SLE742 - Systems and Strategic Thinking
Unit details
| Year: | 2022 unit information |
|---|---|
| Important Update: | Unit delivery will be in line with the most current COVIDSafe health guidelines. We continue to tailor learning experiences for each unit to achieve the best possible mix of online and on-campus activities that successfully blend our approaches to learning, working and research. Please check your unit sites for announcements and updates. Last updated: 4 March 2022 |
| Enrolment modes: | Offered next in 2023 Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Cloud (online) 2022 recommendation: ADS701 - Introduction to International and Community Development |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 1: Peter Macreadie |
| Prerequisite: | Nil |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | Nil |
| Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. |
| Scheduled learning activities - campus: | 2 x 1 hour classes per week, 1 x 1 hour seminar per week. |
| Scheduled learning activities - cloud: | Online independent and collaborative learning including optional scheduled activities as detailed in the unit site. |
Content
This unit provides the opportunity for students to learn about new ways of thinking and problem solving, associated concepts, methodologies and methods that are applicable in most disciplines and professions as well as in academic research. This includes systems thinking and strategic thinking. Students will learn and apply holistic (i.e. systemic) approaches to tackle, usually ill-defined, problems in complex, uncertain and risky situations. Students will also learn and apply strategic planning approaches to identify the core (or strategic) issues in any problem situation and propose feasible solutions and ways of implementing them. Strategic thinkers have the ability to ‘see’ a possible future and act accordingly.
Students will be provided the opportunity to discuss key issues related to relevant approaches in systems thinking and strategic thinking and planning and their application in practice in various fields, such as natural resources planning (including land and water resources), sustainable regional development, spatial (urban and regional) planning, environmental planning, strategic management and organisational development.
| ULO | These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|
| ULO1 | Explain the contemporary development of systems thinking and strategic thinking and planning and the domains of their application in the particular student's discipline or profession. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO2 | Identify and analyse complex problems using holistic and strategic thinking. | GLO3: Digital literacy |
| ULO3 | Work as a team to tackle problem situations and propose implementable solutions using holistic and strategic planning concepts, methodologies and methods. | GLO2: Communication |
| ULO4 | Develop and justify innovative solutions for implementation in complex, uncertain and risky contexts. | GLO4: Critical thinking |
These Unit Learning Outcomes are applicable for all teaching periods throughout the year
Assessment
| Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
|---|---|---|---|
| Critique essay | Written critique, approximately 1,500 words | 25% | Week 5 |
| Group oral presentation | Oral presentation | 35% | Week 10 |
| Examination | 2-hour written examination | 40% | Examination period |
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Learning Resource
The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: SLE742 Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
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