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Development in Practice-Skills in Action (DEVT90064)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5Not available in 2019
Overview
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This subject will examine the rapidly changing landscape of the international development sector, and the critical role of management and leadership in addressing challenges as they emerge. Some of the challenges that will be explored include the increasing number, duration and severity of humanitarian emergencies; the humanitarian-development divide; increasing emphasis on accountability; the emergence of new actors in the international development space; and the localisation of development and humanitarian assistance. Students will consider the implications of strong or poor management and leadership practice on being able to address those challenges. Students will work through a process of identifying existing leadership and management gaps and proposing changes in the way that managers and leaders currently operate.
Intended learning outcomes
Students who successfully complete this subject should be able to:
- Identify the key challenges facing the global international development sector
- Develop the ability to analyse and determine the range of appropriate management and leadership responses to these challenges
- Demonstrate knowledge of a variety of management and leadership approaches and frameworks
- Demonstrate development of skills in reflexivity and how it impacts on their management and leadership attributes and approaches
Generic skills
Students who successfully complete this subject should be able to:
- Manage program growth
- Make decisions in challenging contexts
- Demonstrate an understanding of what is needed in managing a team
- Demonstrate comphrehension of the process of hiring staff
- Respond to concerns
- Respond to child protection incidents
- Respond to security incidents
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Thinking About The Future
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
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Weekly Discussion Posts
| Throughout the semester | 20% |
Group Video Presentation
| End of semester | 30% |
Challenge Gaps Analysis – analysis of one of the key challenges from this subject
| End of semester | 50% |
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Dates & times
Not available in 2019
Additional delivery details
The estimated hours required for this subject is between 15 -19 hours per week, but this varies for each student and depends on your task management and planning ability, familiarity with the material, and reading style and speed.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
Last updated: 3 November 2022