Program Overview

Introduction to Management Unit (XPD109)

Introduction

This unit provides students with an introduction to management concepts, functions, and strategies. The unit outlines the key functions of management and explores the context surrounding management functioning, including an analysis of the broad environment in which organisations operate, the internal dynamics of organisational life, and the ethical climate that underpins sound management. This unit will also include a strong focus on general skills and abilities associated with conducting literature research and communicating effectively in an academic setting.

Summary

• Unit name: Introduction to Management
• Unit code: XPD109
• Credit points: 12.5
• College/School: Academic Division
• Discipline: University Pathways
• Coordinator: Abby Xiao
• Available as an elective: No
• Delivered By: Third Party(ies): UP Education
• Level: Introductory

Sustainable Development Goals

The Unit Coordinator has identified that this unit aligns with the following UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Learning Outcomes

• Identify and define foundational management theories, concepts, and processes.
• Exercise judgement and recommend solutions for routine management issues.
• Communicate an academic argument supported by management literature.

Fee Information

• Field of Education:
  • Commencing Student Contribution:
  • Grandfathered Student Contribution:
  • Approved Pathway Course Student Contribution: not applicable
  • Domestic Full Fee:

Teaching

• Teaching Pattern: 5 hours of face-to-face classes per week over 13 weeks.
• Assessment:
  • Essay Assignment (25%)
  • Multiple Choice Test (25%)
  • Examination (50%)
• Timetable: View the lecture timetable and the full unit timetable.

Textbooks

• Required: Robbins, SP, Coulter, MA, DeCenzo DA & Woods, M 2022, Management: The Essentials, 5th ed., Pearson, Melbourne.
• Recommended:
  • Bateman, TS, Snell, SA & Konopaske, R 2016, Management, 4th ed., McGraw-Hill, New York.
  • Maxwell, JC 2013, The 17 Indisputable laws of teamwork: Embrace them and empower your team , Thomas Nelson, USA.
  • Robbins, SP, Bergman, I & Coulter, M 2018, Management, 8th ed., Pearson, Victoria.
  • Samson, D, Donnet, T & Daft, R 2018, Fundamentals of Management, 6th Asia-Pacific ed., Cengage, Victoria.
  • Schermerhorn, JR, Davidson, D, Woods, McBarron, E, Ahron Factor, Fatima Junaid & Simon, A 2020, Management, 7th Asia-Pacific ed., Wiley, Milton, QLD.

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