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On successful completion of the module, students will be able to:
Articulate and clarify the connection between learning and the achievement of goals and objectives
Define requirements, investigate solution strategies, plan and manage the project
Display imagination and significant innovation in developing solution strategies
Effectively lead a team to arrive at a decision involving a business scenario
Critically appraise the project and its organisation, management, process and outcomes
The module allows students to explore and develop a project as a means of bringing about innovative and meaningful changes to an organisation. Practical strategies are developed and implemented in a group setting, allowing participants to fully appreciate the complexities and necessities of synergistic group effort. Students are randomly placed into groups consisting of no more than five students and are challenged to develop unity of purpose, co-operation and measurable results. Team building skills require that group members negotiate the rules that will govern the activities of their group and that they set objectives permitting them to compete effectively against other teams. Socratic instruction is offered by the tutor, freeing the teams to establish their own structural and creative orientations. The goal for each team is to realise maximum performance and results through creative and non-linear thinking.
• Project and strategy-defining parameters, setting objectives, creating synergy of purpose through teamwork, assessing outcomes and revaluation
• Stimulating creativity and understanding the value of Innovation and Change
• Utilisation and management of information (data generation and analysis)
• The dynamics of co-operation and teamwork
• Managing the plan, allocating and implementing the process
Workshops are based on a team-work formula (4-5 people). Each student prepares his/her own project of introducing innovation, with the help of other members of the group. Major methods used during workshops include: planning techniques and project assessment (analysis, synthesis), collective problem solving, negotiation, and consultation.
Lectures/workshops (online)
Hours: 30
Intended group size: 25
Guided independent studies
Hours: 160
Intended group size: 1
Tutorials/consultation
Hours: 10
Intended Group size: 25
Further details relating to assessment
The combination of a group project and assignment allows students to both apply the teamwork, self-management, communication, etc. skills they develop during the module as well as the direct assessment of these skills and the individual knowledge that students are expected to acquire throughout the module.
Do all individual components need to be passed to pass the module overall? Yes
Is this module exempt from condonement of marginal failure? Yes
Other relevant matters
All modules and on-line support features are available to all students following registration for their chosen programme of study.
001 Group work during the workshop 20%
002 Group report 1000 words end of module 20%
003 Individual report 2500 words end of module 60%
Module Coordinator - PRS_CODE=
Level - 7
Credit Value - 20
Pre-Requisites - NONE
Semester(s) Offered - S2
