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<p class="ql-align-justify">Management Skills provides students with the opportunity to put into practise the theoretical concepts learned in the general management course, Management Principles (BUMGT1501).</p>
<p class="ql-align-justify">This course aims to gain essential skills and to equip students to function in managerial roles. The course will also assist students to develop managerial skills in the areas of communication, effective and ethical decision making, supervision, group interaction and comprehend the way in which such skills can influence individuals and groups within an organisational setting.</p>
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<p>Topics may include:</p>
<p>1.Communication skills:</p>
<p>Communicating effectively with staff; conveying verbal messages accurately; Understanding and working with diverse groups; Networking and organisation politics</p>
<p>2.Effective and ethical decision making:</p>
<p>Creative problem solving; Effective and ethical decision making</p>
<p>3.Supervisory skills:</p>
<p>Delegation and feedback; Handling staff stress</p>
<p>4.Group interacting and influencing skills:</p>
<p>Coaching and mentoring for improved performance; Conflict management; Negotiation; Team facilitation; Planning and conducting effective meetings</p>
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<p>Where supplementary assessment is available a student must have failed overall in the Unit but gained a final mark of 45 per cent or above, has completed all major assessment tasks (including all sub-components where a task has multiple parts) as specified in the Unit Description and is not eligible for any other form of supplementary assessment.</p>
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Unit description
<p class="ql-align-justify">Management Skills provides students with the opportunity to put into practise the theoretical concepts learned in the general management course, Management Principles (BUMGT1501).</p> <p class="ql-align-justify">This course aims to gain essential skills and to equip students to function in managerial roles. The course will also assist students to develop managerial skills in the areas of communication, effective and ethical decision making, supervision, group interaction and comprehend the way in which such skills can influence individuals and groups within an organisational setting.</p> <p><br></p>
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<p>Topics may include:</p> <p>1.Communication skills:</p> <p>Communicating effectively with staff; conveying verbal messages accurately; Understanding and working with diverse groups; Networking and organisation politics</p> <p>2.Effective and ethical decision making:</p> <p>Creative problem solving; Effective and ethical decision making</p> <p>3.Supervisory skills:</p> <p>Delegation and feedback; Handling staff stress</p> <p>4.Group interacting and influencing skills:</p> <p>Coaching and mentoring for improved performance; Conflict management; Negotiation; Team facilitation; Planning and conducting effective meetings</p>
Key information
Institute / school:
Institute of Innovation, Science & Sustainability
Discipline:
Business
Study level:
Undergraduate
Credit points:
15
EFTSL:
0.125
Field of education:
080301 - Business Management
Grade scheme:
Graded (e.g. HD, D, C, etc)
Placement component:
No
Fee information:
<a href="http://www.federation.edu.au/locate/unit/bumgt2601">View unit fees</a>
Requisites
Prerequisite
<p> must have completed 1 of <a href="/ords/r/curriculum/catalogue/course?p6_code=BUMGT1501" target="_blank">BUMGT1501</a>, JN501</p>
Corequisite
None
Exclusion
None
Learning outcomes
Learning outcomes
<p>On successful completion of this unit, students are expected to gain the following [K]nowledge, [S]kills and [A]pplication of knowledge & skills</p>
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K1
<p>Describe the role of managerial skills in achieving optimal management of employees</p>
K2
<p>Analyse the role of managerial skills in enabling employees to reach their maximum potential</p>
K3
<p>Examine the significance of effective managerial skills in creating constructive discussion in the workplace</p>
S1
<p>Identify, analyse and act on the information and knowledge gained in experiential managerial workshops</p>
S2
<p>Demonstrate verbal and non-verbal communication skills by transferring knowledge and ideas to others via written and/or oral presentation </p>
S3
<p>Analyse and evaluate the personal skills required in various managerial functions </p>
S4
<p>Critically reflect on personal behaviour and the behaviour of others in the organisational setting </p>
A1
<p>Relate a diverse range of managerial functions using appropriate managerial skills theories</p>
A2
<p>Develop, implement and evaluate managerial skills concepts in the workplace from an ethical, socially responsible and international perspective</p>
Assessment
Learning Tasks and Assessment
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<p>Research project/reflective assignment</p>
<p>Assignment</p>
<p>20-30%</p>
K1, K2, S1, S3, A1, A2
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<p>Research Project including group and individual presentations</p>
<p>Group and individual presentations</p>
<p>20-40%</p>
K1, K2, K3, S1, S2, S3, S4, A1, A2
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<p>Comprehensive review of the material studied in the course</p>
<p>Examination</p>
<p>40-60%</p>
K1, K2, K3, S1, S3, A1, A2
Supplementary assessment available:
Yes
Supplementary assessment information:
<p>Where supplementary assessment is available a student must have failed overall in the Unit but gained a final mark of 45 per cent or above, has completed all major assessment tasks (including all sub-components where a task has multiple parts) as specified in the Unit Description and is not eligible for any other form of supplementary assessment.</p>
FedTASK
FedTASK
Description of FedTASK outcome
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FedTASK 1: Interpersonal
The ability to effectively communicate, interact and work with others both individually and in groups.
FedTASK 2: Leadership
The ability to apply professional skills and behaviours in leading others.
FedTASK 3: Critical Thinking and Creativity
The ability to work in complexity and ambiguity using imagination to create new ideas.
FedTASK 4: Digital Literacy
The ability to work fluently across a range of tools and applications to achieve a range of skills.
FedTASK 5: Sustainable and Ethical Mindset
The ability to consider and assess the consequences and impact of ideas and actions in enacting ethical and sustainable decisions.
FedTASK
<p>Federation University recognises that students require key transferable employability skills to prepare them for their future workplace and society. FedTASKs (<strong>T</strong>ransferable <strong>A</strong>ttributes <strong>S</strong>kills and <strong>K</strong>nowledge) provide a targeted focus on five key, transferable Attributes, Skills, and Knowledge that are embedded within curriculum, developed gradually towards successful measures and interlinked with cross-discipline and co-operative learning opportunities.</p>
Key information
Institute / school:
Institute of Innovation, Science & Sustainability
Discipline:
Business
Study level:
Undergraduate
Credit points:
15
EFTSL:
0.125
Field of education:
080301 - Business Management
Grade scheme:
Graded (e.g. HD, D, C, etc)
Placement component:
No
Fee information:
<a href="http://www.federation.edu.au/locate/unit/bumgt2601">View unit fees</a>
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