Course overview

Become equipped to lead and enable change management for cultural integration of new digital technologies.

After completion of the masterclasses, you will be able to apply these skills immediately in your workplace.

  • Implement a long-term strategy that is centred around organisational needs.
  • Explain the risk appetite of an organisation.
  • Identify and plan the development of required skills, processes and technology requirements.
  • Influence organisational governance to achieve digital transformation.

Entry requirements

To be successful we recommend you are proficient in English and have a minimum of an undergraduate degree in a related field or significant work experience. 

Industry organisation and expert

This industry-led stackable short course is co-designed with Alyve. Together, we’ve designed a course where you’ll gain skills that you can apply immediately in your workplace.

Mark Cameron, CEO of Alyve, has been in the digital strategy and transformation space since the late-90s and has worked with companies such as SAP North America, GSK, Australia Post and Telstra. Mark has worked on a vast array of digital and customer-focused projects, including political elections, global brand strategy, innovation strategy, transformation initiatives and digital product development.

Alyve is a consultancy that specialises in enabling and leading digital transformation initiatives.

Earn a digital credential

We’ve teamed up with Credly to award you a digital credential when you complete this industry-recognised stackable short course, plus you can bank the credit towards a Deakin postgraduate degree. You can also share your digital credential on social and professional platforms. 

Digital Credential Stackable Short Course Badge issued to a student on successful completion of the associated course.

Course structure

  

How you'll learn

Learn directly with industry experts in small groups during online live sessions delivered over six weeks. Build your expertise and elevate your industry knowledge with support from your educator, fellow learners and our team. We’re there for you before and after the online live sessions and assessment tasks. You are required to attend all masterclasses. 

What you’ll learn

During the short course you’ll:

  • learn how to set a bold, long-term strategy that is centred around an organisation's needs
  • understand the risk appetite of an organisation and how to shift it
  • identify and develop the required skills, processes and technology requirements to create believable momentum in an organisation
  • shape the governance, leadership and operating models required to ensure success.

How you're assessed

Work in a small group to create and document a digital transformation strategy and plan for an organisation. You'll then individually present the proposed strategy, reflect on what you have learned, and discuss how you'll apply this knowledge in your own or a selected organisational context. 

Reshaping university education

An innovative learning structure delivered by a leading university. With more than 40 years’ experience in distance and online education, we’re proud to be adding this unique study format to our courses, providing you with more choice to further your career and fulfil your lifelong learning needs. 

Register your interest

Our stackable short courses are constantly evolving to keep up with the fast-changing world of work. Don’t see a date yet? Register your interest and be the first to know when dates become available and new courses open.

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Did you know you can apply credit to a postgraduate degree?

Unsure what degree you want to study? Study two short courses that interest you and apply both as credit towards a wide range of postgraduate degrees at Deakin – from business administration to nursing, sustainability to communication and more.*

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*Subject to successful completion of the short course and meeting Deakin’s award course admission and selection requirements, including English language proficiency requirements.

Limits on elective space in a destination degree are outlined in specific degrees’ course rules within the Deakin University Handbook. Typically, a maximum of four stackable short courses can be used as credit (2 credit points) towards a masters; and two stackable short courses can be used as credit (1 credit point) towards graduate certificates and diplomas.

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