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WORK3601: Management in Practice

Semester 2, 2022 [Normal day] - Remote

This capstone unit bridges the gap between theory and practice in management by integrating knowledge and consolidating key skills developed across the major. It aims to provide students with practical experience in identifying, analysing, and solving contemporary business problems by examining the emergence, significance and challenges associated with management within contemporary organisations. The unit brings together and consolidates the theories, practices and debates covered in the Management major drawing on national and international practical examples in what is an experiential and problem-based learning approach. Students ensure their career-readiness by demonstrating their ability to apply concepts, theories, frameworks, methodologies, and skills to authentic problems and challenges faced in the field of management.

Unit details and rules

Academic unit Work and Organisational Studies
Credit points 6
Prerequisites
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Students commencing from 2018: completion of at least 120 credit points including WORK1003 and WORK1004 and (WORK2210 or SIEN2210) and WORK2218. Pre-2018 continuing students: completion of at least 96 credit points including (WORK1004 or WORK2201) and (WORK2210 or SIEN2210) and WORK2218
Corequisites
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None
Prohibitions
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None
Assumed knowledge
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All other requirements for the major or program associated with this capstone must be completed prior to or concurrently with (if enrolment rules permit) this unit of study. Capstones must be completed at the University of Sydney Business School only.

Available to study abroad and exchange students

No

Teaching staff

Coordinator Mark Westcott, mark.westcott@sydney.edu.au
Type Description Weight Due Length
Final exam (Take-home short release) Type D final exam Final Exam
Written exam - Online open book
25% Formal exam period 2 hours
Outcomes assessed: LO1 LO3
Participation Workshop Participation
Participation grade based in group evaluation of contribution.
10% Multiple weeks 5 workshops across the semester
Outcomes assessed: LO3 LO4
Assignment Critical Reading Vodcast
Recorded Presentation (with script submitted separately)
10% Week 03
Due date: 19 Aug 2022 at 23:00

Closing date: 26 Aug 2022
5 minutes (maximum)
Outcomes assessed: LO1
Assignment Individual Reflection
Reflection
30% Week 08
Due date: 23 Sep 2022 at 23:00

Closing date: 30 Sep 2022
1500 words
Outcomes assessed: LO3 LO4 LO5
Assignment group assignment Group Assignment
Written report - presented in a report style.
25% Week 13
Due date: 04 Nov 2022 at 23:00

Closing date: 11 Nov 2022
3000 words
Outcomes assessed: LO1 LO2
group assignment = group assignment ?
Type D final exam = Type D final exam ?

Assessment summary

  • Individual assignment: This task involves reflective on and explaining your responses to business scenarios that are introduced in the unit. This reflection will focus heavily on choices and ethics.
  • Individual Vodcast: In this task you will discuss one article that you have found to be influential in your management major.
  • Group assignment: For this assignment, you will work in a team to develop a strategic business plan for a business that needs to adapt its operations. The key considerations when preparing this strategic proposal is to ensure that 1) your proposal is consistent with market conditions and the overall corporate strategy and 2) you ensure consistency between the different recommendations that you make in your proposal. Specific criteria will be available on Canvas.
  • Workshop Participation: Student participation in workshops is critical to their effectiveness. Student participation will be based on instructor, self and peer evaluations.
  • Final exam: The aim of the exam is to test your disciplinary knowledge, and capacity to apply this knolwedge to real-life based scenarios.

Detailed information for each assessment can be found on Canvas.

Assessment criteria

The University awards common result grades, set out in the Coursework Policy 2014 (Schedule 1).

As a general guide, a high distinction indicates work of an exceptional standard, a distinction a very high standard, a credit a good standard, and a pass an acceptable standard.

Result name

Mark range

Description

High distinction

85 - 100

Awarded when you demonstrate the learning outcomes for the unit at an exceptional standard, as defined by grade descriptors or exemplars outlined by your faculty or school. 

Distinction

75 - 84

Awarded when you demonstrate the learning outcomes for the unit at a very high standard, as defined by grade descriptors or exemplars outlined by your faculty or school.

Credit

65 - 74

Awarded when you demonstrate the learning outcomes for the unit at a good standard, as defined by grade descriptors or exemplars outlined by your faculty or school.

Pass

50 - 64

Awarded when you demonstrate the learning outcomes for the unit at an acceptable standard, as defined by grade descriptors or exemplars outlined by your faculty or school. 

Fail

0 - 49

When you don’t meet the learning outcomes of the unit to a satisfactory standard.

For more information see guide to grades.

Late submission

In accordance with University policy, these penalties apply when written work is submitted after 11:59pm on the due date:

  • Deduction of 5% of the maximum mark for each calendar day after the due date.
  • After ten calendar days late, a mark of zero will be awarded.

This unit has an exception to the standard University policy or supplementary information has been provided by the unit coordinator. This information is displayed below:

Any assessment submitted after the due time and date will incur a late penalty of 5% of the total marks per 24 hour period, or part thereof, late (note that this is applied to the mark gained after the submitted work is marked). Since submission is electronic, weekends and public holidays count as days in the same way as working days. Any assessment submitted after the due time and date will incur a late penalty unless excused by special consideration, special arrangement or disability services adjustment. Any assessment submitted after the “Closing Date” noted in the Unit of Study Outline will not be marked or assessed.

Academic integrity

The Current Student website provides information on academic integrity and the resources available to all students. The University expects students and staff to act ethically and honestly and will treat all allegations of academic integrity breaches seriously.

We use similarity detection software to detect potential instances of plagiarism or other forms of academic integrity breach. If such matches indicate evidence of plagiarism or other forms of academic integrity breaches, your teacher is required to report your work for further investigation.

Use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) and automated writing tools

You may only use generative AI and automated writing tools in assessment tasks if you are permitted to by your unit coordinator. If you do use these tools, you must acknowledge this in your work, either in a footnote or an acknowledgement section. The assessment instructions or unit outline will give guidance of the types of tools that are permitted and how the tools should be used.

Your final submitted work must be your own, original work. You must acknowledge any use of generative AI tools that have been used in the assessment, and any material that forms part of your submission must be appropriately referenced. For guidance on how to acknowledge the use of AI, please refer to the AI in Education Canvas site.

The unapproved use of these tools or unacknowledged use will be considered a breach of the Academic Integrity Policy and penalties may apply.

Studiosity is permitted unless otherwise indicated by the unit coordinator. The use of this service must be acknowledged in your submission as detailed on the Learning Hub’s Canvas page.

Outside assessment tasks, generative AI tools may be used to support your learning. The AI in Education Canvas site contains a number of productive ways that students are using AI to improve their learning.

Simple extensions

If you encounter a problem submitting your work on time, you may be able to apply for an extension of five calendar days through a simple extension.  The application process will be different depending on the type of assessment and extensions cannot be granted for some assessment types like exams.

Special consideration

If exceptional circumstances mean you can’t complete an assessment, you need consideration for a longer period of time, or if you have essential commitments which impact your performance in an assessment, you may be eligible for special consideration or special arrangements.

Special consideration applications will not be affected by a simple extension application.

Using AI responsibly

Co-created with students, AI in Education includes lots of helpful examples of how students use generative AI tools to support their learning. It explains how generative AI works, the different tools available and how to use them responsibly and productively.

WK Topic Learning activity Learning outcomes
Week 01 Introduction: Changing nature of managerial work/the managerial job Lecture (2 hr)  
Week 02 Me as a manager Lecture (3 hr) LO4 LO5
Week 03 Managerial Ethics & Decision Making Lecture (3 hr) LO4 LO5
Week 04 Ethics in action Workshop (3 hr) LO3 LO4
Week 05 Power, Politics and Leadership Lecture (3 hr) LO3 LO5
Week 06 Choices in action Workshop (3 hr) LO2 LO4
Week 07 Teamwork and teams Lecture (3 hr) LO3
Week 08 Introduction to Strategy & structure; Group Formation Lecture and tutorial (3 hr) LO1 LO2
Week 09 Industry Analysis Workshop Workshop (3 hr) LO1
Week 10 Organisational structure, people and culture Lecture and tutorial (3 hr) LO1
Week 11 Organisational Structure Exercise Workshop (3 hr) LO2 LO3
Week 12 Employment and human resource; Business Structure Exercise Workshop (3 hr) LO2 LO3
Week 13 Course Review & Expert Panel Lecture and tutorial (3 hr) LO4 LO5

Attendance and class requirements

  • Attendance: It is expected that students will attend all classes but especially the weeks of the semester where the class is devoted to a workshop. Students will need to participate in each of the exercises in order to effectively complete their assignments. Students who miss class due to misadventure need to contact the unit coordinator and explain the reasons for their absence.
  • Lecture recordings: All lectures are recorded and will be available on Canvas for student use. Please note the Business School does not own the system and cannot guarantee that the system will operate or that every class will be recorded. Students should ensure they attend and participate in all classes.

Study commitment

Typically, there is a minimum expectation of 1.5-2 hours of student effort per week per credit point for units of study offered over a full semester. For a 6 credit point unit, this equates to roughly 120-150 hours of student effort in total.

Required readings

Readings for this unit will be made available through the eReserve on Canvas. Recomended accompanying texts are listed on the Canvas Welcome page.

Learning outcomes are what students know, understand and are able to do on completion of a unit of study. They are aligned with the University's graduate qualities and are assessed as part of the curriculum.

At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:

  • LO1. identify, analyse and synthesise information relevant to developing a business strategy
  • LO2. develop a business plan focusing on organisational design, people and culture within a specified business context
  • LO3. identify particular group processes for effective group functioning in work organisations
  • LO4. assess and describe personal characteristics and attributes that influence approaches adopted for managing people
  • LO5. Analyse and appraise individual personal characteristics, values and ethics and reflect on how these impact on approaches to inter-personal influence in organisations.

Graduate qualities

The graduate qualities are the qualities and skills that all University of Sydney graduates must demonstrate on successful completion of an award course. As a future Sydney graduate, the set of qualities have been designed to equip you for the contemporary world.

GQ1 Depth of disciplinary expertise

Deep disciplinary expertise is the ability to integrate and rigorously apply knowledge, understanding and skills of a recognised discipline defined by scholarly activity, as well as familiarity with evolving practice of the discipline.

GQ2 Critical thinking and problem solving

Critical thinking and problem solving are the questioning of ideas, evidence and assumptions in order to propose and evaluate hypotheses or alternative arguments before formulating a conclusion or a solution to an identified problem.

GQ3 Oral and written communication

Effective communication, in both oral and written form, is the clear exchange of meaning in a manner that is appropriate to audience and context.

GQ4 Information and digital literacy

Information and digital literacy is the ability to locate, interpret, evaluate, manage, adapt, integrate, create and convey information using appropriate resources, tools and strategies.

GQ5 Inventiveness

Generating novel ideas and solutions.

GQ6 Cultural competence

Cultural Competence is the ability to actively, ethically, respectfully, and successfully engage across and between cultures. In the Australian context, this includes and celebrates Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures, knowledge systems, and a mature understanding of contemporary issues.

GQ7 Interdisciplinary effectiveness

Interdisciplinary effectiveness is the integration and synthesis of multiple viewpoints and practices, working effectively across disciplinary boundaries.

GQ8 Integrated professional, ethical, and personal identity

An integrated professional, ethical and personal identity is understanding the interaction between one’s personal and professional selves in an ethical context.

GQ9 Influence

Engaging others in a process, idea or vision.

Outcome map

Learning outcomes Graduate qualities
GQ1 GQ2 GQ3 GQ4 GQ5 GQ6 GQ7 GQ8 GQ9

This section outlines changes made to this unit following staff and student reviews.

Submission of the critical reading vodcast has been bought forward to allow for feedback earlier in the unit and also to allow the instructor to see students faces which is important in a hybrid environment.

More information relating to this unit can be found on Canvas.

Disclaimer

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