Corporate Real Estate Management

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2016:

170 hours

One of

AND one of the following subjects, OR Admission to the 200 point entry point of MC-PROP Master of Property

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.

It is University policy to take all reasonable steps to minimise the impact of disability upon academic study, and reasonable adjustments will be made to enhance a student's participation in the University's programs. Students who feel their disability may impact on meeting the requirements of this subject are encouraged to discuss this matter with a Faculty Student Adviser and Student Equity and Disability Support: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/disability

Topics covered in this subject include:

• The role of corporate property in the strategic management of the organisation;
• Property as a strategic asset;
• Corporate property strategies and their alignment with organisational strategy;
• Models of CRE management;
• Tenure decisions;
• CRE portfolio analysis;
• CRE projects as interventions in CRE portfolios;
• CREM and procurement;
• Measuring corporate property performance;
• Workplaces and CRE;
• National and international locational analysis and competition;
• CRE information and information systems.

At the conclusion of the subject students should be able to:

• To gain an understanding of the value and contribution of property used for organisational operational purposes;
• Place decisions about property into the context of its use for operational purposes; and
• Undertake research and analysis practices in relation to strategic aspects of operational property management.

• Group Case Study Project 1, totalling 1500 words per student, due week 5. (30%);
• Group Case Study Project 2, totalling 1500 words per student, due week 9. (30%);
• Two hour take-home examination (equivalent 2000 words), during the examination period. (40%)

Study Guide and Reader Corporate Real Estate Management published annually.

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.

On completion of the subject students should have developed the following skills and capabilities:

• Communication;
• Analytical skills;
• Problem solving skills;
• Strategic thinking.