Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Unit Convenor
Dr Alison Barnes
Contact via email
E4A 640
Wednesday 10am-11am
Administrator
John Truong
Contact via email
Department of Marketing and Management - E4A
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Alison Barnes
Rebecca Young
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Credit points |
Credit points
3
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
This unit addresses areas of interest for those wishing to understand management and the nature of organisations, their structure and operation. Topics include the development of organisations and management; the context or environment of an organisation; what constitutes performance for an organisation, and sustainability.
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Information about important academic dates including deadlines for withdrawing from units are available at https://www.mq.edu.au/study/calendar-of-dates
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
Important:
It is the responsibility of students to view their marks for each within session assessment on iLearn within 20 working days of posting. If there are any discrepancies, students must contact the unit convenor immediately. Failure to do so will mean that queries received after the release of final results regarding assessment marks (not including the final exam mark) will not be addressed.
Please note there will be no transfer of marks from other assessments (e.g. case study) to the final examination.
Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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CLASS TEST: NON ASSESSABLE | 0% | No | Week 4 and week 12 tutorials |
ASSESSMENT 1: CASE STUDY | 25% | No | Week 6 Wednesday (April 5th) |
ASSESSMENT 2: ESSAY | 35% | No | Week 9 (Wednesday May 10th) |
Final Examination | 40% | No | Formal examination period |
Due: Week 4 and week 12 tutorials
Weighting: 0%
Date: Week 4 & 12 tutorials
Duration/Length: 30 mins / 20 multiple choice questions
Aims and Objectives
These class test aims to assess your understanding of the material covered in the lectures. It will be conducted during the Week 4 and Week 12 tutorials and involves multiple choice questions.
Due: Week 6 Wednesday (April 5th)
Weighting: 25%
Weighting: 25%
Length: 1200 Words (excluding in-text references, reference list and table of content)
Due Date: Week 6 Wednesday (April 5th)
Aims and Objectives
This assessment encourages students to:
Written report should include:
• Introduction and conclusion
• A table of content
• Answers to all four questions
• A reference list
• A title page and cover sheet
Submission Details: All students must submit their case studies electronically through Turnitin using the link on iLearn, and in hard copy to BESS (E4B 106) by 4.00pm on the due date.
Hard copies must be identical to the electronic version submitted.
Late submissions: Late Case Studies must also be submitted through Turnitin and a hard copy should be submitted to BESS in building E4B to be date stamped and forwarded to your tutor for marking. No extensions will be granted. There will be a deduction of 20% of the total available marks (i.e. 5 marks) made from the total awarded mark for each 24 hour period or part thereof that the submission is late (for example, 25 hours late in submission incurs a 40% or 10 marks penalty). This penalty does not apply for cases in which an application for disruption of studies is made and approved. No submission will be accepted after feedback have been posted/given in lectures/classes.
Marking criteria:
Due: Week 9 (Wednesday May 10th)
Weighting: 35%
Weighting: 35%
Duration/Length: 1500 Words
Due Date: Week 9 (Wednesday May 10th)
Aims and Objectives
This assessment encourages students to:
Guidelines for the essay:
Submission Details:
All students must submit their essays electronically through Turnitin using the link on iLearn, and in hard copy to BESS (E4B 106) by 4.00pm on the due date.
Hard copies must be identical to the electronic version submitted.
Late submissions: Late essays must also be submitted through Turnitin and a hard copy should be submitted to BESS in building E4B to be date stamped and forwarded to your tutor for marking. No extensions will be granted. There will be a deduction of 20% of the total available marks (i.e. 7 marks) made from the total awarded mark for each 24 hour period or part thereof that the submission is late (for example, 25 hours late in submission incurs a 40% or 14 marks penalty). This penalty does not apply for cases in which an application for disruption of studies is made and approved. No submission will be accepted after feedback have been posted/given in lectures/classes.
Due: Formal examination period
Weighting: 40%
Duration: 2 hours + 10 minutes reading time
A final examination is included as an assessment task for this unit to provide assurance that:
i) the product belongs to the student and
ii) the student has attained the knowledge and skills tested in the exam.
The final examination will be of two hour duration and will be held during the University Examination period. The exam will include multiple choice and short answer questions. Details of the final exam’s format will be given in the Week 13 lecture.
You are expected to present yourself for examination at the time and place designated in the University Examination Timetable. The timetable will be available in Draft form approximately eight weeks before the commencement of the examinations and in Final form approximately four weeks before the commencement of the examinations. http://exams.mq.edu.au/
Classes
· Number and length of classes: 1 x 2 hour lecture and 1 x 1 hour tutorial, i.e. 3 hours face to face per week unless indicated otherwise in the lecture schedule.
· Classes may vary due to public holiday(s)
· The timetable for classes can be found on the University web site at: http://www.timetables.mq.edu.au/
Required text
Kinicki, A., Scott-Ladd, B., Perry, M. and Williams, B. (2015) Management : a practical introduction. McGraw Hill Education: North Ryde, NSW.
The text is available from the Co-Op Bookshop. Copies are held in the Library's Reserve section.
Technology Used and Required
Students will need to be familiar with a web browser to access the unit web page. Students are also required to access the companion website which accompanies the text.
Unit web page
The web page for this unit can be found at: https://ilearn.mq.edu.au/login/MQ/
Consultation hours
John Truong is the first point of contact for all administrative issues. His contact details are listed above.
Tutors are available for consultation and are the first point of contact for all learning and teaching issues. Speak to them directly before or after class to arrange a mutually convenient time for consultation. Students should consult their tutors before contacting the unit convenor (Alison Barnes). You may email tutors directly. Their contact details are available on the unit iLearn website.
Alison Barnes' contact details and consultation hour (or via appointment) is listed above.
Students experiencing significant difficulties with any topic in the unit must seek assistance immediately.
LECTURE PROGRAM
(Weekly tutorial program and readings in Assessment Guide on iLearn)
Week |
Week Commencing |
Lecture Topic |
1 |
27 February |
Managers and management |
2 |
6 March |
Understanding groups and managing teams |
3 |
13 March |
Foundations of management: Decision making
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4 |
20 March |
The external environment
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5 |
27 March |
Culture, organisations and management |
6 |
3 April |
Contemporary issues: Ethics, sustainability and CSR |
7 |
10 April |
Reading week: no lecture and no tutorials + Good Friday public holiday |
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April 17-24 |
MID SESSION BREAK
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8
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1 May |
Business communication and interpersonal skills
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9 |
8 May |
Foundations of management: Planning
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10 |
15 May |
Foundations of management: Organisational structure and design |
11 |
22 May |
Managing human resources, change & innovation
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12 |
29 May |
Foundations of management: Control
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13 |
5 June |
Exam briefing |
Macquarie University policies and procedures are accessible from Policy Central. Students should be aware of the following policies in particular with regard to Learning and Teaching:
Academic Honesty Policy http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/academic_honesty/policy.html
Assessment Policy http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/assessment/policy_2016.html
Grade Appeal Policy http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/gradeappeal/policy.html
Complaint Management Procedure for Students and Members of the Public http://www.mq.edu.au/policy/docs/complaint_management/procedure.html
Disruption to Studies Policy (in effect until Dec 4th, 2017): http://www.mq.edu.au/policy/docs/disruption_studies/policy.html
Special Consideration Policy (in effect from Dec 4th, 2017): https://staff.mq.edu.au/work/strategy-planning-and-governance/university-policies-and-procedures/policies/special-consideration
In addition, a number of other policies can be found in the Learning and Teaching Category of Policy Central.
Macquarie University students have a responsibility to be familiar with the Student Code of Conduct: https://students.mq.edu.au/support/student_conduct/
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This graduate capability is supported by:
We want our graduates to be capable of reasoning, questioning and analysing, and to integrate and synthesise learning and knowledge from a range of sources and environments; to be able to critique constraints, assumptions and limitations; to be able to think independently and systemically in relation to scholarly activity, in the workplace, and in the world. We want them to have a level of scientific and information technology literacy.
This graduate capability is supported by:
Our graduates should be capable of researching; of analysing, and interpreting and assessing data and information in various forms; of drawing connections across fields of knowledge; and they should be able to relate their knowledge to complex situations at work or in the world, in order to diagnose and solve problems. We want them to have the confidence to take the initiative in doing so, within an awareness of their own limitations.
This graduate capability is supported by:
We want to develop in our students the ability to communicate and convey their views in forms effective with different audiences. We want our graduates to take with them the capability to read, listen, question, gather and evaluate information resources in a variety of formats, assess, write clearly, speak effectively, and to use visual communication and communication technologies as appropriate.
This graduate capability is supported by:
The group presentation and report assessment task from the previous offering is replaced with an individual case study assessment task.
Developing sustainable organisations through the creation of innovative and ethical practices.
· This unit uses research from external sources.
· This unit gives you opportunities to conduct your own research.
Recommended texts:
Jones, G. and George, J. (2012). Essentials of Contemporary Management 4th Edition. McGraw-Hill: Boston.
Nash, G. (2011). A Guide to Writing Argumentative Essays. Wiley: Milton.
Samson, G. and Daft, R. (2012). Fundamentals of Management 4th Edition. Cengage: South Melbourne.