ENG2801 - Leadership and innovation

Overview

This unit develops problem-solving skills related to two important aspects of a successful engineering career: leadership and innovation. Innovation topics adopt a systematic approach to design solutions to lead technological change in the industry. Leadership topics adopt a systematic approach to cope with challenging situations in the leadership process. The systematic approach uses practical tools to analyse the current state of the problem, recommend general solution(s) based on relevant methodology and theories, and design specific solution(s) to solve problems. These practical tools are useful for continuous improvements and development of problem solving skills for both technical and non-technical problems.

Notes

This unit is not offered in 2025.

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you should be able to:

Design innovative and value-added solutions in the Malaysian context

Present new solutions using digital tools to pitch to the relevant community

Work as an effective individual and supportive team player in a team that consists of members with different personality types

Analyse situations in leadership process using practical tools and practice these tools in real life scenario.

Teaching approach

Case-based teaching

Role play

Problem-based learning

Assessment summary

Continuous assessment: 70%

Final assessment: 30%

This unit contains hurdle requirements that you must achieve to be able to pass the unit. You are required to achieve at least 45% in the total continuous assessment component and at least 45% in the final assessment component. The consequence of not achieving a hurdle requirement is a fail grade (NH) and a maximum mark of 45 for the unit.

Assessment

1 - Quizzes

2 - Assignments

3 - Practice class

4 - Final assessment

Workload requirements

Workload

The minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of 3-6 hours of scheduled learning activities and 6-9 hours independent study per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher-directed learning, peer-directed learning and online engagement. Independent study may include associated readings, assessment and preparation for scheduled activities.

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