Undergraduate UAD-COM1001OUA-2023
Managing Organisations and People
Explore management theory to understand why organisations need managers and how you can become a good one. Learn to think like a manager. Make confident and ethical decisions in the best interest of the business, its staff, and the broader community.
$2,000 $0
Your upfront cost: $0
Duration
13 weeks
Study method
100% Online
Available loans
- FEE-HELP
Assessments
100% online
Prior study
Not required
Start dates
- 30 Jan 2023
- 22 May 2023
- 04 Sep 2023
The University of Adelaide has a habit of breaking new ground. It was Australia’s first university to welcome female students. The first to offer science and business degrees. Its alumni include Australia’s first female prime minister; the first Australian to walk in space; 2021 Young Australian of the Year; and 2020 Australian of the Year. Adelaide’s OUA degrees will give you deep discipline knowledge, transferable, future-ready skills, and the capability to change the world for the better. With Adelaide, you can make history.
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8
Times Higher Education Ranking 2022
7
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Subject details
This course is designed to develop students’ understanding of the nature and purpose of management while fostering a spirit of critical inquiry and reflection, and the pursuit of personal development and lifelong learning.
On successful completion of this course students will be able to:
- Demonstrate foundational knowledge of the diversity of management thinking.
- Autonomously and collaboratively analyse, evaluate, synthesise and apply knowledge in a timely fashion from a wide inquiry of a variety of sources.
- Demonstrate awareness of research as a source of contested and uncertain knowledge.
- Effectively communicate their findings independently and as part of a group using an evolving variety of media.
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- 1 The Changing World of Management
- 2 Historical Perspectives of Management
- 3 The Environment and Corporate Culture; Managing in a Global Environment
- 4 Ethics, Social Responsibility and Sustainable Development
- 5 Organisational Planning and Goal Setting & Strategy Formulation and Implementation
- 6 Fundamentals of Organising
- 7 Human Resource Management
- 8 Leadership
- 9 Motivating Employees
- 10 Communication in Organisations
- 11 Leading Teams
No eligibility requirements
Additional requirements
- Equipment requirements - Headphones or speakers (required to listen to lectures and other media). Headset, including microphone (highly recommended). Webcam (may be required for participation in virtual classrooms and/or presentations).
- Software requirements - It is essential for students to have reliable internet access in order to participate in and complete your units. MyUni is the University of Adelaide's online learning environment. MyUni provides access to various features including announcements, course materials, discussion boards and assessments.
- Other requirements - You have access to numerous resources in the library including scholarly journals and alternative contemporary texts on management. You are encouraged to read widely and critically with a focus on recent work (less than 5 years old) in periodicals, refereed academic journals and books. The Communication Skills Guide and The University of Adelaide Writing Centre are helpful resources for your academic writing and observance of the protocols and conventions of the Harvard referencing style.
This course introduces students to the roles and functions of managers. The content includes an introduction to organisations and the need for and nature of management. It examines the evolution of management theory, organisational environments, and corporate social responsibility and ethics. The course also includes a detailed investigation of the four functions of management: planning and decision making, organising, leading and motivating, and controlling.
Assessment 1: Learning Log - Individual. Relates to Learning Outcomes 1-4 Assessment 2: Group Cultural Analysis - Group. Relates to Learning Outcomes 1-4 Assessment 3: One to one Tutor and Student Interview - Individual. Relates to Learning Outcomes 1-4
- Learning Log Checkpoints (Modules 1-2, 3-6 and 7-12) (30%)
- Group Cultural Analysis (Contract and Plan, Presentation and Video Feedback) (30%)
- One-to-one Tutor and Student Interview (40%)
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