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Administrative and Organisational Behaviour in Education - EDST5432
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Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
 
 
School:  School of Education
 
 
Course Outline: http://education.arts.unsw.edu.au/education/
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Postgraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 8
 
 
EFTSL: 0.16667 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 2
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
None
 
 
Excluded: EDST4102, EDST4302
 
 
Fee Band: 5 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description

Deals with the contexts, roles and functions of management in educational institutions: team work, decision-making, communication, planning and policy-making, human resource management, staff motivation and satisfaction, exercising power/authority/influence, structuring and organising, problem solving, quality assurance and total quality management, managing learning and teaching, and managing physical resources. Study of research into these issues in educational settings.

Note: This course may be undertaken as part of the Master of Educational Administration program.

Learning Outcomes

By the completion of this course students should have developed sophisticated understandings of administrative and organisational behaviour and be able to apply these understandings to management contexts in education and training.

Assessment

  • Preparation and analysis of case study (2000 words) - 30%
  • Either extensive literature review or extensive analysis of organisational administrative practices (5000 words) - 70%

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