Management Competencies (MGMT90140)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
About this subject
Contact information
Semester 1
Dr Vanessa Pouthier vanessa.pouthier@unimelb.edu.au
Semester 2
Dr Dawn Chow dawn.chow@unimelb.edu.au
Overview
| Availability | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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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: 4 March 2025
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Corequisites
Non-allowed subjects
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 |
|---|---|---|
Individual assignment
| Week 4 | 20% |
Group project (normally in groups of 4-5)
| Week 8 | 30% |
Ongoing competence development mini-assignments
| Throughout the semester | 10% |
Critical reflection on competence development
| During the examination period | 40% |
Last updated: 4 March 2025
Dates & times
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Vanessa Pouthier Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 36hrs (one 3-hour seminar per week) Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 3 March 2025 to 1 June 2025 Last self-enrol date 14 March 2025 Census date 31 March 2025 Last date to withdraw without fail 9 May 2025 Assessment period ends 27 June 2025 Semester 1 contact information
Dr Vanessa Pouthier vanessa.pouthier@unimelb.edu.au
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Dawn Chow Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 36hrs (one 3-hour seminar per week) Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 28 July 2025 to 26 October 2025 Last self-enrol date 8 August 2025 Census date 1 September 2025 Last date to withdraw without fail 26 September 2025 Assessment period ends 21 November 2025 Semester 2 contact information
Dr Dawn Chow dawn.chow@unimelb.edu.au
Time commitment details
Estimated total time commitment of 170 hours per semester
What do these dates mean
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- 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.
Additional delivery details
Last updated: 4 March 2025
Further information
- Texts
- 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.
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.
- Available to Study Abroad and/or Study Exchange Students
Last updated: 4 March 2025