BU5001 - Managing Organisations
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2007 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 2 |
| Administered by: | Discipline of Management |
Introduces students to the key responsibilities of management and the skills essential for the effective management of organisations in a global competitive environment, as individuals, as part of interfunctional team efforts and as leaders. This subject analyses the multiple roles, tasks and skills a manager requires in order to effectively manage the organisation. Systematically studies organisational structure, design and behaviour. Students examine the often paradoxical needs of managing, given the often conflicting requirements to balance long- and short-term objectives.
Learning Outcomes
- understanding individual and group behaviour, inter-group dynamics and management theory in practice;
- understanding the conceptual and practical dimensions of planning, organising, leading and controlling;
- understanding the managers environment;
- understanding the theory and practice of organisational theory, design and behaviour.
| Inadmissible Subject Combinations: | MG1731 and MG2701 |
Availabilities | |
| HolmesMelb, Internal, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 30-Mar-2007 | |
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| Assessment: | (50%); (50%). |
| HolmesSydney, Internal, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 30-Mar-2007 | |
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| Assessment: | (50%); (50%). |
| SIMA S'pore, Block, Study Period 24 | |
| Census Date 26-Jan-2007 | |
| Face to face teaching 02-Feb-2007 to 11-Feb-2007 (This subject taught in Mandarin in Singapore by SIMA - MBA007&009. The exam date is 3 March) | |
| Coordinator: | Assoc. Professor Darren Lee-Ross |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (40%); presentations (40%); assignments (20%). |
Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.