Introduction to Management
MAN11
Overview
Level of study: What does Undergraduate Level 1 mean?
Undergraduate Level 1
EFTSL: What does EFTSL mean?
0.125
Delivery Method: What does delivery method mean?
Web Dependent
Prerequisites: What are the prerequisites?
Duration:
12 weeks
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Domestic student fee:
$1,090.00 (AUD)
International student fee:
$1,315.00 (AUD)
Description
Explore the nature of managerial work in organisations. Through your studies you examine theories of management and their historical development, contemporary issues and practices and key factors in an organisation's environment that impact on how managers and organisations work. You learn the evolution of management ideas and their development and contemporary application of management theory and practice. You look at how people, managers and organisations interact and how decision-making, planning, leading, organising and controlling can be managed in organisations. You also examine the impact on individuals and organisations of stakeholder interests, ethics and social responsibility.
Note: If you are considering studying towards the Monash Bachelor of Business Studies, please be advised that this course is only available to students who registered prior to 1 October, 2010.
If you are studying Monash units towards other OUA degrees, any Monash units you enrol in and successfully complete between now and Study Period 4, 2011 which already credit into other OUA degrees will continue to be credited into those degrees.
Prerequisites
If you have no prior university experience, you should complete SSK12 before starting this unit.
Assessment
- Assignment 1 (20%)
- Assignment 2 (30%)
- Invigilated Exam (50%)
Learning Outcomes
At the completion of this unit students will be able to:
- define management and summarise the evolution of management ideas on how managers may influence people, organisations and their contexts to achieve organisational goals. This includes an awareness of the cultural contexts of the original source, development and contemporary application of management theory and practice
- identify and discuss contextual factors in the organisation's environment that impact on how people, managers and organisations interact
- 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
- apply the skills of academic writing, research, questioning and analysis required of the management discipline.
Topics
This unit addresses the following topics.
| Number | Topic |
|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction to the study of management |
| 2 | Introducing organisations and managers |
| 3 | Academic research, writing and referencing |
| 4 | Management theory and practice |
| 5 | The external environment |
| 6 | The internal environment |
| 7 | Social responsibility, ethics and sustainability |
| 8 | Planning |
| 9 | Organising |
| 10 | Leading |
| 11 | Motivating |
| 12 | Controlling |
Study Resources
This unit is delivered using the following methods and materials:
Print based materials
- Study Guide
Online materials
- Printable format materials
Textbook information for this unit is currently being updated and will be available soon. Please check back regularly for updates. Alternatively, visit the Unibooks website and enter the unit details to search for available textbooks.
Relevant Courses
This unit is a core requirement in the following courses:
- Bachelor of Business Studies, Monash University
- Bachelor of Communication, Griffith University
- Bachelor of Accounting, University of South Australia
- Bachelor of Commerce (Business Law), Curtin University
- Bachelor of Commerce (Sport Management), Curtin University
This unit is part of a major, minor, stream or specialisation in the following courses:
- Diploma of Media Communications, Griffith University
- Bachelor of Business, Swinburne University of Tnlgy
This unit is an approved elective in the following courses:
- Bachelor of Technology (Computing Studies), RMIT University
- Bachelor of Behavioural Studies (Psychology), Swinburne University of Tnlgy
- Bachelor of Behavioural Studies, Swinburne University of Tnlgy
- Bachelor of Technology (Information Systems), Swinburne University of Tnlgy
- Bachelor of Arts (Librarianship and Corporate Information Management), Curtin University
This unit may be eligible for credit towards other courses:
- Many undergraduate courses on offer through OUA include 'open elective' where any OUA unit can be credited to the course. You need to check the Award Requirements on the course page for the number of allowed open electives and any level limitations.
- In other cases, the content of this unit might be relevant to a course on offer through OUA or elsewhere. In order to receive credit for this unit in the course you will need to supply the provider institution with a copy of the Unit Profile in the approved format, which you can download here. Note that the Unit Profile is set at the start of the year, and if textbooks change this may not match the Unibooks textbook list.
