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Classes and seminars in Trimester 2, 2020 will be online.
Last updated: 2 June 2020
Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne) Intensive
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Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.
Unit is taught face to face intensively in blocks during the trimester; that is, classes are not held on a weekly basis. Attendance is required at each all-day seminar.
Burwood (Melbourne):
There are no weekly classes. Students will be required to attend the following Zoom seminars:
Week 4: Friday 7 August and Saturday 8 August 2020 9.00am - 5.00pm
Week 8: Friday 11 September and Saturday 12 September 2020 9.00am – 5.00pm
Management and Organisational Consulting is designed to encourage students’ understanding of the nature and purpose of management consulting and to equip them with skills and attitudes needed to work in the management consulting field. The unit will integrate theory from several fields of management study – organisational psychology, organisational change and business-to-business services marketing – and will draw on research and case studies which specifically address management consulting.
These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this UnitAt the completion of this Unit, successful students can:
ULO1
Understanding the challenges of consulting and understanding the client: What do client managers want?
GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
ULO2
The role of the individual consultant – individual, internal or consulting-firm employee.
GLO4: Critical thinking
ULO3
Establishing and managing expectations.
GLO6: Self-management
ULO4
Delivery models – external vs. internal consultancies.
ULO5
Working with the client – meetings, interviews, workshops.
GLO5: Problem solving
ULO6
Effective written and verbal communication.
GLO2: Communication
These Unit Learning Outcomes are applicable for all teaching periods throughout the year
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.
The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: MPM715 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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