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Area/Catalogue
BUSS 5379

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Course Level
Postgraduate

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Offered Externally
No

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Course ID
105729

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Unit Value
4.5

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University-wide elective course
No

Course owner

Course owner
International Graduate School Of Business

Course aim

The course aims to explore management from the standpoint of complexity research in organisational studies; the way organisational actors practice in organisations where complexity, unpredictability and uncertainty is a part of everyday life.

Course content

Systems thinking; critical systems thinking; chaos theory; emergence and self-organization; forms of causality; complex adaptive systems; the civilizing organisation; complex responsive processes of relating.

Textbook(s)

Stacey, RD 2010, Complexity and Organizational Reality: Uncertainty and the need to rethink management after the collapse of investment capitalism, Routledge, London

Prerequisite(s)

Common to all relevant programs
Subject Area & Catalogue Number Course Name
BUSS 5243 Leadership Dynamics

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component Duration
INTERNAL, CITY WEST
Seminar 3 hrs + 9 hrs x 2 days + 3 days

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.


Assessment

Individual Essay - Based on textbook, Individual Project summary and presentation, Individual Reflective journal

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 3)
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Fee-paying program for domestic and international students
International students and students undertaking this course as part of a postgraduate fee paying program must refer to the relevant program home page to determine the cost for undertaking this course.

Non-award enrolment
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.

Course Coordinators

Dr Bruce Gurd
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