Property Management

This subject is not offered in 2014.

150 hours

Any two of the following subjects (or equivalent):

For the purposes of considering request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Student Support and Engagement Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Overview, Learning Outcomes, Assessment and Generic Skills sections of this entry.

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This core subject for the Bachelor of Environments property major draws together economic, physical/environmental, financial and legal aspects relating to the management of the property asset from the perspective of a managing agent or major property portfolio manager who are responsible for the performance of investment properties during the 95% of their economic life between the completion of initial construction and eventual demolition.
Topics include:

• what is property management?;
• stakeholders including: public and private perspectives, and owner/investor and occupier perspectives;
• managing properties from various use classifications;
• managing the physical asset: property inspections;
• services – contract management;
• planned programmed maintenance systems, etc.;
• legal, environmental and market demands including lease conditions and management;
• sustainability risk management;
• OHS;
• international comparisons.

When students have completed this subject they should be able to:

• understand the character and role of property management systems and practices across a range of property types from a range of stakeholder perspectives;
• be aware of the social, legal, economic and environmental impacts of property management practice;
• access, interpret and communicate data relevant to current property management issues.

• One three-hour end of semester examination (70%).
• Two assignments (30%) totalling not more than 2000 words.

A minimum grade of 40% must be achieved in the examination inorder to pass the subject.

Study Guide and Reader Property Management Annual publication

This subject potentially can be taken as a breadth subject component for the following courses:

• Bachelor of Arts
• Bachelor of Biomedicine
• Bachelor of Commerce
• Bachelor of Environments
• Bachelor of Music
• Bachelor of Science
• Bachelor of Engineering

You should visit learn more about breadth subjects and read the breadth requirements for your degree, and should discuss your choice with your student adviser, before deciding on your subjects.

Upon successful completion of this subject students will have had the opportunity to develop the following generic skills:

• analytical skills – an enquiring and analytical approach to the management of commercial property interests;
• communication skills – an enhanced ability to communicate analysed interpretations of property management outcomes through written and oral presentations;
• problem solving skills – an increased body of knowledge associated with resolution of contemporary issues and practices in property management; and
• team working skills – an enhanced ability to generate and communicate a range of relevant property management practices and procedures at an academic and professional standard.