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Institutional Governance in Tert Ed (MGMT90169)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5Not available in 2025
About this subject
Overview
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This subject provides an overview of key elements of effective governance in tertiary institutions, to provide participants with knowledge and insights in areas such as:
- the legal basis of the institution and its charter or mission
- roles and responsibilities of governing bodies and executive officers
- defining mission, setting strategy, developing policy
- managing stakeholder relations
- delegations, decision making and committee processes
- systems for ensuring legal compliance, financial control and risk identification
- types of risk such as strategic, financial, compliance, operational, reputational
- performance information and accountability reporting.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- Analyse implications of the legal basis of the institution and how its mission is defined;
- Critique, synthesise and apply common models of governance in tertiary education institutions;
- Locate stakeholder groups affected by a new policy or strategy;
- Plan and evaluate a consultation process to win support for a new policy or strategy;
- Critically review and assess effectiveness of performance information systems and committees.
Generic skills
- You should also have developed the following generic skills: • 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: 4 March 2025
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: 4 March 2025
Assessment
| Description | Timing | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
Written response to governance in tertiary education debates
| Week 3 | 30% |
Written assignment
| End of term | 70% |
Additional details
Last updated: 4 March 2025
Dates & times
Not available in 2025
Time commitment details
170 hours
What do these dates mean
Visit this webpage to find out about these key dates, including how they impact on:
- Your tuition fees, academic transcript and statements.
- And for Commonwealth Supported students, your:
- Student Learning Entitlement. This applies to all students enrolled in a Commonwealth Supported Place (CSP).
Subjects withdrawn after the census date (including up to the ‘last day to withdraw without fail’) count toward the Student Learning Entitlement.
Last updated: 4 March 2025
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
Set readings are provided online before the subject commences.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Graduate Certificate in Tertiary Education (Management) - Links to additional information
- 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.
Please note Single Subject Studies via Community Access Program is not available to student visa holders or applicants
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
Last updated: 4 March 2025