MGMT304-25S1 (C) Semester One 2025

Management Skills for a Diverse Workforce

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 17 February 2025
End Date: Sunday, 22 June 2025
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 2 March 2025
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 11 May 2025

Description

This course is designed to provide students with an understanding of the increasing importance of diversity in organisations. We study a range of theories and focus on how to apply those theories to real-world situations.

This course emphasises the development of the skills and knowledge required for successful managerial performance in diverse organisations. It focuses on such areas as developing self-awareness, creative problem-solving, supportive communication, the use of power and influence, motivation techniques, and managing conflict.

The course uses active and interactive teaching methods that requires attendance and in-person engagement. During lecture times we will doing activities, simulations, group discussions, and other exercises to teach you about management skills and how to apply theory to real-life situations.

Learning Outcomes

The objectives of the course are:

1. Demonstrate applicable knowledge of the common skills needed for managerial effectiveness.
2. Understand the dynamics of human behaviour so as to increase your ability to work effectively with individuals from diverse backgrounds.
3. Be more aware of your values, behaviours and perceptions to understand how they influence your interpersonal behaviour and organisational practice.

Prerequisites

Timetable 2025

Students must attend one activity from each section.

Lecture A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Monday 10:00 - 12:00 Ernest Rutherford 141
17 Feb - 6 Apr
28 Apr - 1 Jun

Timetable Note

Due to the experiential and interactive nature of the course lectures for this course are NOT recorded using the ECHO360 lecture recording system.

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Sarah Wright

Lecturers

Sanna Malinen and Christopher Lockhart

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Reflection and Analysis 20% Reflection and Analysis (Weeks 3-11)
Student-led learning session 40%
Skills Assessment 40%


The ‘45% rule’ does not apply to this course. That is, students do not need to reach 45% weighted average across invigilated assessments. Please refer here for further information.

Assessment in Te Reo Māori
In recognising that Te Reo Māori is an official language of New Zealand, the University provides for students who may wish to use Te Reo Māori in their assessment. If you intend to submit your work in Te Reo Māori you are required to do the following:

Read the Assessment in Te Reo Māori Policy and ensure that you meet the conditions set out in the policy. This includes, but is not limited to, informing the Course Coordinator 1) no later than 10 working days after the commencement of the course that you wish to use Te Reo Māori and 2) at least 15 working days before each assessment due date that you wish to use Te Reo Māori.

Textbooks / Resources

All readings are on Learn. You will need to find your own readings through the library website for your assessment work.

Course links

LEARN

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $946.00

International fee $4,363.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

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All MGMT304 Occurrences

  • MGMT304-25S1 (C) Semester One 2025