ADVANCED MANAGEMENT THEORY

BUS5AMT

2020

Credit points: 15

Subject outline

This subject exposes doctoral and honours students to cutting-edge scholarship in contemporary management and organisation theory across a range of different sub-disciplines, topic areas, competing perspectives and levels of analysis. You will be expected to develop advanced theoretical understanding of substantive domains of management research; compare and contrast different perspectives; and analyse the applicability of competing theoretical approaches to conceptual and practitioner problems. A key aim of the subject is to cultivate high-level writing, speaking and critical thinking skills as applied to advanced management theory. To this end, you will be given opportunities to develop your abilities to critically evaluate research articles, and to integrate knowledge from existing research into the development of a theoretical position.

School: La Trobe Business School (Pre 2022)

Credit points: 15

Subject Co-ordinator: Kirsty Forsdike

Available to Study Abroad/Exchange Students: No

Subject year level: Year Level 5 - Masters

Available as Elective: No

Learning Activities: N/A

Capstone subject: No

Subject particulars

Subject rules

Prerequisites: Enrolment is by application only

Co-requisites: N/A

Incompatible subjects: N/A

Equivalent subjects: N/A

Quota Management Strategy: N/A

Quota-conditions or rules: N/A

Special conditions: N/A

Minimum credit point requirement: N/A

Assumed knowledge: N/A

Career Ready

Career-focused: No

Work-based learning: No

Self sourced or Uni sourced: N/A

Entire subject or partial subject: N/A

Total hours/days required: N/A

Location of WBL activity (region): N/A

WBL addtional requirements: N/A

Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes

Graduate Capabilities

Intended Learning Outcomes

01. Demonstrate what is meant by theory, and explain how it relates to the variety of contexts in which it is generated and applied.
02. Compare, contrast and critically evaluate selected theories of management.
03. Demonstrate high-level writing, speaking and critical thinking skills in describing and assessing the utility of management theories and concepts.
04. Demonstrate the application of theory to analyse and evaluate management practice.

Melbourne (Bundoora), 2020, Semester 1, Day

Overview

Online enrolment: No

Maximum enrolment size: N/A

Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Kirsty Forsdike

Class requirements

SeminarWeek: 10 - 22
One 3.00 hours seminar per week on weekdays during the day from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via face-to-face.

Assessments

Assessment elementCommentsCategoryContributionHurdle%ILO*

One 3000 word individual assignment

N/AN/AN/ANo50SILO1, SILO2, SILO3

One 3000 word individual assignment

N/AN/AN/ANo50SILO1, SILO2, SILO3, SILO4