SRQ745 - Construction Company Management

Unit details

Year:

2024 unit information

Enrolment modes:Trimester 1: Waterfront (Geelong), Online
Trimester 2: Waterfront (Geelong), Online
Credit point(s):1
EFTSL value:0.125
Unit Chair:Trimester 1: Asheem Shrestha
Trimester 2: Abid Hasan
Prerequisite:

Nil

Corequisite:Nil
Incompatible with: Nil
Typical study commitment:

Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.

This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site.

Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment:

1 x 2 hour lecture per week, 1 x 1 hour seminar per week.

Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment:

Online independent and collaborative learning including 5 x 1 hour online seminars per trimester.

Content

This unit examines the legislative, social, professional and economic parameters required in establishing and managing a construction firm. Students will investigate various innovative construction management approaches throughout the life cycle of a business.  The focus will be on the management of a construction firm at a corporate level with topics such as ethics, strategy, finance, risks, negotiations and decision making.

ULO These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes
ULO1

Assess legislative, social, professional and economic parameters required in establishing a construction firm.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO4: Critical thinking

ULO2

Evaluate the nature and impact of a construction firm in social, business, political, ethical and environmental contexts.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO4: Critical thinking
GLO5: Problem solving

ULO3

Critically analyse the organisation of construction firms and the need for various management strategies to remain in the market place and operate profitably and ethically.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO2: Communication
GLO4: Critical thinking

ULO4

Apply strategic and innovative commercial construction organisation principles to core business activities including expression of interests, tendering and hopefully winning a large complex construction project.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO4: Critical thinking
GLO5: Problem solving
GLO6: Self-management

ULO5

Demonstrate ability to work in a collaborative team.

GLO7: Teamwork

Assessment

Assessment Description Student output Grading and weighting
(% total mark for unit)
Indicative due week
Assessment 1
Report
3000 word report 30% Week 4
Assessment 2
Group report on business activities for complex project
5000 word written report plus supporting documentation, and presentation 50% Week 10
Assessment 3
Construction industry portfolio
Construction portfolio 20% Week 11

The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.

Learning Resource

The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: SRQ745 Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.

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