Effective Stakeholder Engagement (MGMT90266)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5Online
Overview
| Availability | Term 4 - Online |
|---|---|
| Fees | Look up fees |
Organisations are embedded within a complex network of internal and external stakeholder relationships – ranging from workers, investors, customers, and suppliers to local communities, regulators, unions, and other social movements. Because stakeholder interests differ, managers must be capable of reconciling these competing demands and interests to achieve sustainable outcomes. This subject examines how stakeholder management shapes organisational operations and strategic choices. The subject also provides students with practical analytical tools and skills associated with effectively engaging stakeholders in a more sustainable way. Topics include: understanding the role and power of stakeholders, stakeholder analysis and mapping, internal and external stakeholder relationships, stakeholder communication and influence, strategies for stakeholder engagement, dealing with stakeholder conflict, managing difficult stakeholder relationships, and building stakeholder coalitions for shared value.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- Demonstrate an understanding of different types of stakeholders, stakeholder interests and stakeholder relationships that make up an organisation's stakeholder ecosystem.
- Explore how these stakeholder relationships can both hinder and help the organisation sustain competitive advantage.
- Examine, map and evaluate an organisation's stakeholder ecosystem and explore the impact of stakeholder relationship dynamics on organisational outcomes.
- Employ analytical tools and models to develop effective strategies for engaging different stakeholders and manage conflicts with and between stakeholders in an ethical way.
Generic skills
- Analyse and review stakeholder management-related problems, and use different tools, techniques and analytical models to unpack and solve them.
- Examine their own ideas and beliefs about how frontline managers can leverage stakeholder relationships to improve performance and compare them with the theories and observations of others.
- Appreciate how insights drawn from different sources of evidence and competing perspectives can be used to develop actionable insights for improving organizational outcomes
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 |
|---|---|---|
Participation (online discussion board contribution)
| Throughout the teaching period | 10% |
Individual assignment
| Week 4 | 40% |
Individual assignment
| End of the teaching period | 50% |
Last updated: 4 March 2025
Dates & times
- Term 4 - Online
Principal coordinator Bec Rees Mode of delivery Online Contact hours During the pre-teaching period, students should familiarise themselves with the learning platform and the subject requirements. Total time commitment 170 hours Pre teaching start date 6 October 2025 Pre teaching requirements During the pre-teaching period, students should familiarise themselves with the learning platform and the subject requirements. Teaching period 13 October 2025 to 7 December 2025 Last self-enrol date 7 October 2025 Census date 31 October 2025 Last date to withdraw without fail 21 November 2025 Assessment period ends 14 December 2025 Term 4 contact information
Dr Bec Rees: bec.rees@unimelb.edu.au
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Last updated: 4 March 2025
Further information
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Last updated: 4 March 2025