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MGMT 1001 Managing Organisations

and People Session 2 2016 Dr Lynn Gribble

Today is about

Getting started Understanding what is in the course overall

and your learning over the next 12 weeks Understanding your role, our role as

lecturers and your tutor’s role

Some things to note about uni

This is not year 13, it will be different than high school

No one will chase you, you have to be independent learners

Its less specific than high school Remember it’s a first year course Depth and breadth, analysis and critique

What happens in MGMT 1001?

Success comes from reading before the lecture and being prepared

The Role of Students

–  Lectures are designed to challenge your thinking. Sometimes they are funny (laugh & enjoy), interactive, 2-way communications, curious, mind expansion, critical thinking, constructive feedback, and we celebrate diversity!

The lectures are focussed Learning

–  Each lecture will have learning objectives. By the end of the lecture, you should ask yourself whether you have achieved the learning objectives of the lecture. These match the course information in the text book but look to make connections and explanations. These aer to expand upon what you have read.

Do not expect to be Spoon-Fed

–  These are lectures – each lecturer will explore the content with you. These form the framework to facilitate students’ further in-depth learning of the topics of MGMT 1001.

–  You will need to read the text each week. Attend your tutorial each week to apply what you have been learning. The tutes are not substitute lectures. You will need to do more than come to lectures, tutes and read your text. You need to ENGAGE with the management literature

More about MGMT 1001

The lectures explore content. The tutorials explore application and experience of that content

Questions? Go to the discussion board, or ask your tutor in their consult.

Make sure you identify yourself in emails by name student number and course

Getting started

Why are you studying Managing organisations and people?

Everything you do involves both

organisations and people

Reflective Questions to guide this lecture Part 1:Important things about this course

1.  How can you be successful in this course 2.  What important time lines and processes will assist me to be more successful

in this course?

3.  Who does what and what can I expect during this course?

Part 2: Organisations and Management

1.  What is an organisation? 2.  Understanding the changing context of organisations today 3.  What are the challenges of managing in today’s organisations?

Why study organisations and management?

Most important selection criteria when recruiting graduates 2011

1.  Interpersonal and communication skills (written and oral)

2.  Passion/Knowledge of industry/Drive/Commitment/Attitude

3.  Critical reasoning and analytical skills/Problem solving/Lateral thinking/Technical skills

4.  Calibre of academic results

5.  Work experience

6.  Cultural alignment / Values fit

7.  Teamwork skills

8.  Emotional intelligence (incl. self-awareness, strength of character, confidence, motivation)

9.  Leadership skills

10.  Activities (incl. intra and extra curricular)

Source: Graduate Careers Australia Ltd (2012) Graduate Outlook 2011 Note no new data has been recently collected

Least desirable characteristics when recruiting graduates 2011

1.  Poor attitude / Lack of work ethic / Approach to work 2.  Lack of interpersonal and communication skills (etc.) 3.  Lack of drive, motivation, enthusiasm and initiative 4.  Arrogance/Selfishness/Aggression/Dominating 5.  Inflexibility/Inability to accept direction (etc.) 6.  Poor teamwork skills 7.  Poor or inappropriate academic qualifications or results 8.  Lack of commitment / High absenteeism / Lack of loyalty 9.  Lack of emotional intelligence, self-awareness (etc.)

Soruce: Graduate Careers Australia Ltd (2012) Graduate Outlook 2011 – note no new data has been recently collected

MGMT1001 – Focuses at three levels Organisations

–  What is an Organisation? –  Management roles –  Structures and changing organisations –  Leadership –  Strategy and managing human resources

The relationship between organisations and society

–  Global dimensions of business –  Sustainability and business ethics

Individuals in organisations

–  Attitudes, perception –  Decision making –  Communication –  Understanding groups and teams

Attendance: 3 hours each week lecture and tutorial

Individual study – readings, assignments Team experience and video, peer review Skill building – disciplinary content, study/ academic skills and graduate attributes

Course Requirements/ Course Outline

Course Outline: –  Course description, aims and learning outcomes –  Assessment –  Course, School, UNSW BS and University rules

and procedures

Check the updated course outline Available on the course website (i.e. UNSW Moodle)

Course resources (p.9)

Textbook : Robbins, S., Bergman, R., Stagg, I., Coulter, M., Judge, T., Millett, B. & Boyle, M, Managing Organisations and People MGMT 1001, 3rd Edition.

Moodle will have updates each week, all emails will

go to your university account

Student workbook notes on preparation and other worksheets as we progress

Available at UNSW bookshop

Assignment 1 (p. 8) Due via Moodle Friday August 19 at 9.30am15% of final mark Length: 1,000 words

Format: Essay – take an informed

Position

Stimulus is a TED talk

Review: Marking Criteria and

marking form/ rubric on course website

We will be spending more time on this first assignment next week and in a specialised workshop

Assignment 2 (p.9 ) Due on Moodle 23 September at 9.30am Length: 2,500 words

Format: Report Stimulus: Everest climbs, growth mindsets,

Reference requirements: minimum of 6 academic sources

Review Marking Criteria (p.6) and marking form/ rubric on course website

We will be spending more time on this later in the session.

Individual Participation (pp. 7)

Tutorial Attendance and participation: (must attend 8 out of 10 workshops to be eligible)

Grade Description Marks

Outstanding Contribution

Active participation. Demonstrates preparation for class. Provides good insights; has clear and thoughtful views; and supports and argues for but is open to modifying positions

4- 5

Satisfactory Participates in both small group and class discussions. Demonstrate some preparation for tutorial. Some contribution of facts or opinion.

2.5- 4

Unsatisfactory Is an unwilling participant, is observed to rarely speak in small group discussion and never voluntarily speaks in class discussions.

1- 2

Does not meet attendance requirement

Does not attend 10 workshops 0

Individual Participation- video

Team group activity participation: 2 per cent –  Everest climbs are required for you to complete

Assignment 2 –  You will work in teams of 5/6 members, one virtual

climb. –  You must create a (no more than) 2 minute video

using the frameworks for teams and groups. –  Load this to Moodle by noon October 14 you

must load this on campus –  More information about the team activity will be

avialable on Moodle

Peer review

Each of you must review the 5 Videos of your tutorial and give at last one piece of feedback per video, each video will receive a mark out of 10 based upon peer review ( If you fail to review other students

your mark will be reduced to 80% of that allocated to your team) You must also review your team members for equal participation where

team members have not equally participated marks may be manually adjusted to reflect this.

This must be completed by noon October 21.

Sona research studies

You can earn marks for participating in research studies. More details will be available on this next week via moodle and this lecture. This will be available on moodle from week 3. All studies must be completed by October 21 (week 12)

Final examination (p.8)

•  2 hour exam in the University Exam period •  Exam period November 2016 •  Final exam timetable (approx.) October •  We have no control over the Exam schedule, and cannot

schedule ‘early’ exams

•  More details about the exam in the final workshop

Policies and assistance •  In what circumstances and how to apply to sit a

Supplementary Final Examination (p.21)

•  How, where and when to submit your assignments (p.13)

•  In what circumstances and how to apply for an extension for your assignments (p.22)

•  Formatting requirements for your assignments (p. 14-15)

•  Academic honesty and plagiarism (p.19) •  New students (and transfer students) need to

complete ELISE

Consider

Punctual attendance at both lectures and tutorials

Engaged participation/ attention at both lectures and tutorials

Workload expectation is 10 hrs per week (min.) for this course

WHAT IS AN ORGANISATION? Lecture1

Which of these collections of people are an organisation?

What is an organisation? Organisation happens when people work together to achieve a desired goal

Organisations house patterns of activity

The many faces of organisations:

Characteristics of organisations:

1.  Size (small, medium, large) 2.  Industry (eg telecommunication, mining, finance,

energy, consumer goods) 3.  Ownership type (eg sole trader, company, membership,

Not For Profit, Listed corporation) 4.  Owner domicile (eg local business, Australian, Multi-

national) 5.  Location (eg city, suburban business park, regional) 6.  Physical environment (eg open plan, personal office) 7.  Remuneration and benefits (yearly bonus, share

options, employee discount, other benefits)

Organisations in your life today … Local/ small:

Australian:

Government:

Business organisations:

Multi-nationals:

The Context of Organisations and Management today

The Context of Organisations and Management today

The Context of Organisations and Management today

•  Technological change – new products, new ways of doing

things, outsourcing and offshoring

•  International division of labour

•  Changing conception of time and space

•  Changing demographics

To do this week…

Readings: text book and some research Watch the TED talk and start searching for the articles for your essay

Make sure you are reading the text and reviewing your notes– its hard to catch up once you fall behind.

Each week ask – what could I tell someone else about my learning this week? What are the key messages or theories I should be aware of?

Key dates for Session 1 2016 Assignment 1: Essay August 19 9.30am

Everest climb Everest simulation 1: August 22 – August 26 Everest simulation 2: September 5 – September 29 NOTE both climbs open at 9am and shut at 5pm

Assignment 2: Report September 23 9.30 am

Participation, video and peer review

Each week, week 11 and 12

Examination period November 2016