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Management of Technological Enterprises (ENGM90010)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
Semester 1
Overview
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AIMS
This subject uses examples to explore strategic decision-making, organisational design, culture and change, communication, leadership and the capturing of enterprise knowledge in technological businesses. The management of people, the mentoring of technical professionals, codes of ethics, the interface with customers, consumer behaviour, the development and maintenance of business networks, engineering consultancy practices, and the development of technology markets are considered. Students will be given an overview of various legal aspects regarding occupational health and safety, contract law, negligence, professional liability, the Trade Practices Act and intellectual property with reference to technology businesses. Accordingly, the subject is relevant to all engineering students providing them an introduction into the management of a business.
INDICATIVE CONTENT
See the Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs) for information.
Intended learning outcomes
INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES (ILO)
On completion of this subject the student is expected to:
- Develop a personal career plan. Apply appropriate management styles and situational leadership within a team. Manage team decision-making processes including creative development of solutions
- Conduct an analysis of competitive forces in an industry, and formulate a competitive strategy for a technological enterprise
- Develop a business model, analyse customer value, plan customer satisfaction and loyalty, and plan a value discipline for a technological enterprise. Establish strategic goals for a technological enterprise
- Estimate the economic value of a project or enterprise, understand and use management drivers of value, including external accounting measures and indicators, to achieve financial goals
- Identify, analyse and manage risks, as applied to a technological enterprise
- Plan and execute an Intellectual Property policy within a technological enterprise, including trade secrets, patents, trademarks, copyright and standards. Plan and manage change processes
- Understand Australian and international intellectual property legislation in order to instruct patent lawyers, to manage intellectual property
- Appreciate legal obligations of managers of enterprises and understand when and how to brief professional legal advisers. Manage a contractual relationship with suppliers, customers and employees within Australian contract law
- Be familiar with legislation on Occupational Health and Safety relevant to different managerial levels
- Manage supply chains, including relationships with suppliers. Plan and manage outsourcing, patnering and joint ventures. Manage an enterprise for sustainability, and with environmental awareness
- Appreciate and apply both psychological and (Western) philosophical principles of ethics. Appreciate cultural differences particularly between various nationalities. Apply professional codes of ethics for engineers and managers.
Generic skills
- Ethical conduct and professional accountability
- Effective oral and written communication in professional and lay domains
- Creative, innovative and pro-active demeanour
- Professional use and management of information
- Orderly management of self, and professional conduct.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Assessment
Additional details
- Business Plan part 1 (30%) a group assignment of 1000 words per student, completed in groups of 4-6 and requiring 25-30 hours of work per student, due in week 6. Intended Learning outcomes (ILOs) 1 to 4 are addressed in this assignment
- Business Plan part 2 (30%) a group assignment of 1000 words per student, completed in groups of 4-6 and requiring 35-40 hours of work per student, due in week 11. ILOs 5 to 9 are addressed in this assignment
- Presentation (10%) a group oral presentation of 10 minutes duration, completed in groups of 4-6 and requiring 13-15 hours of preparation per student, held in week 11 or 12. ILO 11 is addressed in this presentation
- One written two hour closed book end of semester examination (30%). ILOs 1 to 11 are addressed in the examination
Hurdle Requirement: The examination is a hurdle and must be passed to pass the subject.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Dates & times
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Stephan Winter Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 36 hours (Lectures: 2 hours per week; Tutorials: 1 hour per week) Total time commitment 200 hours Teaching period 27 February 2017 to 28 May 2017 Last self-enrol date 10 March 2017 Census date 31 March 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 5 May 2017 Assessment period ends 23 June 2017 Semester 1 contact information
Time commitment details
200 hours
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
Rath, Tom, Strengths Finder 2.0 Gallup Press
Osterwalder, A., Pigneur, Y., Business Model Generation: A Handbook For Visionaries, Game Changers, And Challengers, 2010, Published by Alexander Osterwalder & Yves Pigneur
- Subject notes
LEARNING AND TEACHING METHODS
Intensive and practically oriented lectures each week prepare the students for 1 hour of tutorials per week. The tutorials involve guided group work and discussions to learn to apply the material presented in the lecture in business cases.
INDICATIVE KEY LEARNING RESOURCES
Lectures are recorded (voice and slides).Morse, L.C. and Babcock, D.L., Managing Engineering and Technology. Prentice Hall
CAREERS / INDUSTRY LINKS
The lecturer has industry experience, and invites a few guest speakers from industry during the semester. - Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Master of Engineering Project Management Specialisation (formal) Spatial Major Master of Engineering (Spatial) - Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
Additional information for this subject
Subject coordinator approval required
Last updated: 3 November 2022