Management, People and Teams

About this subject

• What you'll learn

  By the end of this 12-week subject, you'll be able to:

  1. Critically assess the key principles and theories underlying management to achieve high performing organisations at projects, teams and individual levels.
  2. Critically evaluate and reflect on effective relationships between people and teams in organisations and projects.
  3. Demonstrate effective communication and practical problem-solving skills to manage people in a range of complex contexts.
  4. Critically reflect on the roles and functions that managers perform in the context of the challenges and risks in the changing global environment.
  5. Develop and justify contemporary management strategies to address a variety of people management issues to ensure best practice and quality outcomes.

• Topics covered

• Description

• Assessments

• Textbooks

• About Torrens University Australia

Entry requirements

Part of a degree

To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:

Elective

• TUA-CAN-GCE-2026 - Graduate Certificate in Autism and Neurodivergent Studies
• TUA-CGP-GCE-2026 - Graduate Certificate of Global Project Management
• TUA-BAS-GCE-2026 - Graduate Certificate of Business Analytics
• TUA-UXD-GCE-2026 - Graduate Certificate of UX Design
• TUA-DSN-GCE-2026 - Graduate Certificate of Design

Additional requirements

No additional requirements

Study load

0.125 EFTSL

This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.

Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.

Find out more information on Commonwealth Loans to understand what this means to your eligibility for financial support.