Contemporary Management Skills

Course aim

This course provides students with theoretical and practical knowledge of:

• The development and application of personal skills, character strengths, and strategies for personal change, to assist students to identify key personal strengths and skill gaps, and to develop strategies that enhance performance in organisational management and leadership.
• Principles of research and decision making applicable to organisational management and leadership, on which the research content of other MBA courses is developed.

Students completing the course develop a body of knowledge that:

• Contributes to a comprehensive and integrated application of principles of personal managerial skill development to recent developments in the field of senior organisational management and leadership in international business environments.
• Provides a pathway for further learning.

Course content

Topics covered in this course include:

• Skills for effective management.
• Issues in self-awareness and individual behaviour.
• Effective Communication.
• Presentation skills, Interviewing skills and Time management skills.
• Problem Solving and Decision Making.
• Innovation & Creative Thinking.
• Team formation and delegation skills.
• Change management skills.
• Persuasion, Networking and Stress Management Skills.
• Fusion of the East and West: cross-cultural issues.
• Principles of research and decision making applicable to the field of organisational management and leadership.

Textbook(s)

Nil

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, CITY WEST
Seminar (Compulsory Introductory Seminar)	4 hours x N/A
Seminar	3 hours x 11 weeks
EXTERNAL, CITY WEST, ONLINE
External (Asynchronous Online Discussion plus 1 hour per week of Compulsory Synchronous Discussion)	37 hours equiv. x N/A
INTERNAL, CITY WEST (INTENSIVE)
Seminar	37 hours x N/A
EXTERNAL, CITY WEST, DISTANCE EDUCATION (INTENSIVE)
External	37 hours equiv. x N/A
EXTERNAL, OFFSHORE, HOPKINS TRAINING AND EDUCATION GROUP, ONLINE
External (Asynchronous Online Discussion plus 1 hour per week of Compulsory Synchronous Discussion)	37 hours equiv 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

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.