Management Major

Total units 48 Units

Areas of interest Commerce, Management
Major code MGMT-MAJ

Academic career Undergraduate

The major in Management incorporates a range of disciplines to analyse the principal issues and considerations relevant to management. Students are introduced to the important concepts and practices in managing people and resources in the organisational context. The core courses in the major aims to develop skills and competencies in management relating to human resource management, organisational behaviour, and corporate strategy. Depending on the electives chosen, students have the option of developing their understanding of specific management practices including those related to cross-cultural management, labour economics and industrial relations, corporate sustainability, employment relations, organisational change, business project management, business ethics, leadership, international human resource management, and entrepreneurship and innovation.

Learning Outcomes

Graduates with a major in Management will have a broad and coherent knowledge of management concepts and practices, which will form the basis for independent lifelong learning.

Skills

Graduates with a major in Management will have:

cognitive skills to review, analyse, consolidate and synthesise organisational knowledge;

cognitive and technical skills to demonstrate a broad understanding of management knowledge with depth in some areas;

cognitive and creative skills to exercise critical thinking and judgement in identifying and solving problems with intellectual independence; and,

communication skills to present a clear, coherent and independent exposition of management knowledge and ideas.

Application of knowledge and skills

Graduates with a major in Management will demonstrate the application of management knowledge and skills:

with initiative and judgement in planning, problem solving and decision making in professional practice and/or scholarship;

to adapt knowledge and skills in diverse contexts; and,

with responsibility and accountability for own learning and professional practice and in collaboration with others within broad parameters.

Relevant Degrees

Bachelor of Commerce (BCOMM)

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Requirements

This major requires the completion of 48 units, which must consist of:

24 units from completion of the following course(s):

Code	Title	Units
MGMT1003	Management, People and Organisations	6
MGMT2007	Organisational Behaviour	6
MGMT2030	Human Resource Management and Strategy	6
MGMT3015	Corporate Strategy	6

6 units from completion of the following course(s):

Code	Title	Units
MGMT3021	Leadership	6
MGMT3027	Entrepreneurship and Innovation	6

18 units from completion of the following course(s):

Code	Title	Units
BUSI3029	Cross-Cultural Management	6
ECON2009	Labour Economics and Industrial Relations(P) OR	6
ECON2059	Labour Economics and Industrial Relations(H)	6
MGMT2001	Corporate Sustainability	6
MGMT2002	Employment Relations	6
MGMT2004	Negotiation	6
MGMT2005	Career Planning and Management	6
MGMT2035	Managing Organisational Change	6
MGMT3002	Techniques for Business Project Management	6
MGMT3016	Business Ethics	6
MGMT3021	Leadership	6
MGMT3025	International Human Resource Management	6
MGMT3027	Entrepreneurship and Innovation	6
ANIP3003	Australian National Internships Program Internship A OR	6
ANIP3005	Australian National Internship B	12

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