MGMT1000 Fundamentals of Management 2017 PDF

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Faculty of Business and Law School of Management

Unit Outline

MGMT1000 Fundamentals of Management Semester 2, 2019

Unit study package code:

MGMT1000

Mode of study:

Internal

Tuition pattern summary:

Note: For any specific variations to this tuition pattern and for precise information refer to the Learning Activities section. Online Class: 1 x 1 Hours Weekly Workshop: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly This unit does not have a fieldwork component.

Credit Value:

25.0

Pre-requisite units:

Nil

Co-requisite units:

Nil

Anti-requisite units:

Nil

Result type:

Grade/Mark

Approved incidental fees:

Information about approved incidental fees can be obtained from our website. Visit fees.curtin.edu.au/incidental_fees.cfm for details.

Unit coordinator:

Title: Name: Phone:

Teaching Staff:

Mr Lionel Skinner +61 8 9266 1367

Email: Location:

[email protected]

Name: Phone:

John Tu

Building: 402 - Room: 605

Email:

9266 9266 [email protected]

Location:

Building: 401 - Room: 244

Name:

Stefan Thomas Please email

Phone: Email: Location:

[email protected]

Name: Phone:

Marc Stoitis

Building: 408 - Room: Please email

Email:

+618 9266 4299 [email protected]

Location:

Building: 407 - Room: 202

Name:

Loy Nadal 04 1688 1326

Phone: Email: Location:

[email protected]

Name: Phone:

Lynn Duong

Building: 402 - Room: Check

Email:

9266 9266 [email protected]

Location:

Building: 402 - Room: Check reception level 8

Name:

Bradley Turner

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Email:

9266 9266 [email protected]

Location:

Building: 402 - Room: 244

Name:

Carla Martella 9266 9266

Phone:

Phone: Email: Location: Administrative contact:

Name: Phone:

[email protected] Building: 402 - Room: Check reception level 8 Karen Stoute

Email:

Please email [email protected]

Location:

Building: Please email - Room: Please email

Learning Management System: Blackboard (lms.curtin.edu.au)

Acknowledgement of Country We respectfully acknowledge the Indigenous Elders, custodians, their descendants and kin of this land past and present. The Centre for Aboriginal Studies aspires to contribute to positive social change for Indigenous Australians through higher education and research.

Syllabus This unit introduces management theory and how this theory may be applied to practice. After examining the current landscape of management practice, students analyse the major functions of management and some key areas of management practice. The unit also introduces some key skills required of contemporary managers. -working Specifically, students are required to prepare solutions to management problems and develop team skills.

Introduction Welcome to Fundamentals of Management. The aim of this unit is to provide you with a basic understanding of management practices and processes, so that you may enter the workforce with an ability to comprehend why managers behave and act in the ways they do. We hope that you find the unit of practical benefit and enjoy the learning experience.

Unit Learning Outcomes All graduates of Curtin University achieve a set of six Graduate Capabilities during their course of study. These inform an employer that, through your studies, you have acquired discipline knowledge and a range of other skills and capabilities which employers would value in a professional setting. Each unit in your course addresses the Graduate Capabilities through a clearly identified set of learning outcomes. They form a vital part in the process referred to as assurance of learning. The learning outcomes notify you of what you are expected to know, understand or be able to do in order to be successful in this unit. Each assessment for this unit is carefully designed to test your knowledge of one or more of the unit learning outcomes. On successfully completing all of the assessments you will have achieved all of these learning outcomes. Your course has been designed so that on graduating you will have achieved all of Curtin's Graduate Capabilities through the assurance of learning processes in each unit. Graduate Capabilities addressed

On successful completion of this unit students can: 1 Apply management theory to practice situations 2 Write clear, concise and coherent arguments relating to management theory and practice 3 Assess and prepare solutions to practice situations in management

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Curtin's Graduate Capabilities Apply discipline knowledge, principles and concepts

Innovative, creative and entrepreneurial

Effective communicators with digital competency

Globally engaged and responsive

Culturally competent to engage respectfully with local First Peoples and other diverse cultures

Industry connected and career capable

Find out more about Curtin's Graduate Capabilities at the Curtin Learning and Teaching website: clt.curtin.edu.au

Learning Activities The Fundamentals of Management teaching pattern consists of weekly workshops. The lectures for this unit are also available online and students are encouraged to watch the iLecture before they attend their weekly workshops. The workshops will be conducted for groups of students and are focused on providing additional information and explanation over and above what is provided by the iLecture and lecture slides that are available on Blackboard. The workshops are dedicated to the practical application of the theoretical issues discussed in the iLecture the previous week. Workshop activities include discussion of multiple-choice questions and case studies, as well as the completion of additional various activities. The workshops are designed to be interactive and students are required to participate in the activities.

Learning Resources Recommended texts You do not have to purchase the following textbooks but you may like to refer to them. l

Jones G, George J, Barrett M and Honig B., Contemporary Management, 4th edition, North Ryde, N.S.W. McGraw-Hill Australia 2016. It is available from the Curtin Bookshop – . (ISBN: 9781743762158)

Other resources Resources have been and will be provided on Blackboard to assist you with your study of the content ofFundamentals ofManagement. These resources include lecture slides, iLectures, podcasts, sample exams questions, and additional material that may be useful for your written assignments. In addition to the Blackboard resources, a considerable number of journal articles are available at e-Reserve for each of the unit modules. Learning how to find, analyse and use relevant information from journals is a key part of your professional development in readiness for the workforce. While a few articles are still available in hard-copy journals, most useful articles can be accessed using electronic databases. You should ensure that you have mastered the skills to enable you to access, analyse and use such information. The following databases that contain many useful, full-text articles (the Library also provides access to many other databases that may contain useful articles): l

Business SourceComplete ABI

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Inform Global

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ProQuest

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Informit  Online(Australian)

The Curtin Library & Information Service at Bentley provides a range of online resources that are available to help you develop your information literacy skills. These are designed to help you access the best information in an efficient manner. Make use of these resources, especially the Business LibGuides: http://libguides.library.curtin.edu.au/cat.php?cid=26432 A range of articles has also been placed on e-reserve for students undertaking this unit. To access these articles, click on thee-‘ Reserve articles’ folder in the ‘Course Materials’ section of Blackboard. Alternatively, these articles can be accessed via the Curtin Library website.

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Assessment Assessment schedule Value %

Task

Date Due

Unit Late Assessment Learning Assessments Extensions Outcome(s) Accepted?* Considered?* Assessed

Essay Plan

10%

Week: Academic week 4 Day: Thursday 22 August 2019 Time: 2pm WST

1,3

Yes

Yes

Written assignment

30%

Week: Academic week 8 Day: Thursday 19 September 2019 Time: 2pm WST

1,3

Yes

Yes

Case study assignment

20%

Week: Academic week 11 and 12 Day: TBA Time: TBA

1,2

Yes

Yes

Final examination

40%

Week: Exams Week 1,2,3 Day: TBA Time: TBA

Yes

Yes

1

2

3

4

*Please refer to the Late Assessment and the Assessment Extension sections below for specific details and conditions.

Detailed information on assessment tasks 1. Feedback Assessment - Essay Plan (10%): l

You must choose topic 1 or 2 (below)

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The word count is 450 words ±10% or ±45 words. The word count excludes the reference list but includes your in-text citations. Marks will be deducted if students do not follow the word count guideline.

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Your essay plan will be handed back to you before you submit your final essay.

Your essay plan must consist of paragraphs of the following: Introduction (about 100 words) 1.

Make a general statement about the topic

2.

Provide background information

3.

State the position you will argue for—your thesis statement

4.

Mention the points you will cover in your essay

Body – developing your argument (about 250 words) 1.

Begin each paragraph with a topic sentence

2.

Develop each main idea by making e.g. comparisons and contrasts, using referenced

3.

Conclude by summarising or linkingthe idea being discussed to the next paragraph.

explanations, examples, definitions etc.

Conclusion (about 100 words) 1.

Restate your position/thesis statement

2.

Sum up the main points made in each paragraph

3.

Finish with a strong statement about the wider context 

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Your assignment will not be marked if it is not submitted through Turnitin.  You have been allocated onlyone Turnitin submission per assignment, so only a final version should be submitted and not a draft version. Any submission of a draft version will be treated as your final submission. You cannot submit your work more than once to Turnitin. If you are concerned with your similarity result of your Turnitin submission, take steps to correct the offending paragraphs. You are required to consult and fully reference at least THREE (3) different articles from Peer Reviewed Scholarly Journals. Marks will be deducted if you do not provide three (3) different articles from Peer Reviewed Scholarly Journals. You must use the Chicago version 17 referencing system to acknowledge your sources of information (both in text and in the reference list at the end). You must submit your paper in a Word document format (no pdf or notes format please). The use of WIKIPEDIA online encyclopedia is not allowed. The use of Peer Reviewed Scholarly Journals is required . Online academic databases accessed through the library website such as Proquest DO NOT count as (www) internet references. 

Pick one of the 2 topics: 

Topic 1 

Managers are often faced with the need to make ethical decisions, affecting their organisations and both internal and external stakeholders. Assume you are a top manager at a large aerospace manufacturer. Your well-known company manufactures and sells commercial passenger aircraft to airlines all over the world. A senior engineer in the company has just alerted you to a technical issue in your most popular narrow- body airliner utilised by hundreds of airlines across the world. The technical issue relates to a software error with sensors that could adversely affect airplane safety or operation. The senior engineer has recommended that you delay any announcement of this technical issue to the aviation authorities, media and airlines until a thorough investigation is completed. This technical investigation is expected to take a minimum of four weeks and will confirm if the plane’s safety or operation is adversely impacted. In this unit, we have discussed the four ethical decision making rules. Please discuss all four ethical decision making rules. Choose one of the four ethical decision making rules to explain your decision on whether or not to agree to the request from the senior engineer. OR

Topic 2 Pick one successful and one unsuccessful organisation you are familiar with. Compare and contrast how top managers at these two organisations effectively and ineffectively utilised Fayol’s four functions in their firms. Hint:Please pick organisations that are well known. Please check your organisation with your tutor if you are unsure. Your tutor needs to be aware of your chosen organisation as your tutor is marking your paper. Please consult your tutor by week two (week beginning 5 August2019). 2. Written Assignment– final essay submission (30%) l l

Topic 1 or 2 Word count is 1,500 words ±10% or 150 words. The word count excludes the reference list but includes your in-text citations. Marks will be deducted if students do not follow the word count guideline.

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Please note your tutor’s comments on your earlier 450 word essay plan. Your tutor will mark your final submission after reviewing your marked essay plan. To score a good mark in your final essay submission, please act on the various suggestions/comments made by your tutor in your essay plan. Marks will be deducted if students ignore their tutor’s comments. 

To achieve a passing grade you must satisfy the following: l Information literacy skills – Gather, critically assess and use information to build an argument. You need to state your argument and critically analyse the statement. l Referencing – You must use in- text referencing and include a reference list. You must use the Chicago 17 referencing guide, available from the library website. 

Your essay must: l contain an introduction, thesis statement, main contents section and a conclusion. l be concise, clear and well edited. Your essay must conform to the structure discussed in the Communication Skills Centre High Flyer number 7. l befully referenced;at leastEIGHTdifferent sources of information (e.g. book, edited book, www, journal article from the full-text databases, current affairs magazine, newspaper). WWW references can contribute to a maximum of ONE-THIRD of the total number of reference sources utilised.The use of Peer-Reviewed Scholarly Journals is required.Online academic databases accessed through the library website such as ProquestDO NOTcount as (www) internet references. l The use of Wikipedia is NOT ALLOWED. l use theChicago version 17 referencing guide to acknowledge your sources of information (both in-text and in the reference list at the end). 

Your assignment will not be marked if it is not submitted through Turnitin.  You have been allocated onlyone Turnitin submission per assignment, so only a final version should be submitted and not a draft version. Any submission of a draft version will be treated as your final submission. You cannot submit your work more than once to Turnitin. If you are concerned with your similarity result of your Turnitin submission, take steps to correct the offending paragraphs. 

You must submit your paper in a Word document format (no pdf or notes format please).  3. Case study assignment (20%) – GROUP 800 word summary AND 8 minute presentation

800 word summary to be submitted through Turnitin by the due date and time. You may pick one of the topics:  Topic 1  Pick an organisation from the list that your tutors will provide you with. Describe one of the main forces in the task environment affecting this organisation. Provide an analysis of how this factor impacts your organisation's competitive advantage. OR  Topic 2 Pick an organisation from the list that your tutors will provide you with. Describe one of the main forces in the general environment affecting this organisation. Provide an analysis of how this factor impacts your organisation's competitive advantage.

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You must remember that a significant focus of this assessment is on finding and using information; therefore you are required to consult and fully reference at least six different sources of information (Any combination of books, edited books, www, journal articles from the full-text databases, current affairs magazines, newspapers etc). WWW references can contribute to a maximum of ONE-THIRD of the total number of reference sources utilised. The use of WIKIPEDIA online encyclopedia is not allowed. The use of Peer- Reviewed Scholarly Journals is required. Online academic databases accessed through the library website such as Pr...