Unit Synopsis
This unit will provide you with opportunities to develop advanced knowledge of management and leadership styles within the non-government organisation health and human services sector, with a focus on domestic and family violence organisations. It builds on the knowledge and skills acquired in previous units with a specific focus on organisational contexts and practices. Using a gendered approach, critical use is made of evidence-based research and practice and policy documents addressing management and leadership requirements in this sector. You will explore a range of governance considerations, financial accountability and legislative requirements pertinent to the domestic and family violence sector. You will consider ethical, professional and self-management implications for practice.
Details
| Level | Postgraduate |
|---|---|
| Unit Level | 8 |
| Credit Points | 6 |
| Student Contribution Band | SCA Band 4 |
| Fraction of Full-Time Student Load | 0.125 |
| Pre-requisites or Co-requisites |
There are no pre-requisites for the 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). |
| Class Timetable | View Unit Timetable |
| Residential School | No Residential School |
Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2026
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 Postgraduate 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.
Assessment Tasks
| Assessment Task | Weighting |
|---|---|
| 1. Written Assessment | 40% |
| 2. Written Assessment | 60% |
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%).
Past Exams
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Term 2 - 2021 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 100.00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 26.32% response rate.
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.
Source: Unit Evaluation Report
Student feedback stating that content and learning materials were directly relevant to profession (DFV field)
Continue use DFV-relevant content and materials (reading sources and weekly activity tasks)
DFV-relevant content and materials continued to be used.
Source: Email
Student feedback acknowledging personalised support throughout the unit
Continue to use student-centred supportive approach catering for individual student needs.
A student-centred supportive approach continued to be employed.
Source: Unit Evaluation Report
One student indicated that the practice-based assessment task difficult to complete
This student did not work in the DFV field, which is unusual and as a result struggled with the assessment task despite much individual support. Continue to provide support to students.
Support continued to be provided to students, with additional support provided to those students who did not work in the DFV field.
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
- Examine the difference between leadership and management particularly as these concepts apply in domestic and family violence contexts.
- Interpret and explain key leadership and management theories that underpin non government organisation health and human services.
- Analyse key leadership and management challenges and practices within non-government organisation health and human services policy environments, with a focus on the intersection of gender, ethnicity and culture.
- Evaluate key accountabilities required of leaders and managers in non-government organisation health and human services.
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment | • | • | ||
| 2 - Written Assessment | • | • | • | |
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | |||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 - Knowledge | • | • | • | • |
| 2 - Communication | • | • | • | • |
| 3 - Cognitive, technical and creative skills | • | • | • | • |
| 4 - Research | • | • | • | • |
| 5 - Self-management | • | • | ||
| 6 - Ethical and Professional Responsibility | • | • | • | • |
| 7 - Leadership | • | • | ||
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | ||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment | • | • | • | • | • | ||||
| 2 - Written Assessment | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||