Details for EDU552 Innovation and Change Management in Education

Education is changing fast, and it needs leaders who can guide that change well. Innovation and Change Management in Education gives you the theories, frameworks and tools to spot opportunities for innovation, bring stakeholders with you and work through resistance. You’ll explore innovation culture, organisational learning, technology and the future of education. You’ll finish with a practical innovation and change strategy, and a clearer picture of yourself as a leader of change.

Quick Stats

• Currently offered by Alphacrucis: Yes
• Course code: EDU552
• Credit points: 10

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Prerequisite

Nil

Unit Content

Outcomes

1. Interrogate knowledge of contemporary theories of innovation and organisation change to critically evaluate educational change opportunities and strategies
2. Analyse internal and external factors influencing innovation in education organisations.
3. Extrapolate change management frameworks to address complex educational challenges.
4. Design change management proposals based on strategies that foster innovation, organisational learning, teamwork and stakeholder engagement.
5. Compose evidence-based recommendations for leading sustainable change initiatives based on reflection.

Subject Content

1. Innovation in education
2. The context for change
3. Organisational change theories
4. Leading change and innovation
5. Innovation culture and organisational learning
6. Stakeholder engagement and resistance
7. Technology and education innovation
8. Project and change management
9. Measuring innovation impact
10. Sustainability, ethics, and future of education
11. Contemporary issues in innovation related change management

This course may be offered in the following formats

• Face to face on site 
• E-learning (online) 
• Intensive (provide details) 

Please check the timetable to see when this subject will next be offered at Alphacrucis University College.

Assessment Methods

• Innovation opportunity analysis (20%)
• Change management case study (30%)
• Innovation and change strategy project (40%)
• Reflective leadership portfolio (10%)

Prescribed Text

Cameron, E., & Green, M. (2024). Making Sense of Change Management: A Complete Guide to the Models, Tools and Techniques of Organizational Change (6th ed.). Kogan Page. 

Check with the instructor each semester before purchasing any prescribed texts or representative references