MGC1010 - Introduction to management

Leader(s): Dr Tui McKeown and Dr Elizabeth Prior Jonson (Semester 1); Dr Glennis Hanley (Semester 2)

Offered

Clayton First semester 2009 (Day)
Clayton Second semester 2009 (Day)

Synopsis

On completion of this unit students should have an understanding of: the nature of managerial work in organisations; theories of management and their historical development; contemporary issues and practices relating to managing people and organisation's; key factors in the organisation's environment that impact on how managers and the organisations work.

Objectives

The learning goals associated with this unit are to:

• define management and summarise the evolution of management ideas on how managers may influence, people, organisations and their contexts to achieve organisational goals;
• identify and discuss contextual factors in the organisations environment that impact of how people, managers and organisations interact;
• identify factors that influence individual and group behaviour in organisational settings and illustrate how managers can make use of these factors;
• describe how decision-making, planning, leading, organising and controlling can be managed in organisations;
• examine the impact on individuals and organisations of contemporary issues in management including, stakeholder interests, ethics and social responsibility.

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 50%
Examination (2 hours): 50%

Contact hours

Three hours of class contact.

Prohibitions

MGF1010, MGW1010