Subject Learning Guide Wk 0823 2017 Subject Coordinator: Ms Nicole El Haber Instance Coordinators ECNU China: Ms. Song Yuan |
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GENERAL DETAILS | |||||
Subject Code: | MGT1FOM | Subject Title: | Foundations of management | ||
Teaching Period: | Wk 0823 2017 | Location(s): | ECNU China | ||
Credit Points: | 15CP | Mode: | Blended mode | Level: | Undergraduate |
ENROLMENT REQUIREMENTS | |
Prerequisites: | N/A |
Co‐requisites: | N/A |
Incompatibles: | N/A |
Assumed Skills & Knowledge: | N/A |
Special Study Requirements: | N/A |
STAFF CONTACTS | |||||
Role | Campus | Name | Telephone | Room | |
Subject Coordinator | Melbourne | Nicole El Haber | n.elhaber@latrobe.edu.au | 03 94793128 | MARB 363a |
Instance Coordinator | China | Ms. Song Yuan | julia800723@sina.com |
SUBJECT DESCRIPTION |
This subject provides an introduction to the management of organisations. It provides an understanding of the fundamental concepts and relevant issues relating to the management of firms operating in the modern Australian and global business environment. The relationship between management theory, practice and organisational performance will be explored within the context of both individual effect and organisational outcomes. |
SUBJECT INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES (SILOS) | |
Upon successful completion of this subject, you should be able to: | |
1 | Explain the intellectual foundation of the study and practice of management, and its evolution since the industrial revolution |
2 | Explain, apply and critically evaluate the theories, principles and concepts that guide the effective management of modern organisations. |
3 | Explain the framework for the interaction of organisations and the environment |
4 | Identify and describe the challenges faced by managers in Australian organisations and suggest effective solutions to address these problems |
GRADUATE CAPABILITIES | ||
The following Graduate Capabilities are evaluated in this subject: | ||
FGC | Level of Instruction | |
a | Writing | Reinforcement |
b | Teamwork including leadership and working in groups | Introduction |
c | Inquiry/Research | Introduction |
d | Critical thinking | Introduction |
e | Creative Problem solving | Introduction |
LEARNING ACTIVITY SUMMARY | |
Learning Activity: | Schedule |
Online lectures/activities. Before attending the weekly 2 hour seminars, students are required to complete all the online learning activities available on LMS. This includes the online lectures and any associated online materials and homework tasks. |
Weeks 1‐12 |
Face to face workshops (2 hours per week) | Weeks 1‐12 |
ASSESSMENT AND FEEDBACK SUMMARY | Comments | ||||
Assessment Tasks: | Due Date | % | SILOs | FGCs | Comments |
1. Critical reflection exercises |
Tuesday 30th August at 9AM |
30% | 6 | a,c,d | To be submitted via Turnitin in the LMS link provided |
2. Individual Essay | Tuesday 4th October at 9am | 30% |
1,2,5, 6 |
a,b,c, d | To be submitted via Turnitin in the LMS link provided |
3. Final Examination |
University Examination period |
40% | 3,5,6 | a,d,e |
Students should check the University Examination Timetable |
Reading Type | Title | Author and Year | Publisher | ISBN |
Prescribed Textbook E‐Book |
Foundations of Management Foundations of Management |
La Trobe University (2016) La Trobe University (2016) |
McGraw Hill |
9781308739632 TBA |
STUDENT FEEDBACK ON SUBJECT SURVEY |
The Student Feedback on Subjects (SFS) Survey is part of the quality assurance process that occurs across the university. In this survey you are invited to tell us about your learning experiences in this subject. Your views will be taken seriously and will assist us to enhance this subject for the next group of students. The surveys are anonymous and will be distributed prior to the end of the teaching period. |
Wk. | Topic | Assessments due Resources dates | Information Literacy learning materials | |
1 | Introduction | The challenge of Management. | ||
2 |
Managing for efficiency and control: Scientific Management |
The rise of the factory System |
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3 | Managing complexity: Bureaucracy | Bureaucracy, Rationalization and Organisation Theory | ||
4 |
Managing people: The human relations movement |
The Human Organisation | ||
5 | Fordism and lean production | Emerging Organisational Forms: Beyond Fordism | ||
6 | Contingency Theory | Critical Reflection Exercise due | Reading | |
7 | Changing structure of work |
Designing Organisational Structure |
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8 | Teams |
Effective Team Management |
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9 | Culture |
Organisational Culture, structure and Design: building blocks of the organisation & Emerging Organisational Paradigms: Postbureacracy, Culture and Knowledge |
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MID SEMESTER BREAK | ||||
10 | Disadvantaged and precarious workers | Essay Due | Workforce Diversity in Australia and Equity and Diversity within organisations: Putting policy into practice. | |
11 | The future of work |
Reading |
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12 | Preparation for exam | No Reading |
Assessment Task One : Critical Reflection Due Date % SILOs Assessed | |||
4 Critical Reflection Exercises | Tuesday 30th August at 9am | 30% | 1,2 |
Submission Details | |||
Submission via Turnitin on LMS | |||
Grading Criteria and Feedback | |||
Refer to page 9 | |||
Description of Task | |||
Please answer all the following questions based on Weeks 2, 3, 4 and 5 and submit your answers through Turnitin by Tuesday 12th at 9am. Answers to each question should be around 250‐300 words. Please use your textbook and journal articles to support your answers. 1. On page 49 there is a quote from Bendix that defines "managerial ideology." Dissect the meaning of this quote and state the meaning of managerial ideology in your own words (as if you were explaining it to someone else). Which of Morgan's metaphors is most closely associated with this concept? 2. Rational‐bureaucratic organizations are supposed to develop the best means to achieve their goals. Based on your reading of Chapter 5, what would you say are some of the obstacles to making the "best" decisions about ways to reach a goal or solve a problem? Do some organizations have a more difficult time with this than others? What kinds of goals or problems do they deal with? 3. Do you think the term used by Barnard ‐‐ "common moral purpose" ‐‐ is a good way to describe what happens in work organizations? Why or why not? 4. The transformation of organizational forms has given rise to a variety of paradoxical demands. For example, organizations want to achieve both economies of scale and economies of scope; they want to specialize yet be flexible. What do each of these separate demands mean for organizing and managing? Why they all are desired? How can they peacefully co‐exist? |
Assessment Task Two: INDIVIDUAL ESSAY Due Date % SILOs Assessed | |||
Individual Essay (1500 words) | Tuesday 4th October | 30% | 3,4 |
Submission Details | |||
Submission via LMS through Turnitin. | |||
Grading Criteria and Feedback | |||
Refer to page 10 | |||
Description of Task | |||
Write a response to the following essay question: ‘There is only one best way to manage’. Discuss, with reference to the key theoretical contributions and academic studies in this area. |
Assessment Task Three: Exam | Due Date | % | SILOs Assessed |
Examination (2 hours) | University Examination period | 40% | 1,2,3,4 |
Submission Details | |||
Examinations will be held during the University Examination Period | |||
Description of Task | |||
Answer 4 out of 6 essay questions, each worth 10 marks. |
Criteria | Standard Exceeded | Standard met | Standard not met | Marks |
Clarity | A very clear understanding of one’s own thinking and learning processes by examining openly own experiences and clearly articulating the diversity of opinions within the group. |
An understanding of one’s own thinking and learning processes by examining openly own experiences and with some articulation of the diversity of opinions within the group. |
No clear understanding of one’s own thinking and learning processes by examining openly own experiences and no articulation of the diversity of opinions within the group. |
10 |
Relevance | Consistently relates to the reflection questions provided and cites examples from the process of groupwork. | Occasionally relates to the reflection questions provided and cites some examples from the process of groupwork. | Reflection does not relate to the questions provided and provides no examples from the process of groupwork. |
10 |
Expression | Expresses opinions and ideas in a clear manner with obvious connection to the topic | Opinions and ideas are stated clearly with occasional lack of connection to the topic | Does not express opinions and ideas clearly and no connection to the topic |
10 |
Comments /30 |
Criteria | Excellent (A 80‐100%) | Very Good (B 70‐79%) | Good (C 60‐69%) | Pass (D 50‐59%) | Fail (N 0‐49%) | Marks |
Writing |
Authoritative use of management concepts in the essay. Clearly states the purpose, assertion, arguments and findings, and supports this with evidence in a sustained and logical fashion. | Proficient use of management concepts in essay and orders ideas in a structured and sequenced fashion, aimed at making a central argument or assertion. | Competent use of management concepts in essay Contains many relevant ideas, and attempts to structure them in a coherent manner. | Limited use of appropriate management in essay. Contains some relevant ideas, but is unable to relate them in an organised manner. | Contains little or no meaningful information relating to the task, and makes no attempt to produce an organised response to the task. |
/10 |
Location, selection and use of information (evidence and citation) |
Locates, evaluates and integrates a range of relevant information (or data) into the construction of a response to the task, and uses the discipline sanctioned Harvard Referencing Style at http://www.lib.latrobe.edu.au/ referencing‐tool/harvardto cite sources in a timely and appropriate fashion. |
Locates and synthesises a range of relevant information (or data) to inform the response to the task, and uses the discipline sanctioned Harvard Referencing Style at http://www.lib.latrobe.edu.a u/referencing‐tool/harvardto cite sources in a timely and appropriate fashion. |
Uses a range of prescribed information sources (or data) to inform the response to the task, and uses the discipline sanctioned Harvard Referencing Style at http://www.lib.latrobe.edu.a u/referencing‐tool/harvardto cite sources in a timely and appropriate fashion, but with some errors. |
The response to the task relies upon a narrow or partially relevant selection of information sources (or very limited data) and uses the discipline sanctioned Harvard Referencing Style at http://www.lib.latrobe.edu.au/r eferencing‐tool/harvardto cite sources in a timely and appropriate fashion, but with some errors | Irrelevant sources and data selected to inform the response to the task, or used inappropriately, with little or no attribution. |
/10 |
Critical thinking |
Situates the problem or issue presented in within a management context or conceptual framework and draws supported conclusions from applying key management concepts to provide well justified solutions. | Precisely identifies all relevant factors of the management problem presented and accurately applies management concepts to provide a possible solution. | Correctly identifies many relevant factors of the management problem presented and attempts, with some inaccuracy, to apply management concepts to achieve a solution | Correctly identifies some relevant factors of the management problem presented and attempts with some uncertainty to apply management concepts to achieve a feasible solution. | Makes little or no attempt to separate the elements of the problem presented or to relate them to relevant management concepts. |
/10 |
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