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MGF5220 - Managing work, family and life

6 points, SCA Band 3, 0.125 EFTSL

Postgraduate - Unit

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Faculty

Business and Economics

Organisational Unit

Department of Management

Coordinator(s)

Associate Professor Anne Bardoel

Offered

Caulfield

Second semester 2016 (Day)

Synopsis

The purpose of this unit is to examine and debate the critical challenges facing individuals, families, and employers in managing work, family and life. It seeks to identify linkages between individuals, families, work environments, and society by studying the research that explores this interdependence. Implications of a number of radical changes (eg: increasing demographic and cultural diversity, greater emphasis on lifestyle balance by employed men and women, and changes in the way work is structured) on these linkages will be examined. Topics studied include work-family conflict, organisational work-life policies and programs, legal and business issues concerning work-life.

Outcomes

The learning goals associated with this unit are to:

identify and analyse the separation of work, family and personal life from a historical perspective
identify the social and demographic changes of recent decades that have altered the once established dynamics of work, family and personal life
analyse how gender, class, and culture affects work/life linkages
identify the issues regarding the business and legal case for work-life initiatives
identify and analyse workplace and government policy initiatives aimed at helping individuals manage work, family and life roles.

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 100%

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Independent study may include associated readings, assessment and preparation for scheduled activities. The unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

Chief examiner(s)

Associate Professor Anne Bardoel

Prerequisites

MGF5991 or MGF5992 or MGF5020 or MGF5030 or MGX5960 or MGX9600 or MGF5923.

Prohibitions

MGX5220