Strategic Issues in Research Management

Course aim

Research Management is an increasingly specialised and complex professional field involving both values-based strategic decision-making and a plethora of inter-related compliance, governance and administrative functions. Research management takes place in both public and private sector contexts and facilitates delivery of the economic, social and cultural benefits expected of research.
This unit aims to provide a foundation of understandings and skills for the exercise of senior research management roles including a focus throughout on quality assurance and risk management.

Course content

This unit allows participants to engage with the following content areas, to extend their understanding of these key domains of research management activity and to develop decision-making skills in some of the high level research management tasks which apply to them.
• Initiating and Building multi-partner research collaboration
Effective network development
New venture formation, including company structures and forms of agreement
International perspectives

• Managing Research Governance
Governance frameworks
Research codes, compliance and complaints
Company Directorships, Boards, Legislation

• Managing Research Investment
Financing research through diverse revenue streams (e.g. tax frameworks for R&D and other Government subventions, venture capital, research commercialisation)
The role of incentive schemes
The annual budget cycle – framing investment strategy to assessing return on investment

• Research organisation development – mission and strategy
Strategic planning - people, infrastructure, culture
Achieving buy-in through effective communication
Quality Assurance and Risk Management

Textbook(s)

Nil

Prerequisite(s)

Common to all relevant programs
Subject Area & Catalogue Number	Course Name
BUSS 5366	Principles and Practice of Research Management

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
EXTERNAL, CITY WEST, ONLINE
External	3 hours x 10 weeks

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

Assessment

Assignment, Forum and personal journal contributions, Test

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 4C)
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