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OCHS13017 Resilient Organisations
Resilient Organisations
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General Information

Overview

In this unit you will consider some of the latest theories in the Safety Sciences, particularly in relation to the concept of resilience in organisations and broader organisational culture issues. The factors which influence the quality and validity of decision making within organisations, such as, values, mindfulness, culture, adaptive systems, participation and leadership in complex socio-technical systems will be considered. You will critically reflect on and evaluate theories such as resilience engineering, high reliability organisations, safety culture and safety climate, and discuss the usefulness of these theories to practice. You will also have the opportunity to evaluate the usefulness of the tools and methods available to measure and monitor factors that affect resilience and other safety science concepts within organisations.

Details

Career Level: Undergraduate
Unit Level: Level 3
Credit Points: 6
Student Contribution Band: 8
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load: 0.125

Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

Co-requisite:- AINV11002

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Offerings For Term 2 - 2026

Online

Attendance Requirements

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Class and Assessment Overview

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Previous Student Feedback

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 SUTE Comments

Feedback

Students felt that the assignments did not offer enough alternative theory or thinking on a theory.

Recommendation

The assessments were changed in 2024 in order to reduce plagiarism and offer a more scaffolded learning experience across the three assessments. This appears to have created not enough variance across the assessment items. It is therefore recommended to review and change the assessment tasks for the 2025 offering in order to add greater variety in critical thinking on the key aspects covered in this unit.

Feedback from SUTE Comments

Feedback

Students reported that the lectures were presented in a way that made it easy to follow and grasp the concepts.

Recommendation

It is recommended to keep the lecture format for the next offering.

Feedback from SUTE Comments

Feedback

Students reported that assessment criteria were clear and expectations were explained really well during the lectures.

Recommendation

It is recommended to keep the lecture format whereby lecture material is clearly linked to assessment criteria and assessment expectations.

Feedback from SUTE Comments

Feedback

One student advised that they felt that there was too much focus on one safety science theorist in the assessments and lectures which they felt was too biased.

Recommendation

It is recommended to review the assessments and lecture material with a view to expanding on the content and having less of a focus on a key safety science theorist.

Unit Learning Outcomes

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Alignment of Learning Outcomes, Assessment and Graduate Attributes

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Textbooks and Resources

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