Leading for Innovation and Sustainability

This unit is available for these qualifications:

• MBA+

Unit Description

Innovation is key to the sustainability of an organisation. Therefore, strategic leaders must develop and maintain a fearless culture of enquiry and creativity. Such leadership demands an understanding of the interactive elements that contribute to the effective and sustainable organisation: its structure, people, politics, symbols, and cultural nuances. This unit will provide you with a thorough and advanced understanding of how to lead innovation in your organisation.

Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites for this unit.

Learning Outcomes

• Critically evaluate core sustainability, innovation and resilience concepts as they apply to the environment, society and economy broadly; and the sustainable business/sustaining organisation specifically.
• Engage with leadership concepts that integrate concepts of sustainability, innovation and resilience with issues of organisational change, risk and opportunity.
• Develop critical research and analytical skills in generating new ideas and innovative mindsets that contribute to sustainable business.
• Demonstrate creativity and flexibility in the application of knowledge and skills to new situations, to resolving problems and to think rigorously and independently.
• Challenge outdated organisational and business concepts, practices and thinking, and encourage/support the exploration/adoption of new concepts and practices by communicating and thinking in a professional and collegiate manner.

Graduate Attributes

AIM Business School has identified a set of attributes that positively impact graduates’ success in business as a manager and leader and these are taught, developed, and assessed to varying degrees in this unit. These Graduate Attributes are:

• Strives for intellectual rigour
• Understanding the changing global context
• Manages for success
• Demonstrates effective communication and interpersonal skills
• Develops mastery of business and management disciplines
• Strives to be a continuous adult learner

Assessment Tasks

The successful completion of Leading for Innovation and Sustainability relies on the submission of three assessments:

• Assessment Task 1: Organisational Report (35%)
• Assessment Task 2: Business Case Proposal (50%)
• Assessment Task 3: Engagement and Participation (15%)