Courses - Faculty of Business And Economics
Management
Stage I
Organisation and Management
Organisations and their management play a fundamental role in contemporary society. Topics include the functions of management, employment relations, business and society, organisational theory and behaviour, and entrepreneurship. Develops essential skills for academic study, carrying out research and utilising University research tools, developing analytical thinking, and academic essay writing.
Restriction: MGMT 192, BUSINESS 101, 102, 192
Stage II
Understanding Organisations
Explores organisations, different types and forms, and the issues that they need to consider. Questions the role and purpose of organisations within broader social systems. Begins to develop critical approaches and skills in organisational analysis.
Prerequisite: Either 15 points from BUSINESS 102, 112, 113, MGMT 101, or 30 points at Stage I from Anthropology, Communication or Sociology
Understanding Work and People
Models of work organisation, reform and performance, including industrial and post-industrial forms of work. Employee responses to work and the employment relationship. Workforce diversity.
Prerequisite: Either 15 points from BUSINESS 102, 112, 113, MGMT 101, or 30 points at Stage I from Anthropology, Communication or Sociology
Stage III
Management in Dynamic Contexts
Explore and reflect on the realities of management theory and practice through critically examining management challenges, from small entrepreneurial firms to large corporations.
Prerequisite: BUSINESS 200 or MGMT 202 or MGMT 211 or ENGGEN 302 or ENGGEN 303 or SCIGEN 201
Restriction: MGMT 301
Strategic Management
Examines the processes of formulating and implementing strategies, and the critical thinking behind the multifaceted role of organisations in complex business environments. Focuses on strategy issues in and between a range of commercial and public organisations, from entrepreneurial firms to multinational corporations.
Prerequisite: 15 points at Stage II in Business, International Business, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Management, or 15 points from ENGGEN 204, 303, SCIGEN 201, 301, 301G
Restriction: BUSINESS 304
Managing People
The impact of employment relationships on organisational performance and employee well-being. Principles of staffing, employee development, performance management, reward, diversity management, and employment negotiation.
Prerequisite: MGMT 211 or 223
Organisational Ethics and Sustainability
Considers how organisations can responsibly negotiate the complex demands of changing cultural values, ethical perspectives and real world conditions. Particular emphasis will be placed on strategic planning for a sustainable future that moves beyond 'Business as Usual'.
Prerequisite: BUSINESS 200 or MGMT 211 or MGMT 231 or any 30 points at Stage II in Ethics
Restriction: MGMT 331
Critical Issues in Organisations
Contemporary organisations in a changing context. Each semester the course engages with three key issues effecting organisational life, across levels of organisational analysis. Topics may be drawn from technology, structure and design, power and politics, the structure of work and occupations, or other perspectives.
Prerequisite: BUSINESS 200 or MGMT 211
Restriction: MGMT 311
Special Topic: Management and Games: Integrative Capstone
Prerequisite: BUSINESS 200 or MGMT 202 or 211