Overview
This unit provides students with an overview of the ideas and practices of contemporary management and leadership and relates these to social work practice. Students should be able to critically analyse the role of social worker as a manager, evaluate management and leadership approaches, and explore alternative leadership strategies to assist in the integration of social work values and ethics alongside the role of the manager and specific agency requirements for the delivery of services. Students should be able to propose leadership models appropriate to social work practice contexts and provide relevant strategies to promote social work values and ethics, and colloborative leadership. Students will have opportunities in this unit to integrate their learning with experiences in the workplace or field education.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Successful completion of 48 credit points in any course and ability to draw on experience from field placement or work in human services.
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).
Offerings For Term 1 - 2019
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 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.
Class Timetable
Assessment Overview
Assessment Grading
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%). Consult the University’s Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades.
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- Grades and Results Policy
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- Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
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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 Student Survey Personal feedback
Students reported that they enjoyed the zoom sessions.
Continue to provide zoom sessions
Feedback from Student survey
A couple of students reported that they felt there was too much content to cover in the unit which included reading requirements.
To review the unit content
Feedback from Student survey
A couple of students reported concerns about the clarity of the assessment tasks.
To review the assessment tasks
- Critically evaluate contemporary approaches to management within organisations where social work is practised including the trends and theories influencing these approaches.
- Propose an ongoing management plan appropriate to social work practice contexts that promotes the integration of social work values and ethics and collaborative leadership, along with the role of manager/leader and specific agency requirements for service delivery.
- Critically evaluate the limitations and potential of these proposals.
- Produce appropriate leadership strategies for different cultural contexts including working in Indigenous contexts.
- Create a personalised leadership framework appropriate to social work practice for ongoing critical reflection.
- Critically reflect on leadership qualities and skills and articulate insights gained for future social work practice.
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment - 50% | ||||||
| 2 - Written Assessment - 50% | ||||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | |||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| 1 - Communication | ||||||
| 2 - Problem Solving | ||||||
| 3 - Critical Thinking | ||||||
| 4 - Information Literacy | ||||||
| 5 - Team Work | ||||||
| 6 - Information Technology Competence | ||||||
| 7 - Cross Cultural Competence | ||||||
| 8 - Ethical practice | ||||||
| 9 - Social Innovation | ||||||
| 10 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures | ||||||
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment - 50% | ||||||||||
| 2 - Written Assessment - 50% | ||||||||||
Textbooks
Social Work Management and Leadership: Managing complexity with creatively
(2010)
Authors: Lawler J., & Bilson, A.
Routledge
London London , UK
Binding: Paperback
Additional Textbook Information
Copies can be purchased from the CQUni Bookshop here: http://bookshop.cqu.edu.au (search on the Unit code)
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: Harvard (author-date)
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
p.cesare@cqu.edu.au
Module/Topic
Introduction to leadership
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See Moodle - Study Schedule Week 1.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Commence weekly activities located in the study schedule on Moodle.
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Management and leadership in the human services
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See Moodle - Study Schedule Week 2.
Events and Submissions/Topic
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Leadership, social work and practice contexts.
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See Moodle - Study Schedule Week 3.
Events and Submissions/Topic
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Ethical leadership in human services
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See Moodle - Study Schedule Week 4.
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Leadership and culture
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See Moodle - Study Schedule Week 5.
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Leadership: Theoretical perspectives
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See Moodle - Study Schedule Week 6.
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Leadership, power and influence
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See Moodle - Study Schedule Week 7.
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Reflective practice for leadership
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See Moodle - Study Schedule Week 8.
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Leadership and change
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See Moodle - Study Schedule Week 9.
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Leadership: Relationships and collaboration
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See Moodle - Study Schedule Week 10.
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Leadership and evidence informed practice
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See Moodle - Study Scehdule Week 11.
Events and Submissions/Topic
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Leadership: Supervision and ongoing professional development
Chapter
See Moodle - Study Schedule Week 12.
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1 Written Assessment
In this academic paper you are required to:
· Demonstrate an understanding of the contemporary trends of managerial approaches to human service organisations that includes marketization, managerialism and governance.
· Reflect on your field placement experience and critically evaluate how these contemporary approaches to management impacted on the service users, social workers and managers and team leaders within the organisation. Provide examples from field placement to demonstrate an understanding.
· Critically evaluate the field placement experience and any ethical issues that arose for social work practice according to the AASW Code of Ethics (2010).
· Critically evaluate the opportunities to promote social work values and ethics within the constraints of managerial approaches to human service organisations.
Word Limit
2000 words
Week 6 Friday (26 Apr 2019) 11:59 pm AEST
Week 8 Friday (10 May 2019)
Uploaded online through Moodle
- Critically evaluates how governance impacts on management in human service organisations and discusses the implications of these trends on social work practice.
- Critically evaluates how markets impact on management in human service organisations and discusses the implications of these trends on social work practice.
- Critically evaluates how managerialism impacts on management in human service organisations and discusses the implication of these trends on social work practice.
- Provides appropriate and relevant examples from field placement to highlight the management approaches used in the human service organisation during field placement.
- Critically evaluates the social work values and ethics that were challenged during field placement experience as a result of contemporary management approaches.
- Identifies opportunities to promote social work values and ethics within the constraints of managerial approaches.
- Demonstrates synthesis and integration of literature, strength and logic of argument, correct spelling (Macquarie) and punctuation with appropriate citation and referencing (Harvard).
A detailed rubric with assessment criteria is located in Moodle.
- Critically evaluate contemporary approaches to management within organisations where social work is practised including the trends and theories influencing these approaches.
- Propose an ongoing management plan appropriate to social work practice contexts that promotes the integration of social work values and ethics and collaborative leadership, along with the role of manager/leader and specific agency requirements for service delivery.
- Critically evaluate the limitations and potential of these proposals.
- Produce appropriate leadership strategies for different cultural contexts including working in Indigenous contexts.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Team Work
- Cross Cultural Competence
- Ethical practice
2 Written Assessment
You are required to identify an example from your field placement experience and demonstrate the application of your leadership approach to the situation. You may have observed the situation or been directly involved in the situation. Your response is hypothetical and is based on how you might respond using leadership theories and approaches from the insights you have gained during the unit. It is important to note that your knowledge and skills are emerging and that your proposed leadership approach may be something that you are working towards rather than are able to do, i.e. manage conflict.
Examples:
A client was discharged from a mental health care unit due to bed pressures rather than the mental health care needs of the client. The client was suicidal and did not have housing or support in the community.
You undertake an intake assessment with a social work supervisor while on placement at child protection. The supervisor is aggressive towards the clients and threatens to remove the children if the parents do not stop taking drugs. The supervisor does this in front of the children.
· Select a Reflective-Pluralist leadership theory or approach and a Rational-Objective leadership theory or approach and discuss the differences and similarities. Critically analyse and compare these theories/approaches and evaluate the usefulness and relevancy of each to your field placement scenario. Consider the potentials and limitations of these theories in relation to the field placement scenario.
· Critically evaluate the appropriateness of each theory or approach when working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians.
· Apply knowledge of social work values and ethics in your leadership approach and provide examples of how you would do this.
· Discuss the strengths and skills you bring to this situation and aspects that may be particularly challenging for you.
· Identify areas in leadership requiring further development and develop strategies to help you address these in the short term (6-12 months).
A detailed rubric with assessment criteria is located in Moodle.
Week 12 Friday (7 June 2019) 12:00 pm AEST
Exam Week Friday (21 June 2019)
- Identifies an appropriate field placement example to examine a leadership approach.
- Critically evaluate and compare two leadership theories/approaches and the usefulness of the leadership approaches to the field placement experience.
- Critically evaluates the usefulness of the leadership approaches when working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander contexts
- Critically evaluates the usefulness and relevance of each leadership theory/ approach to the field placement experience, human services and social work practice.
- Demonstrates the integration of theory and social work values and ethics into the leadership plan.
- Critically reflects on leadership qualities and skills and articulates insights gained for social work practice
- Creates a personalised leadership framework appropriate to social work practice for ongoing critical reflection.
- Demonstrates synthesis and integration of literature, strength and logic of argument, correct spelling (Macquarie)and punctuation, with appropriate citation and referencing (Harvard).
- Critically evaluate the limitations and potential of these proposals.
- Create a personalised leadership framework appropriate to social work practice for ongoing critical reflection.
- Critically reflect on leadership qualities and skills and articulate insights gained for future social work practice.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Team Work
- Cross Cultural Competence
- Ethical practice
As a CQUniversity student you are expected to act honestly in all aspects of your academic work.
Any assessable work undertaken or submitted for review or assessment must be your own work. Assessable work is any type of work you do to meet the assessment requirements in the unit, including draft work submitted for review and feedback and final work to be assessed.
When you use the ideas, words or data of others in your assessment, you must thoroughly and clearly acknowledge the source of this information by using the correct referencing style for your unit. Using others’ work without proper acknowledgement may be considered a form of intellectual dishonesty.
Participating honestly, respectfully, responsibly, and fairly in your university study ensures the CQUniversity qualification you earn will be valued as a true indication of your individual academic achievement and will continue to receive the respect and recognition it deserves.
As a student, you are responsible for reading and following CQUniversity’s policies, including the Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure. This policy sets out CQUniversity’s expectations of you to act with integrity, examples of academic integrity breaches to avoid, the processes used to address alleged breaches of academic integrity, and potential penalties.
What is a breach of academic integrity?
A breach of academic integrity includes but is not limited to plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, cheating, contract cheating, and academic misconduct. The Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure defines what these terms mean and gives examples.
Why is academic integrity important?
A breach of academic integrity may result in one or more penalties, including suspension or even expulsion from the University. It can also have negative implications for student visas and future enrolment at CQUniversity or elsewhere. Students who engage in contract cheating also risk being blackmailed by contract cheating services.
Where can I get assistance?
For academic advice and guidance, the Academic Learning Centre (ALC) can support you in becoming confident in completing assessments with integrity and of high standard.
What can you do to act with integrity?
