Postgraduate - Edith Cowan University

these concepts to their own current workplace reality, through
simulated training delivery and their own workplace projects.
MAN4258 15 Credit Points
Strategic Human Resource Management IV
FACULTY OF BUSINESS AND LAW
Prerequisite :
MAN4150 Human Resource Management IV
This unit builds on MAN4150 Human Resource Management IV
by examining the links between human resource management
functions and practices and organisational change processes. It
does so through development of human resource management
systems designed to enable a 'fit' between business strategy and
human resource management strategy.
MAN5010 15 Credit Points
Management
FACULTY OF BUSINESS AND LAW
Management provides an introduction to fundamental concepts
and principles of managing people within organisations. The unit
covers the evolution of management theory and examines a range
of approaches to the study of management. Major themes are
developed across the whole unit, include the importance of
strategic planning and decision making, the need for innovation,
the inevitability of change and its resistance as well as the need
for leadership. The unit also examines a number of contemporary
issues that question the traditional approaches to management.
Management is multi-disciplinary and is drawn from areas such as
economics, psychology, sociology and organisational behaviour.
MAN5102 15 Credit Points
Organisational Behaviour V
FACULTY OF BUSINESS AND LAW
This unit provides an opportunity to critically explore the various
issues that influence the management of human behaviour and
relationships in an organisational context. Traditional approaches
to organisational behaviour will be presented and contrasted with
recent developments arising out of social psychology and
sociology. Traditional approaches assist managers to understand
and organise people to behave in predictable ways. This unit also
examines the psychology of individual differences and how
diversity affects personality, perceptions, emotions and the
experience of stress resulting in behaviour that is difficult to
predict from a traditional perspective. Social psychological and
critical approaches to organisational behaviour are utilised to
explore how individuals make sense of their world and how they
construct a sense of self as an individual and how this identity
may change in group setting. More importantly, this unit assists
managers to understand the formal and informal characteristics of
group behaviour, why they form, and why teams and other
management initiatives may have dysfunctional outcomes.
MAN5103 15 Credit Points
Transport Assessment Evaluation V
FACULTY OF BUSINESS AND LAW
Prerequisite :
MAN510D Transport Assessment Evaluation V Bachelor Degree
or Transport Management Experience
The aim of the unit is to enable students to develop a grasp of
economic theory and transport modelling and their application in
the conduct of major feasibility studies in the transport sector. A
practical transport modelling, project management and total
benefit/cost evaluation approach is taken in applying theory to
practice throughout the course.
MAN5104 15 Credit Points
Project Process Management V
FACULTY OF BUSINESS AND LAW
This unit examines how project managers can monitor, control,
manage and improve the performance of processes in projects
using quality management initiatives. The unit reviews the ISO
quality standards associated with project management and
examines various quality management applications such as
Quality Assurance, Continuous Improvement, and Total Quality
Management and their potential benefits and limitations in the
context of the project.
MAN5113 15 Credit Points
Managing e-Business
FACULTY OF BUSINESS AND LAW
Managing e-business professionally has become one of the
greatest challenges facing managers of both start-ups and
established businesses as they redefine their business strategy to
leverage the power of the Internet. This unit will focus on
managerial issues relating to e-business. Specifically, it will cover
such topics as the fundamental driving forces of e-business, value
chain analysis, the concept of consumer's total value experience,
the impacts of key e-business models on organisational structure,
human resource management, managing relationships with
customers and suppliers, strategic management of e-business, mcommerce
and the future perspective of e-business. This unit will
enhance student ability to analyse e-business opportunities,
develop and implement e-business applications and improve ebusiness
performance.
MAN5120 15 Credit Points
Employment Relations in Asia
FACULTY OF BUSINESS AND LAW
Employment relationships in the Asian region are of increasing
interest in a globalising world. This unit hightlights the variety of
roles of government, of labour and of management in the
enterprises of a number of Asian countries. Some attention will be
paid to issued relating to labour standards and workers' rights. The
unit provides a critical comparison of the factors that influence the
development of various countries' employment relations system,
and of the outcomes of different systems.
MAN5121 15 Credit Points
Leadership V
FACULTY OF BUSINESS AND LAW
This unit encourages students to consider the concept of
leadership and the skills involved in leadership. It aims to prepare
them for leadership of organisations or organisational units in the
private, public and not-for-profit sectors. The unit examines
theories of leadership, styles of leadership, the relationship
between leadership and management, leadership in diverse
workforces, and how to lead organizations or business units in
times of change.
MAN5122 15 Credit Points
Leadership Skills V
FACULTY OF BUSINESS AND LAW
Leadership is a fundamental part of professional development in
any field - business, government, sporting, cultural or not-forprofit.
This unit helps students develop the skills of leadership.
Students learn about different styles of leadership, and the skills
involved. In class work and assignments they undertake a selfaudit
and create a program to develop their own styles and skills.
Classes focus on skill-development exercises and learning from
reflection on experiences, in workplaces or elsewhere. Skills
include self-awareness; dealing with stress; working with values;
time management; developing trust; creating vision and goal
setting; resolving conflict; creativity and innovation;
communication; and influencing, The final assignment involves a
plan for self-development after this unit. Students do not need to
be in employment.
MAN5125 15 Credit Points
Management Workplace Practicum V
FACULTY OF BUSINESS AND LAW
Recommended Prerequisites: MAN5121 and MAN5122.
This unit provides a professionally supervised, contracted learning
experience in a range of graduate management degrees. It
emphasises the application of theoretical knowledge to workplace
problems that involve planning, researching and/or implementing
plans. Students complete a task that links with the key strategic
objectives of the host organisation, and write a report placing that
task in the context of the organisation and its industry. Students
will also present outcomes in written and/or oral form to the host
organisation and to student peers. It is recommended that students
take this unit only after completion of core units in their degree.
262 ECU Postgraduate Course Guide 2008