Managing Stakeholders

Subject MGMT90011 (2014)

Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2014.

Credit Points: 12.50
Level: 9 (Graduate/Postgraduate)
Dates & Locations:

This subject is not offered in 2014.

Time Commitment: Contact Hours: One 3-hour seminar per week
Total Time Commitment:

Approximately 2.5 hours of personal study per hour of class time is required to achieve a satisfactory level of performance

Prerequisites: None
Corequisites:

None

Recommended Background Knowledge:

None

Non Allowed Subjects:

None

Core Participation Requirements:

For the purposes of considering requests for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Students Experiencing Academic Disadvantage Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Description, Subject Objectives, Generic Skills and Assessment Requirements for this entry.

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Contact

Email: evansp@unimelb.edu.au

Subject Overview:

The demand for business-focused HR means that HR practitioners need the ability to work in partnership with stakeholders from diverse areas of the business. This capacity is essential to improving the implementation of HR strategies, initiatives and plans, to build business support for HR and to ensure that HR is integrated with other business activities and functions. This subject focuses on developing business partnership competencies for HR people and will cover consulting and influencing skills, relationship-building, organisational politics, group processes and project management.

Learning Outcomes:

On successful completion of this subject, students should be able to:

  • Understand the need for stakeholder involvement in HR implementation;
  • Apply skills for managing stakeholders in a variety of organisational contexts;
  • Understand how to engage and influence stakeholders in HRM.
Assessment:
  • Individual take-home exam, due during the examination period (50%);
  • 1000 word individual assignment due in week 5 (10%); and
  • 2000 word group assignment due in week 9 (40%).

Prescribed Texts:

None

Breadth Options:

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.

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Generic Skills:

On successful completion of this subject, students should have improved the following generic skills:

  • Consulting and project management skills, which should be developed through major projects and group exercises;
  • Interpersonal skills, which should be developed through role plays, group exercises and presentations;
  • Skills in participating and managing group processes, which should be developed through group exercises and class discussions;
  • Verbal and written communication skills, which should be developed through group exercises, presentations and major projects/assignments.
Related Course(s): Master of Commerce (Management)
Master of Commerce (Marketing)
Master of Human Resource Management
Master of Management
Master of Management
Master of Management (Human Resources)
Master of Management (Human Resources)
Master of Public Administration
Master of Public Administration (Enhanced)

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