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Management Competencies (MGMT90140)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5Dual-Delivery (Parkville)
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
Please refer to the specific study period for contact information.
Overview
| Availability | Semester 1 - Dual-Delivery Semester 2 - Dual-Delivery |
|---|---|
| Fees | Look up fees |
This subject will give you an opportunity to assess and develop your general management knowledge and skills. We will focus on practical concepts and frameworks , and experiential learning interventions, to enhance your capacity for communication and decision making, for engaging and motivating individuals and teams, and for effectively dealing with conflict and change.
Intended learning outcomes
On successful completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- Analyse and evaluate key competencies you need to become a more effective manager, including self-awareness, self-management, political acumen, networking, problem solving, motivating, collaboration, and conflict management
- Develop key competencies through practice-oriented activities such as scenarios, role plays, team activities, video presentations, reflective exercises.
- Critically analyse common managerial challenges and apply relevant model and theories to generate effective solutions
- Use evidence evidence-based research techniques to support your decision making, and competence development
Generic skills
On successful completion of this subject, students should have improved the following generic skills:
- Critical thinking, problem solving and decision making skills, developed through reflection, case studies, experiential activities and assignments;
- Research skills developed through preparation of exercises and assessment;
- Verbal and written communication skills, developed through discussion, experiential activities and assessment; and
- Ethical thinking and work practice skills in management, through experiential activities and case studies.
Last updated: 22 September 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: 22 September 2022
Assessment
Semester 1
| Description | Timing | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
Individual assignment - Part 1
| Mid semester | 20% |
Group project (normally in groups of 4-5)
| Second half of the teaching period | 25% |
Individual assignment - Part 2
| End of semester | 15% |
End of semester exam
| During the examination period | 40% |
Semester 2
| Description | Timing | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
Individual assignment - Part 1
| Mid semester | 20% |
Group project (normally in groups of 4-5)
| Second half of the teaching period | 25% |
Individual assignment - Part 2
| End of semester | 15% |
End of semester exam
| During the examination period | 40% |
Additional details
Semester 1 only
Important online examination information: This examination is the equivalent of a 2-hour assessment; however, students are provided with 3-hours to accommodate the time that will be required for typesetting of mathematical expressions and the uploading of documents.
Last updated: 22 September 2022
Dates & times
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Vanessa Pouthier Mode of delivery Dual-Delivery (Parkville) Contact hours 36 hours (1.5hr lecture plus 1.5hr workshop each week) Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 28 February 2022 to 29 May 2022 Last self-enrol date 11 March 2022 Census date 31 March 2022 Last date to withdraw without fail 6 May 2022 Assessment period ends 24 June 2022 Semester 1 contact information
Dr Vanessa Pouthier vanessa.pouthier@unimelb.edu.au
- Semester 2
Coordinator Joeri Mol Mode of delivery Dual-Delivery (Parkville) Contact hours 36 hours (1.5hr lecture plus 1.5hr workshop each week) Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 25 July 2022 to 23 October 2022 Last self-enrol date 5 August 2022 Census date 31 August 2022 Last date to withdraw without fail 23 September 2022 Assessment period ends 18 November 2022 Semester 2 contact information
Dr Joeri Mol - jmol@unimelb.edu.au
Time commitment details
Estimated total time commitment of 170 hours per semester
Additional delivery details
One 3-hour seminar per weekLast updated: 22 September 2022
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
- 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.
- Available to Study Abroad and/or Study Exchange Students
This subject is available to students studying at the University from eligible overseas institutions on exchange and study abroad. Students are required to satisfy any listed requirements, such as pre- and co-requisites, for enrolment in the subject.
Last updated: 22 September 2022