Introduction to Management
Unit code: LTE100
| Credit points | 12.5 Credit Points |
| Duration | One teaching period |
| Contact hours | 36 hours over the teaching period (normally 3 hours per week) |
| Campus | Hawthorn |
| Prerequisites | NIL |
Related course(s)
This is a prescribed unit of study in the Business Major/s. It may also be undertaken as a unit of study in any other Swinburne degree program, subject to the prerequisite and degree requirements.
Aims and objectives
To provide a broad understanding of management and its importance in enabling organisations to be effective within a globalised diverse environment.
After completing this unit students should be able to:
• Describe the four basic management functions of planning, organising, leading and controlling across an organisation
• Understand the application of some basic management principles in an increasingly global business environment
• Understand the importance of behaving in a professional and ethical manner
• Prepare academic reports and essays including case studies using the appropriate format
• Have an appreciation of the importance of management to an organisation
Teaching methods
This unit will be taught in a variety of modes including face to face, online, distance and blended modes. Delivery of this unit may be through a mixture of lectures, tutorials, laboratories, seminars and online.
Generic skills outcomes
This unit will provide discipline-based knowledge and professional capabilities and experiences contributing to students’ progress in attaining generic skills such as:
• Analysis skills
• Problem solving skills
• Communications skills
• Ability to tackle unfamiliar problems
• Ability to work independently
Content
Topics covered include introduction to:
• The challenge of management including the diversity of skills required
• The historical theories and views on management
• The nature of the external and internal environments including culture
• Social responsibility and ethics in management
• Planning and creative decision-making, including developing strategies
• Organising, leading and managing individuals and groups, including motivation
• Communication, including professional report writing
Reading materials
Bartol K., Tein, M., Matthews, G., & Sharma, B., (2008) Management: A Pacific Rim Focus, 5th edn, McGraw-Hill Book Company Australia Pty Limited, Sydney
Campling, J., Poole, D., Wiesner, R., Schermerhorn, J. R., (2006) Management 2nd Asia-Pacific edn., John Wiley and Sons
Robbins, S., Bergman, R., Stagg, I., Coulter, M., (2008) Management 5 Pearson Education Australia, Frenchs Forest, NSW
