EDF5636 Leading organisational decision making
Faculty of Education
EDF5636 Leading organisational decision making is a level 5, 12-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Education. It isn't offered in 2021. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 12
- Offered in 2021
- Other periods
- Singapore
- Assessment
- No exam
- 2 tasks
- Workload
- 288 hours
- per semester
The 2027 handbook has no page for EDF5636. This is its 2021 entry, the latest one.
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Requisites
Before EDF5636
No prerequisites or corequisites besides the enrolment rules below.
After EDF5636
No unit lists EDF5636 as a prerequisite in the 2021 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Corequisite: Must be enrolled in course owned by Faculty of Education or A6028 Master of Public Policy.
Prohibition: EDF6821
Overview
This unit is an introduction to the complexities of problem solving and decision making in organisational contexts. Topics include theoretical and philosophical analyses of the concepts of power and authority in organisational and institutional contexts in relation to decision and/or policy making, research approaches to understanding the nature of problem solving and decision making processes. The unit examines how psychological, social, and contextual factors influence and shape decision making processes and outcomes in organisations and analyses how issues associated with power and authority affect decision making and related organisational structures and processes. It also explores how organisational structures and processes might be better designed to improve organisational governance and enhance decision making intelligence and organisational capability.
Offerings in 2021
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Term 3 | Singapore | Block off |
Assessment
- Essay (4000 words or equivalent)50%
- Case study (4000 words or equivalent)50%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
understand concepts of power and authority in organisational and institutional contexts, and how these concepts relate to problem solving, decision making and change in organisations
- 2
understand and appreciate how 'good' decisions ought to be made in administrative contexts from a normative or prescriptive research perspective
- 3
understand and appreciate how decisions actually do get made in organisations from an empirical research perspective
- 4
understand and appreciate how a range of psychological framing effects and cognitive biases and heuristics influence judgement and decision making
- 5
understand and appreciate how factors associated with complexity, uncertainty, ambiguity and social choice affect decision making in organisations
- 6
critically examine and evaluate how organisations might be designed to improve problem-solving and decision-making processes and outcomes, and enhance organisational capabilities.
Workload and teaching
- Teaching approachActive learning
Flexible mode offers a stand-alone online offering that allows you to learn and engage in content and assessment in a supported way. It also provides a face-to-face component over the semester to engage you with the online learning content, which you can attend if you are able and interested.
Minimum total expected workload equals 288 hours per semester comprising:
(a.) Contact hours for flexible students:
- 12 contact hours and 24 hours equivalent of online activities over the semester or
- 36 hours equivalent of online activities over the semester*
(b.) Requirements for offshore Kaplan-based students:
- one intensive block (usually from Thursday to Sunday)
- at least 14 hours of online study per term
(c.) Additional requirements (all students):
- independent study to meet the minimum required hours per semester
*International students studying in Australia are not permitted to undertake this contact hour delivery mode.
For the unit teaching schedule, please visit the timetable.
The teaching approach in this unit entails active learning through case-based teaching and reflection on professional experience; enquiry, analysis and discussion; problem solving; and activities.
Learning resources
Recommended resources
Please visit the unit Moodle site for further information.
Contacts
- Unit Coordinators
- Dr George Variyan
- Chief Examiners
- Dr Venesser Fernandes
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for EDF5636?
EDF5636 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is EDF5636 offered?
EDF5636 has no offerings listed in the 2021 handbook.
How much work is EDF5636?
The handbook expects about 288 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
Does EDF5636 have an exam?
No. EDF5636 has 2 assessment tasks and no exam.
More details
- Credit points
- 12
- Level
- 5
- Study level
- Postgraduate
- Faculty
- Faculty of Education
- Type
- Coursework
- EFTSL
- 0.250
- Student contribution
- SCA Band 1
- Study abroad
- Not available
- Handbook years
- 20202021