HRMT19020 - Perspectives on Organisational Change

General Information

Unit Synopsis

Change is inevitable. As current or future employees, managers, and/or business leaders, you should not only understand the importance of change but also develop your competencies to successfully manage and lead organisational change. This unit explores the dynamics of change within a business environment characterised by volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity. Through understanding key change theories and perspectives on leading and managing organisational change, you will develop the knowledge and skills required to respond to the pressures of a turbulent business environment and remain competitive.

Details

Level Undergraduate
Unit Level 3
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 4
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

Prerequisite:- Successful completion of 72 credit points.

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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Unit Availabilities from Term 2 - 2026

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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).

Assessment Overview

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.

Assessment Tasks

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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%).

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Previous Feedback

Term 2 - 2025 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 77.78% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 17.65% 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: Based on SUTE data
Feedback
Contemporary learning material
Recommendation
Continue to integrate contemporary change management theory and practice to enhance students' learning experience.
Action Taken
Introduced a new textbook. Lecture and workshop material were updated accordingly.
Source: Based on SUTE data
Feedback
Assessment feedback
Recommendation
Continue to grade assessments using Feedback studio and provide individualised and summative feedback for students. Provide in-class video demonstrations of locating feedback.
Action Taken
Provided individualized and summated feedback. Guided students on locating their feedback.
Source: Based on SUTE data
Feedback
Assessment clarity and relevance
Recommendation
Review assessment tasks with peers at discipline level to improve clarity and relevance .
Action Taken
Assessment tasks were discussed and reviewed at HRM Discipline level.
Source: Based on SUTE data
Feedback
Revise group assessment
Recommendation
Revise the group assessment to include a more transparent way of capturing individual group member contribution. Review this at HRM discipline level before being implemented.
Action Taken
In Progress
Unit learning Outcomes
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