MGF1010 Unit Guide Semester 1 PDF

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MGF1010 Introduction to management Semester 1, 2020 

We acknowledge and pay respects to the Traditional Owners and Elders -past, present and emerging - of the lands and waters on whichMonash Universityoperates.   Handbook link: http://monash.edu.au/pubs/2020handbooks/units/MGF1010.html The information contained in this unit guide is correct at time of publication. The University has the right to change any of the elements contained in this document at any time.

Last updated:26 Mar 2020

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Table of contents Unit handbook information

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Synopsis

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Mode of delivery

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Workload requirements

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Additional workload requirements

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Class Timetable

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Unit relationships

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Prerequisites

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Prohibitions

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Co-requisites

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Enrolment rules

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Chief Examiner Unit Coordinator(s)

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Academic overview

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Course outcomes

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Unit learning outcomes

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Teaching approach

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Lectures

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Workshop Exercises

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Recording of lectures

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Unit schedule Assessment summary

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Second marking

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Return of final marks

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Exam viewing

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Assessment criteria

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Assessment requirements

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Hurdle requirement

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Assessment tasks

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Examination

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Resubmission of assignments

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Referencing requirements

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Feedback

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Learning resources

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Required resources

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Technological requirements Q Manual

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Prescribed text and readings

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Recommended resources

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Other information

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Policies

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Student Academic Integrity Policy

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Special Consideration

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Graduate Attributes Policy

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Student Charter

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Student Services

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Monash University Library

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Disability Support Services

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Unit handbook information Synopsis This unit offers a critical introduction to fundamental questions in the discipline of management. What is management? What do managers do, and how do I become a good manager? What are the effects of management practice on employees and their experience of being managed? Key contemporary issues of globalisation and cultural diversity, ethics and social responsibility affect the answers to these questions and are therefore woven throughout the curriculum. The unit draws upon a range of sources - academic, practical, popular cultural - to engage students in multiple ways of knowing about management.

Mode of delivery Caulfield (On-campus)

Workload requirements Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Independent study may include associated readings, assessment and preparation for scheduled activities. The unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

Additional workload requirements This is a six credit point unit with online learning materials set for 12 weeks. To be successful, it is expected you will need to invest 12 hours per week in this unit. To meet this university expectation, you will need to do the required readings, listen to the lecture mini series, undertake the workshop exercises, attempt quizzes and participate in online chat rooms throughout each week. Given the current format of this unit offering, all of the aforementioned tasks are to be undertaken online (via the unit Moodle page). If these prescriptions are not adhered to, your performance could be compromised. If you have not previously invested this amount of time in study, or feel you may need assistance developing an appropriate time plan for yourself, please register for a time-management workshop with Health and Wellbeing or the Library:https://my.monash.edu.au/news-and-events/bookings/

Class Timetable Follow thislink to view the scheduled times for your unit's learning activities for this teaching period.

Unit relationships 4

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Prerequisites None

Prohibitions MGB1010 or MGC1010 or MGW1010

Co-requisites None

Enrolment rules None

Chief Examiner Name:DrOlgaAbeysekera Campus:Caulfield Phone:+61 3 9903 4230 Email:[email protected]

Unit Coordinator(s) Name:DrOlgaAbeysekera Campus:Caulfield Email:[email protected] Phone:+61 3 9903 4230

Academic overview Course outcomes Courseoutcomes associated with this unit are that graduates will: 1. be a critical and creative scholar who: ● ● ●

produces innovative solutions to problems applies research skills to business challenges communicates effectively and perceptively 

2. be a responsible and effective global citizen who: ●

engages in an internationalised world

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exhibits cross cultural competence demonstrates ethical values 

3. demonstrate broad knowledge and technical skills in at least one area of business and be able to provide discipline based solutions relevant to the business, professional and public policy communities that you serve  4. demonstrate a well-developed understanding of multi-disciplinary decision making in organisations via application of knowledge from core business discipline areas from outside the chosen major area of study.

Unit learning outcomes On successful completion of this unit, you should be able to: 1. demonstrate a contextual appreciation of management as an evolving set of contested ideas for how managers may influence people, organisations, and their environments to achieve organisational goals

2. identify what managers do in practice, and analyse how the various activities that comprise managing both shape and are shaped by individual and group behaviour and diversity in organisational settings

3. critically evaluate the impact of contemporary management practices on employee experiences of being managed 4. explain the concepts of stakeholder interests, ethics and responsible management and assess their implications for individuals and organisations in a global context

5. apply research, analytical and communication skills required of the management discipline to address business challenges.

Teaching approach This unit is delivered using an asynchronous online learning approach. This represents a set of pedagogical approaches that: 1. Move information-transmission teaching out of the class (i.e. what was done in a traditional face-to-face lecture and workshop is now delivered via a series of 'mini' pre-recorded lectures made available to students via YouTube - link on Moodle and online activities); 2. Online workshop activities have been designed to bolster student engagement with and understanding of the content covered.

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Through the above approach, this unit will require students to do their required readings , watch the online lectures , undertake the online workshop exercises, attempt weekly multiple choice quizzes , each week for 12 weeks . Finally, students are expected to review the suggested solutions to the weekly workshop exercises to ensure their learning and understanding is on track to fulfil the learning objectives throughout this semester.

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Pre-recorded and made available to students via Moodle (i.e. YouTube platform). Each week's lecture will comprise of a series of 'mini' lectures focused on weekly learning objectives. Students can watch and learn from these mini lectures at a time and place convenient for them. Any concepts and theories that students do not understand should be raised in the scheduled chat room discussions.

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Designed for 'active learning'. Students are required to actively engage in self directed study to comprehensively and keenly cover the prescribed content. Students are expected to watch the pre-recorded mini-lectures for each week prior to attempting the workshop exercises. Suggested solutions will be uploaded for student self-evaluation. Further details of the workshop program will be available via Moodle.

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Recording of lectures This unit will have lectures recorded. These recordings will be available to current students. In the event that there is an equipment failure and the lecture is not recorded in part or in full, no alternative recording will be provided. The Chief Examiner may determine a part or parts of lecture unsuitable for recording.

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Unit schedule For units with on-campus classes, teaching activities are normally scheduled to start on the hour (teaching will commence on the hour and conclude 10 minutes prior to the scheduled end time). Students should note that the program outlined below is a guide to the material to be covered in this unit and not a definitive statement of when that material will be covered. Specific details relating to the timing will be discussed in class.

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TOPIC

READING READINGS S Lecture

Workshop

THEME 1: MANAGEMENT 1

Management in context

Alvesson, M., & Willmott, H. (2012). Making sense of management: A critical introduction. Sage. (Chapter 1: pp. 13-24; 27-29; 33-35; 39-43)

Foss, N.J. & Klein, P.G. (2014). Why managers still matter, Sloan Management Review, 56(1), 73-80. Molinsky, A.L., Davenport, T.H., Iyer, B. & Davidson, C. (2012). Three skills every 21stcentury manager needs. Harvard Business Review, 90(1-2), 139-143.

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Theories of management

Craig, T., & Campbell, D. (2012). Organisations and the business environment. Rutledge. (Chapter 1)

Muldoon, J. (2015). The Hawthorne legacy. Journal of Management History, Vol. 18(1): 105-119.

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Managing in and beyond corporations

Craig, T., & Campbell, D. (2012). Organisations and the business environment. Rutledge. (Chapter 3; Chapter 4 - pp. 55-59, 64-65, 68-69, 71-75; Chapter 5 - 76-79, 8183)

The Nature of Business in Australia (2012) http://monash.online.clickview.com.au. ezproxy.lib.monash.edu.au/suplibrary/videos /43564adf-0663-cec9-ca32-69ff0999d6e4 Watch the following chapters by clicking on the link above:

Warner, M. (Ed.). (2013). Managing across diverse cultures in East Asia: issues and challenges in a changing globalized world. London: Rutledge. (Chapter 17)

Chen, M.J., & Miller, D. (2010). West meets East: Toward an ambicultural approach to management. The Academy of Management Perspectives, 24(4), 17-24.

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International Management: Focus on Asia

1. Why does business exist? 2. Business structures 3. Business stakeholders

THEME 2: MANAGING

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READING READINGS S

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Planning, Organising, Leading, Controlling (POLC)

Robbins, S.P., Bergman, R., Stagg, I., & Coulter, M. (2015). Management (7th ed.). Frenchs Forest, NSW: Pearson Education Australia. (Chapter 8 pp. 276-282, Chapter 12 - 413-422, Chapter 18 - 652-660, Chapter 10 - 338-344)

Mankins, M. & Steele, R. (2006). Stop making plans; start making decisions. Harvard Business Review, 84(1), 76-84.

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Managing information and decisionmaking

Robbins, S.P., Bergman, R., Stagg, I. & Coulter, M. (2015). Management (7th ed.). Frenchs Forest, NSW: Pearson Education Australia. (Chapter 6 pp. 206-218)

Davenport, T.H. (2009). Make better decisions. Harvard Business Review, 87(11), 117-123.

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Managing for inclusion: Equality and workplace diversity

Schneider, S. & Northcraft, G. (1999). Three social dilemmas of workforce diversity in organisations: A social identity perspective. Human Relations, 52 (11), 1445-1467.

Dobbin, F. & Kalev, A. (2016). Why diversity programs fail. Harvard Business Review, 94(7 /8), 52-60.

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Emotional intelligence

Goleman, D. (2004). What makes a leader? Harvard Business Review, 82(1), 82-91.

Leadership Essentials: Emotional Intelligence (2016). http://monash.online.clickview.com.au. ezproxy.lib.monash.edu.au/suplibrary/videos /6341305f-6f51-1809-4a0c-7bd5bc504b8d Watch the following chapters by clicking on the link above: 1. Self-Awareness 2. Self-Regulation 3. Empathy

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Critical perspectives on management and organisations

Reid, E. (2015). Embracing, passing, revealing, and the ideal worker: How people navigate expected and experienced professional identities. Organization Science, 26(4), 997-1017.

Hewlett, S. & Luce, C. (2005). Off-Ramps and On-Ramps: Keeping Talented Women on the Road to Success. Harvard Business Review, 83(3), 43-54.

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Employee well-being

Lapierre, L.M. & Allen, T.D. (2006). Worksupportive family, family-supportive supervision, use of organizational benefits, and problem-focused coping: implications for work-family conflict and employee well-being. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 11 (2), 169-181.

Kossek, E., Kalliath, T., & Kalliath, P. (2012). Achieving employee wellbeing in a changing work environment: An expert commentary on current scholarship. International Journal of Manpower, 33(7), 738-753.

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Employee Voice

Milliken, F.J., Schipani, C.A., Bishara, N.D., & Prado, A.M. (2015). Linking workplace practices to community engagement: The case for encouraging employee voice. Academy of Management Perspectives, 29(4), 405-421.

Miles, S. J., & Mangold, W.G. (2014). Employee voice: Untapped resource or social media time bomb? Business Horizons, 57(3), 401-411.

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The changing concept of career

Lovegrove, N. & Thomas, M. (2013). Triple-strength leadership. Harvard Business Review, 91 (9), 46-56. Hoffman, R., Canocha, B., & Yeh, C. (2013). Tours of duty. Harvard Business Review, 91 (6), 48-58.

Clark, D. (2011). Reinventing your personal brand. Harvard Business Review, 89(3), 7881.

SWOT VAC

No formal assessment is undertaken SWOT VAC

Exam period

Assessment summary This unit may employ invigilated electronic assessment. Within semester assessment: 70% + Examination: 30% This unit contains a hurdle requirement that you must achieve to be able to pass the unit. The consequence of not achieving a hurdle requirement is a fail grade (NH) and a maximum mark of 45 for the unit.

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Assessment task

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Due date

Assessment 1 - Weekly Multiple Choice Quiz (MCQs) on Moodle

1.5% per Quiz - Altogether 15% (i.e. 10 quizzes) (Only quizzes from weeks 3-12 will be graded).

On or before 11:59pm AEST, every Friday (weeks 1 - 12)

Assessment 2 - Individual Essay Skeleton (Part I)

15%

On or before 5:00 pm AEST (via Moodle), Friday, Week 5

Assessment 2 - Individual Essay (Part II)

25%

On or before 5:00 pm AEST (via Moodle), Friday, Week 9

Assessment 3 - Individual Reflections

15% (i.e. 5% per Major Theme: Management, Managing & Being Managed)

On or before 5:00 pm AEST Friday, end of week 12

Examination

30%

To be advised

A student’s final mark is normally the sum of the marks obtained in all of the individual assessment items in the unit.

Second marking In the Faculty of Business and Economics, all of the following assessment items graded as a fail by the first marker are blind marked by a second marker: ● ●

examination papers in-semester assessment items worth 20% or more

Return of final marks Faculty policy states that 'the final mark that a student receives for a unit will be determined by the Board of Examiners taking into account all aspects of assessment'. The final mark for this unit will be released by the Board of Examiners on the date nominated in the Faculty Calendar. Student results will be accessible through the my.monash portal.

Exam viewing Feedback on student performance in examinations and other end-of-semester assessment is required. The feedback should be in accordance with the University's procedures on Unit Assessment. Details of the examination script viewing arrangements set down by the Faculty of Business and Economics are available athttps://www.monash.edu/business/current-students /exams-and-results/exam-performance-and-feedback

Assessment criteria

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Assessment Criteria Grading Descriptors available at: https://www.monash.edu/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/801690/Assessment-in-Coursework-UnitsGrading-and-Marking-Procedures.pdf

Assessment requirements Hurdle requirement This unit has a threshold mark hurdle, which means you must achieve at least 45% of the available marks in the Final Exam/Final Major Assessment Task to be able to pass the unit. If you do not achieve the threshold mark, you will receive a fail grade (NH) and a maximum mark of 45 for the unit.

Assessment tasks Assessment task title:Assessment 1 - Weekly Multiple Choice Quiz (MCQs) on Moodle Due Date: Date:On or before 11:59pm AEST, every Friday (weeks 1 - 12) Weighting/Value: Weighting/Value:1.5% per Quiz - Altogether 15% (i.e. 10 quizzes) (Only quizzes from weeks 3-12 will be graded). Details of Task:  Students are required to complete a weekly quiz containing 10 multiple choice questions from weeks 1 - 12. (Graded from weeks 3-12). This assessment task is designed to provide you as well as the teaching team with an overview of the level of knowledge you possess on a given topic. Students who have completed the prescribed reading(s) and recorded mini-lectures for a given weekbefore attempting the quiz would be able to perform better in this assessment task than those that have not. All quizzes quizzesfor the semester will be open to studentsone week prior to the scheduled deadline.Each weekly quiz closes at 11:59pm the Friday of each respective week of the semester . Once you have begun the quiz you have amaximum of 1 hour to complete the quiz. Youcannot save and return to the quiz . Once the 1 hour period has expired, the quiz will automatically be submitted for gradingirrespective of the number of questions answered . As such, please ensure that youopen the link to the weekly quiz only once you are fully prepared to complete the same within the give time. Upon completion of each quiz you will receive feedback on ho...