Introduction to Management - ZBUS7101
Faculty: UNSW Canberra at ADFA
School: School of Business @ UNSW Canberra at ADFA
Course Outline: ZBUS7101 Course Outline
Campus: UNSW Canberra at ADFA
Career: Postgraduate
Units of Credit: 6
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
Enrolment Requirements:
Restricted to students enrolled in Graduate Certificate programs.
CSS Contribution Charge: 3 (more info)
Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule
Further Information: See Class Timetable
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Description
Learning Outcomes
1. to explain the purpose of management;
2. understand the complexity of management, and application of strategic management concepts and techniques;
3. be able to identify key activities in the planning, organising and controlling functions of management;
4. understand the difficulty of attributing business success to any single management activity, and demonstrate an ability to analyse complex business problems; and
5. be able to communicate these ideas in a coherent and critically aware manner.
You are expected to achieve these outcomes in accord with the codes of ethics and behaviour endorsed by the UNSW.
Delivery Mode
Topics
- Introduction to management;
- Evolution of management;
- Modern approaches to management;
- Managing the environment;
- Organisational planning and decision-making, information and information systems;
- Organisation and strategy;
- Organising work;
- Managing business operations;
- Operations and service management;
- Managing people;
- Managing leadership; and
- Leading and managing change.
Assessment
Major essay - 40%
Report - 40%
Course Texts
Danny Samson and; Richard L Daft ( 2012),
Management; fourth Asia Pacific Edition;; Cengage Learning Australia; ISBN;9780170192705
Emerson, L. (2009). Writing guidelines for business students (4th ed.). South Melbourne, Cengage.
Recommended Texts
Schermerhorn / Management 4E (Aus) + Sustainability Supp + IStudy ISBN 978073030356
Study Levels
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