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Unit Summary
Anti-requisites
MNG00111 - Fundamentals of Management OR MGMT1001 - Managing Organisations
Unit aim
Introduces students to the principles and practices of managing organisations in the hospitality industry. Students focus on: traditional management functions, contemporary management challenges, and principles and practices for managing individuals and managing teams.
Unit content
- The Competing Values Approach to Management
- Creating and Sustaining Commitment and Cohesion
- Establishing and Maintaining Stability and Continuity
- Improving Productivity and Increasing Profitability
- Promoting Change and Encouraging Adaptability
- Integration and The Road To Mastery
Learning outcomes
Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.
| On completion of this unit, students should be able to: | |
|---|---|
| 1 | demonstrate knowledge of modern management practices |
| 2 | identify, compare and contrast the theoretical foundations of management and their impact on modern management practices. |
| 3 | demonstrate the capability to implement a modern management practice |
| 4 | demonstrate the knowledge and skills to reflect upon one's own preferences for modern management practices. |
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- demonstrate knowledge of modern management practices
- identify, compare and contrast the theoretical foundations of management and their impact on modern management practices.
- demonstrate the capability to implement a modern management practice
- demonstrate the knowledge and skills to reflect upon one's own preferences for modern management practices.
Prescribed texts
- Quinn, R.E., Clair, L.S.S., Faerman, S.R., Thompson, M.P. and McGrath, M.R., 2020, Becoming a Master Manager: A Competing Values Approach, 7th Edition, John Wiley & Sons.. ISBN: 978-1-119-71095-0.
- Prescribed text information is not currently available.