development of a career plan, presented as a portfolio and consisting of yourleadership vision,technical and professional development plans, and atabular summary of your overall career plan.
Further details of this assessment task are available on the Moodle site.
Week 12 Friday (6 June 2025) 11:45 pm AEST
Within two weeks of the submission deadline
Analyse Leadership Skills
Express an achievable vision and mission
Conduct research into a technical specialisation
Self-assess and perform a skills gap analysis
Articulate feasible (SMART) technical development actions
Articulate feasible (SMART) professional development actions
Summarise plans and actions
Accuracy and Clarity of the Report
- Generate a personal leadership vision
- Develop a three-year career plan outlining professional, technical, and personal aspects of career development.
As a CQUniversity student you are expected to act honestly in all aspects of your academic work.
Any assessable work undertaken or submitted for review or assessment must be your own work. Assessable work is any type of work you do to meet the assessment requirements in the unit, including draft work submitted for review and feedback and final work to be assessed.
When you use the ideas, words or data of others in your assessment, you must thoroughly and clearly acknowledge the source of this information by using the correct referencing style for your unit. Using others’ work without proper acknowledgement may be considered a form of intellectual dishonesty.
Participating honestly, respectfully, responsibly, and fairly in your university study ensures the CQUniversity qualification you earn will be valued as a true indication of your individual academic achievement and will continue to receive the respect and recognition it deserves.
As a student, you are responsible for reading and following CQUniversity’s policies, including the Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure. This policy sets out CQUniversity’s expectations of you to act with integrity, examples of academic integrity breaches to avoid, the processes used to address alleged breaches of academic integrity, and potential penalties.
What is a breach of academic integrity?
A breach of academic integrity includes but is not limited to plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, cheating, contract cheating, and academic misconduct. The Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure defines what these terms mean and gives examples.
Why is academic integrity important?
A breach of academic integrity may result in one or more penalties, including suspension or even expulsion from the University. It can also have negative implications for student visas and future enrolment at CQUniversity or elsewhere. Students who engage in contract cheating also risk being blackmailed by contract cheating services.
Where can I get assistance?
For academic advice and guidance, the Academic Learning Centre (ALC) can support you in becoming confident in completing assessments with integrity and of high standard.
What can you do to act with integrity?
