Monash University Handbooks 2008

MGG5810 - Cultural values and management practices

6 points, SCA Band 3, 0.125 EFTSL

Postgraduate Faculty of Business and Economics

Leader: Dr Christine Lee

Offered

Gippsland Second semester 2008 (Off-campus)

Synopsis

This unit focuses on specific environmental cultural dimensions that distinguish organisations operating in different countries and the basis for indigenous management practices. Attention will focus on understanding work culture from the 'inside' view of the indigenous management practices rather than an 'outside' view of using western concepts to analyse indigenous management practices. Sections in the unit will be country specific and each country's work values will be studied using a common framework of how organisational effectiveness is affected by a country's external environment, micro and macro level of organisation and indigenous work culture.

Objectives

The learning goals associated with this unit are to:

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 60%
Examination (2 hours): 40%

Prerequisites

Must have passed four 9000-level units including MGX9850

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