BSB115 Management
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| Unit code: | BSB115 |
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| Equivalent(s): | BSD115, BSX115 |
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Timetable | Details in HiQ, if available |
| Availabilities |
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| CSP student contribution | $1,394 |
| Domestic tuition unit fee | $2,832 |
| International unit fee | $3,900 |
Unit Outline: Semester 1 2020, Gardens Point, Internal
| Unit code: | BSB115 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Equivalent: | BSD115, BSX115 |
| Coordinator: | Sandeep Salunke | sandeep.salunke@qut.edu.au |
Overview
An ability to understand the basic functions of management and apply that knowledge to contemporary practice are key skills for competent business professionals and informed, effective managers. This unit provides insights into current business issues and practices using real world cases and practitioner readings. The unit introduces students to foundational theories and practices of management and organisations, with an emphasis on the conceptual and people skills that are needed in all areas of management and organisational life. The unit acknowledges that organisations exist in an increasingly competitive environment where the emphasis will be on knowledge and the ability to learn, change and innovate. Organisations are viewed from individual, group, corporate and external environmental perspectives, and the unit provides a foundation for students studying business or wishing to understand more thoroughly the role of organisations within society.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Explain the basic functions of management and analyse and explain how these relate to real world management practice.
- Apply management concepts, frameworks, and theories and consider relevant environmental factors to investigate, analyse and respond to real world situations, issues or problems in organisations.
- Apply information literacy and professional written and oral communication skills for diverse purposes and contexts of management.
Content
The following content will be covered in the 13 week schedule:
- Introduction to management
- The employment relationship; Historical perspectives of management; Managerial decision making.
- Historical perspectives of management
- What do managers do? Management - a mix of processes and techniques
- Managerial Decision Making: Actions do not just happen – decisions need to be made
- Planning: Knowing where you are going and how you will get there
- Organising: Plans are made, now how to achieve the plan
- Leading: Too many bosses and not enough workers?
- Controlling: Setting standards and monitoring achievements
- Ethics, Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability
- Environment and Corporate Culture
- Management of Diversity
- Management: The Future
QUT Business Capabilities (Undergraduate)
The content and assessment in this unit are aligned to a selection of the following set of QUT Business Capabilities, also known as Assurance of Learning Goals (AoLs). Developing these capabilities will assist you to meet the desired graduate outcomes set at QUT and equip you with the knowledge and skills to succeed in your chosen career.
Knowledge and Technological Skills (KS)
1.1 Demonstrate and apply integrated discipline (including technical) knowledge across the broad field of business with depth in one or more core business disciplines
1.2 Apply technical and technological skills appropriate and effective for real world business purposes and contexts.
Higher Order Thinking (HO)
2.1 Investigate real world business issues and situations through the effective analysis, evaluation and synthesis of theory and practice
2.2 Exercise independent judgment and initiative in adapting and applying knowledge and skills for effective planning, problem solving and decision making in diverse contexts.
Professional Communication (PC)
3.1 Use information literacy skills, and communicate effectively and professionally in written forms and using media appropriate for diverse purposes and contexts
3.2 Use information literacy skills, and communicate effectively and professionally in oral forms, appropriate for diverse purposes and contexts.
Teamwork and Self (TS)
4.1 Exercise self-reflection, responsibility and accountability in relation to own learning and professional practice.
4.2 Apply teamwork knowledge and skills for effective collaboration across diverse purposes and contexts
Social, Ethical and Global Understanding (SE)
5.1 Demonstrate and apply knowledge of ethical and legal principles and practices in analysing and responding to business issues
5.2 Demonstrate and apply knowledge of socially responsible behaviour in analysing and addressing business issues in national and international business contexts.
Learning Approaches
The teaching and learning approach in this unit incorporates a number of methods to engage students and link theory and practice.
Lectures will review key concepts, frameworks, theories, and provide opportunities to develop broad knowledge and understanding using case exemplars, practitioner readings, videos and reflection-based learning activities.
Tutorials will deepen your understanding of core management concepts through your participation in several learning activities structured around business world examples and selected content derived from readings that managers use to update their business knowledge. You will work on most of these activities within small teams and also individually. Tutorials form an important part of this unit and the tutorial content forms an important basis for assessments relating to the online multiple choice tests, the managerial insights, and the business report. This will enable you to gain practical knowledge including problem solving and decision-making in a business context.
This unit uses text authentication tools that assist students to develop the academic skills required to correctly use and cite reference material as well as to check citations and determine possible instances of plagiarism. You will be expected to submit draft and/or final versions of one or more assignments using these text authentication tools. Your Unit Coordinator will provide detailed information on how the software will be used in this unit.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
Students will receive feedback in various forms throughout the semester, which may include:
- Informal: worked examples, such as verbal feedback in class, personal consultation
- Formal: in writing, such as checklists (e.g. criteria sheets), written commentary
- Direct: to individual students, either in written form or in consultation
- Indirect: to whole class
Assessment
Overview
The assessment in this unit aims to support the achievement of the learning objectives for both Discipline Knowledge and Other Graduate Capabilities for Assurance of Learning Goals (AOL). Assessment has been designed in order to allow you to receive feedback on learning as you progress toward the development of knowledge, understanding, skills and attitudes (formative assessment); and demonstrate learning in order to achieve a final grade (summative assessment).
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Multiple Choice Quiz
Six online quizzes relating to management theory and concepts will be conducted. The quiz contains 10 multiple-choice and true/false items. Best of five scores in the six quizzes will be selected.
Formative or Summative: Summative
Business Capabilities (AoL goals): KS (1.1)
Assessment: Managerial Insights
This assessment requires you to work on a selected practitioner article that provides practical managerial insights. You are required to work individually to produce a short 3-minute presentation upon a concept allocated to you. The aim is to disseminate information about an important aspect in the article to senior managers. Marks will be allocated individually.
Formative or Summative: Formative and Summative
Business Capabilities (AoL goals): KS (1.1), HO (2.1), PC (3.2).
Assessment: Business Report
This assessment requires you to write a formal business report which draws on management theory to identify and address a real world business problem.
Formative or Summative: Summative
Business Capabilities (AoL goals): KS (1.1), HO (2.1, 2.2), PC (3.1).
Academic Integrity
Academic integrity is a commitment to undertaking academic work and assessment in a manner that is ethical, fair, honest, respectful and accountable.
The Academic Integrity Policy sets out the range of conduct that can be a failure to maintain the standards of academic integrity. This includes, cheating in exams, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion and contract cheating. It also includes providing fraudulent or altered documentation in support of an academic concession application, for example an assignment extension or a deferred exam.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Breaching QUT’s Academic Integrity Policy or engaging in conduct that may defeat or compromise the purpose of assessment can lead to a finding of student misconduct (Code of Conduct – Student) and result in the imposition of penalties under the Management of Student Misconduct Policy, ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Resources
Resource Materials
Prescribed text(s)
Samson, D., Donnet, T., and Daft, R. L. (2018) Management (6th Asia Pacific Edition), Cengage Learning Australia, South Melbourne.
Risk Assessment Statement
There are no out-of-the-ordinary risks associated with lectures or tutorials in this unit. You should, however, familiarise yourself with evacuation procedures operating in the buildings in which you attend classes and take the time to
view the Emergency video.
Unit Outline: Semester 2 2020, Gardens Point, Internal
| Unit code: | BSB115 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Equivalent: | BSD115, BSX115 |
| Coordinator: | Sandeep Salunke | sandeep.salunke@qut.edu.au |
Overview
An ability to understand the basic functions of management and apply that knowledge to contemporary practice are key skills for competent business professionals and informed, effective managers. This unit provides insights into current business issues and practices using real world cases and practitioner readings. The unit introduces students to foundational theories and practices of management and organisations, with an emphasis on the conceptual and people skills that are needed in all areas of management and organisational life. The unit acknowledges that organisations exist in an increasingly competitive environment where the emphasis will be on knowledge and the ability to learn, change and innovate. Organisations are viewed from individual, group, corporate and external environmental perspectives, and the unit provides a foundation for students studying business or wishing to understand more thoroughly the role of organisations within society.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Explain the basic functions of management and analyse and explain how these relate to real world management practice.
- Apply management concepts, frameworks, and theories and consider relevant environmental factors to investigate, analyse and respond to real world situations, issues or problems in organisations.
- Apply information literacy and professional written and oral communication skills for diverse purposes and contexts of management.
Content
The following content will be covered in the 13 week schedule:
- Introduction to management
- The employment relationship; Historical perspectives of management
- Historical perspectives of management
- What do managers do? Management - a mix of processes and techniques
- Managerial Decision Making: Actions do not just happen – decisions need to be made
- Planning: Knowing where you are going and how you will get there
- Organising: Plans are made, now how to achieve the plan
- Leading: Too many bosses and not enough workers?
- Controlling: Setting standards and monitoring achievements
- Ethics, Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability
- Environment and Corporate Culture
- Management of Diversity
- Management: The Future
QUT Business Capabilities (Undergraduate)
The content and assessment in this unit are aligned to a selection of the following set of QUT Business Capabilities, also known as Assurance of Learning Goals (AoLs). Developing these capabilities will assist you to meet the desired graduate outcomes set at QUT and equip you with the knowledge and skills to succeed in your chosen career.
Knowledge and Technological Skills (KS)
1.1 Demonstrate and apply integrated discipline (including technical) knowledge across the broad field of business with depth in one or more core business disciplines
1.2 Apply technical and technological skills appropriate and effective for real world business purposes and contexts.
Higher Order Thinking (HO)
2.1 Investigate real world business issues and situations through the effective analysis, evaluation and synthesis of theory and practice
2.2 Exercise independent judgment and initiative in adapting and applying knowledge and skills for effective planning, problem solving and decision making in diverse contexts.
Professional Communication (PC)
3.1 Use information literacy skills, and communicate effectively and professionally in written forms and using media appropriate for diverse purposes and contexts
3.2 Use information literacy skills, and communicate effectively and professionally in oral forms, appropriate for diverse purposes and contexts.
Teamwork and Self (TS)
4.1 Exercise self-reflection, responsibility and accountability in relation to own learning and professional practice.
4.2 Apply teamwork knowledge and skills for effective collaboration across diverse purposes and contexts
Social, Ethical and Global Understanding (SE)
5.1 Demonstrate and apply knowledge of ethical and legal principles and practices in analysing and responding to business issues
5.2 Demonstrate and apply knowledge of socially responsible behaviour in analysing and addressing business issues in national and international business contexts.
Learning Approaches
The teaching and learning approach in this unit incorporates a number of methods to engage students and link theory and practice.
Lectures will review key concepts, frameworks, theories, and provide opportunities to develop broad knowledge and understanding using case exemplars, practitioner readings, videos and reflection-based learning activities.
Tutorials will deepen your understanding of core management concepts through illustration of several learning activities structured around business world examples and selected content derived from readings that managers use to update their business knowledge. You may work on most of these activities within small teams or individually. Tutorials form an important part of this unit and the tutorial content forms an important basis for assessments relating to the online multiple choice tests, the managerial insights, and the business report. This will enable you to gain practical knowledge including problem solving and decision-making in a business context.
This unit uses text authentication tools that assist students to develop the academic skills required to correctly use and cite reference material as well as to check citations and determine possible instances of plagiarism. You will be expected to submit draft and/or final versions of one or more assignments using these text authentication tools. Your Unit Coordinator will provide detailed information on how the software will be used in this unit.
COVID-19 restrictions may require changes to the planned Learning Approaches described here. Students should refer to the unit Blackboard site for the latest information.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
Students will receive feedback in various forms throughout the semester, which may include:
- Informal: worked examples, such as verbal feedback in class, personal consultation
- Formal: in writing, such as checklists (e.g. criteria sheets), written commentary
- Direct: to individual students, either in written form or in consultation
- Indirect: to whole class
Assessment
Overview
The assessment in this unit aims to support the achievement of the learning objectives for both Discipline Knowledge and Other Graduate Capabilities for Assurance of Learning Goals (AOL). Assessment has been designed in order to allow you to receive feedback on learning as you progress toward the development of knowledge, understanding, skills and attitudes (formative assessment); and demonstrate learning in order to achieve a final grade (summative assessment).
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Multiple Choice Quiz
Six online quizzes relating to management theory and concepts will be conducted. The quiz contains 10 multiple-choice and true/false items. Best of five scores in the six quizzes will be selected.
Formative or Summative: Summative
Business Capabilities (AoL goals): KS (1.1)
Assessment: Managerial Insights
This assessment requires you to work on a selected practitioner article that provides practical managerial insights. You will join others to present a concept from the article, but are required to work individually. You will produce a short 3-minute presentation upon the concept allocated to you. The aim is to be able to translate theoretical knowledge to applied settings by practising dissemination of such information to senior managers. Marks will be allocated individually.
Formative or Summative: Formative and Summative
Business Capabilities (AoL goals): KS (1.1), HO (2.1), PC (3.2).
Assessment: Business Report
This assessment requires you to write a formal business report which draws on management theory to identify and address a real world business problem.
Formative or Summative: Summative
Business Capabilities (AoL goals): KS (1.1), HO (2.1, 2.2), PC (3.1).
Academic Integrity
Academic integrity is a commitment to undertaking academic work and assessment in a manner that is ethical, fair, honest, respectful and accountable.
The Academic Integrity Policy sets out the range of conduct that can be a failure to maintain the standards of academic integrity. This includes, cheating in exams, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion and contract cheating. It also includes providing fraudulent or altered documentation in support of an academic concession application, for example an assignment extension or a deferred exam.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Breaching QUT’s Academic Integrity Policy or engaging in conduct that may defeat or compromise the purpose of assessment can lead to a finding of student misconduct (Code of Conduct – Student) and result in the imposition of penalties under the Management of Student Misconduct Policy, ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Resources
Resource Materials
Prescribed text(s)
Samson, D., Donnet, T., and Daft, R. L. (2018) Management (6th Asia Pacific Edition), Cengage Learning Australia, South Melbourne.
Risk Assessment Statement
There are no out-of-the-ordinary risks associated with lectures or tutorials in this unit. You should, however, familiarise yourself with evacuation procedures operating in the buildings in which you attend classes and take the time to
view the Emergency video.