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Tertiary Education Policy and Management (MGMT90113)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 25Online
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Semester 1
Overview
Availability | Semester 1 - Online |
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This unit has three main themes.
The Nature of the Tertiary Education Organisation: How are tertiary sector institutions different from other types of organisations? Key concepts examined are: professional organisations and professional autonomy, distributed decision-making structures, fragmentation and specialisation, organisational culture, power and politics, and managing and leading in a context of ambiguity.
Comparative Tertiary Education Policy Studies:
How have different tertiary education systems and institutions met the pressures and dynamics of the late 20th and early 21st century tertiary education? Key issues examined are: the broadening of access, mass higher learning, internationalisation, and system governance, steering and diversity.
Management and Leadership in Tertiary Education:
A critical overview of theories and principles on effective management and leadership. How do these fit the tertiary context, and what kinds of leadership and management roles can be played in administrative, educative and scholarly domains? How do managers balance competing demands, multiple values and distributed authority in these settings?
Intended learning outcomes
On successful completion, participants should be able to apply what they have learned, by:
- Demonstrating an understanding of the history and nature of tertiary education institutions;
- Locating tertiary education policy issues in a broader international context
- Assessing the implications of policy change or market developments for effective institutional management.
- Applying common frameworks for organising, leading and managing.
Generic skills
On completing this subject, participants should be able to:
- communicate with people who work in different cultures and contexts
- investigate policy and strategy problems, and generate options to resolve them
- assess the risks and benefits of different solutions to management problems
- apply accepted policies and principles to different kinds of cases
- make well-informed management decisions that consider specific contexts.
Last updated: 10 February 2024
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: 10 February 2024
Assessment
Additional details
Attendance at all classes (tutorial/seminars/online classes) is obligatory. Failure to attend 80% of classes will normally result in failure in the subject.
- 5,000 word essay, due end of semester, (100%)
Hurdle Requirement: There are two pass/fail hurdle requirements.
- Six online discussion board tasks, two tasks, due at the end of each part of the curriculum.
- Three online multiple choice tests (=1,500 words),due at the end of each part of the curriculum.
Last updated: 10 February 2024
Dates & times
- Semester 1 - Online
Principal coordinator Geoff Sharrock Mode of delivery Online Contact hours 48 hours Total time commitment 340 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
340 hours
Last updated: 10 February 2024
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Last updated: 10 February 2024