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2025 unit information
Residential Intensive period 10: Waurn Ponds (Geelong)
This unit is only available to students enrolled in M501, M601, M701, M703, M743
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This unit requires students to attend six days of intensive study at Waurn Ponds Estate, Geelong.
2025 Dates:
Intensive Period 10 dates: to be confirmed
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.
Conference fees for residential intensive units are in addition to the tuition fee and vary depending on the type of accommodation chosen. For further information please visit the Intensive units webpage.
The purpose of this unit is to provide an understanding of the nature of people’s behaviour at work. It does this by examining the nature of the individuals, when they are in teams and groups, and when they are in larger social environments such as organisations. This provides the tools to analyse and critically reflect on an individual’s role in their organisations, their relationships with others and how they can more effectively exert their influence and display leadership.
Alignment to Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes (GLOs)
Critically analyse the challenges of leading and managing people in organisations.
GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO4: Critical thinking
ULO2
Identify areas for improvement in self-leadership and management; and develop strategies to enable growth/development in those areas.
ULO3
Apply problem-solving skills to develop insights and recommendations that address challenges of leading and managing people
GLO5: Problem solving
ULO4
Draw upon diverse perspectives and skills in a team to facilitate collaboration and decision-making.
GLO7: Teamwork
Assessment 1: (Individual) Written Reflection (Self)
Assessment 2: (Group of 6) Part A: Report (Business) Part B: In class presentation
Part A: 1000 words Part B: 15 minutes
2500 words
30%
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 MBR706 can be found via the University Library.
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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