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Behaviour & Leadership in Organisations (MGMT90040)
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
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Ms Kris Young kris.young@unimelb.edu.au
Overview
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This subject develops knowledge of theories of human behaviour in an organisational setting, and leadership theories and practices.
Topics covered include:
- Effective leadership
- Improving business performance
- Managing and rewarding employee performance
Intended learning outcomes
Students who successfully complete this subject should:
- Appreciate the importance of human resources management to organisational outcomes.
- Understand effective leadership practices.
- Know how behaviour in organisational settings can link to strategy.
- Appreciate the practices implemented by ‘high performance’ organisations.
Generic skills
On successful completion of this subject students should have enhanced their skills in:
- Ethical behaviour in leadership and organisations
- Analysis and problem solving
- Capacity for intellectual curiosity, creativity and independent thought
- Communication of key ideas and theories within the discipline areas
- Capacity for effective teamwork and collaboration
- Information retrieval and application in relation to practical problems.
Last updated: 9 April 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Entry into the Master of Enterprise or the Master of Supply Chain Management.
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: 9 April 2024
Assessment
Additional details
- Take-home exam, due on the Tuesday after the delivery (20%)
- 1,500 word assignment, due four weeks after the delivery (30%)
- 3,000 word field project, due eight weeks after the delivery (50%)
Last updated: 9 April 2024
Dates & times
- December
Principal coordinator Kris Young Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 26 hours Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 3 December 2018 to 7 December 2018 Last self-enrol date 4 December 2018 Census date 21 December 2018 Last date to withdraw without fail 18 January 2019 Assessment period ends 15 February 2019 December contact information
Ms Kris Young kris.young@unimelb.edu.au
Time commitment details
Estimated total time commitment of 170 hours per semester
Last updated: 9 April 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
Course materials are provided to all participants
- Related Handbook entries
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Last updated: 9 April 2024