1999 Business and Economics Handbook - Management specialisation

Management specialisation

Objectives for a major in management
Subjects taught by the department

Objectives for a major in management

On completion of a major sequence of study in management, students should have acquired intellectual skills to assist them in understanding the role of people in organisations, in understanding the structure of organisations and in managing the process of change. They should also have obtained functional skills in management disciplines and be able to select appropriate actions for existing and anticipated tasks in their future professions. As well as having a broad conceptual view of management, they should have obtained specialised knowledge, recognising that managers are required to have competencies in specialist and generalist areas. Students should have acquired modes of thinking and skills which provide the basis for a range of occupations, a capacity for independent thinking, and a basis for further learning and research. In terms of the personal development of students, the objective is to foster the development of a wide range of skills and strategies to enable graduates to achieve successful outcomes for themselves as individuals in society and in their chosen careers. They should have the knowledge and skills necessary to enter the professional workforce in both the private or public sector.

Subjects taught by the department

The Department of Management offers two first-year, nine second-year and seventeen third-year subjects to undergraduate students and a fourth-year honours program.

First-year subjects

MGC1020 Introduction to management: managing organisations
MGC1030 Introduction to management: people and organisations

These two subjects form the foundation for students to build a speciality in management.

Second-year subjects

MGC2110 Principles of strategic management
MGC2230 Organisational behaviour
MGC2240 Organisation and management
MGC2250 Quality management
MGC2310 Public management
MGC2320 Business and government
MGC2410 Industrial relations
MGC2420 Employee relations
MGC2430 Human resource management

Third-year subjects

MGC3100 Management ethics
MGC3110 Strategic management
MGC3120 International management
MGC3130 The management of change
MGC3230 Services management and marketing
MGC3250 Management in small and medium-sized enterprises
MGC3260 International industrial relations
MGC3310 Public policy process
MGC3410 Employee relations practice: policy and skills
MGC3420 Human resource development
MGC3430 International human resource management
MGC3440 Equity, diversity and participation
MGC3450 Managing conflict
MGC3510 The management of technology
MGC3600 Management pre-honours
MGC3610 Overseas study in international and comparative management
MGC3650 Management research methods (pre-honours)

Fourth-year (honours) subject

MGC4020 Management honours