Contemporary Management Skills

Course aim

This course is designed to lay the foundation for the development of personal skills to pursue a managerial career. The course aims to assist students to identify key personal strengths and skill gaps and develop strategies for change and improved management performance.

Course content

This course will cover the following topics:
Topic 1: Skills for effective management
Topic 2: Issues in self-awareness and individual behaviour
Topic 3: Effective Communication
Topic 4: Presentation skills, Interviewing skills and Time management skills
Topic 5: Problem Solving and Decision Making
Topic 6: Innovation & Creative Thinking
Topic 7: Team formation and delegation skills
Topic 8: Change management skills
Topic 9: Persuasion, Networking and Stress Management Skills
Topic 10: Fusion of the East and West: cross-cultural issues

Textbook(s)

Nil

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, CITY WEST
Seminar	3 hours x 11 weeks
INTERNAL, OFFSHORE, HOPKINS TRAINING AND EDUCATION GROUP
External (Asynchronous Online Discussion)	3 hours equiv. x 11 weeks
INTERNAL, OFFSHORE, JIANGXI UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOM, MANDARIN
Seminar	8 hours x 3 days
EXTERNAL, CITY WEST, ONLINE
External (Asynchronous Online Discussion)	3 hours equiv. x 11 weeks
INTERNAL, OFFSHORE, SOUTHWEST JIATONG UNIVERSITY
Seminar	8 hours x 3 days
EXTERNAL, CITY WEST, ONLINE (INTENSIVE)
External (SANTOS directed study)	3 hours equiv. x 11 weeks
INTERNAL, CITY WEST (INTENSIVE)
Seminar	33 hours x N/A

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Examination, Group presentation and report, Group presentation plan with PowerPoint slides and report, Individual Learning Review, Management skills learning and development plan, Weekly exercises, Weeks 1-10 inclusive

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 3)
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Fee-paying program for domestic and international students
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Non-award enrolment
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.