Program Overview

Program Overview

Rural Change (Industry Projects) is designed for students to build on their previous learning on the application of management theories in practice. Students will undertake a period of work experience during which they will identify a management problem or opportunity. They will define a problem/opportunity and undertake a logical and documented process leading to recommendations for situation improvement and plans for implementation and the evaluation of outcomes.

Subject Information

Grading System

HD/FL

Duration

One session

School

School of Rural Management

Assumed Knowledge

AGB260

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:

• be able to enter and observe a social context such as a human community or workplace and develop an understanding of the relationships between individuals, and the roles they fill; and of the forces that constrain, and the structures that influence values, assumptions, policies and practices within the organisation
• be able to appraise the effects of these interactions on the organisation's stated or unstated goals or shared aspirations
• be able to choose and justify a suitable theoretical perspective and method of inquiry to identify, in consultation with the stakeholders, a hypothesis for situation improvement
• be able to develop, through consultation, appropriate situation improvement strategies and implementation timetable
• be able to provide a method for evaluating the situation improvement program
• be able to report to the organisation
• be able to evaluate the entire industry research project and report to the academic supervisor
• be able to reflect critically on the experience and relate it to their experience as a lifelong learner

Syllabus

This subject will cover the following topics: The subject draws on concepts developed in Rural Change (Inquiry Tools) and requires the student to apply them in a real world situation. Greater emphasis is placed on qualitative research.