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GC103 - Graduate Certificate in Management
Plan: GC103P11 - Graduate Certificate in Management
Campus: City Campus
Learning outcomes
Statement of capabilities
The Graduate Certificate in Management Program has seven capabilities. These capabilities are outlined in Table 6.1. The capabilities are linked to RMIT University’s graduate attributes.
Table 6.1 Program Capabilities and RMIT’s Graduate Attributes
Capability |
Dimension of Capability |
Link to Graduate Attributes |
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To manage in a complex and dynamic environment through a deep understanding of the forces that shape sustainable practice |
· Demonstrate anunderstanding of the development of management and organisation theory and its relationship to management practice · To recognise and respond appropriately to the diversity of organisational cultures and management processes and practices taking account of local and global environmental factors and their impact on sustainability
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Global in outlook and competence |
To critically reflect on the impacts of organisation and management practices
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· To articulate the tensions that the reflective practitioner experiences as he/she mediates between theoretical understanding and local practices/knowledge. · To critically reflect upon the impact of personal thinking, decision making and actions over time · To understand the need for continuous learning in order to develop sustainable management practices |
Lifelong learners
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Engage with a diverse range of people to demonstrate that management is a social process
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· To work with others in a dynamic workplace. · To understand different viewpoints, negotiate and manage conflict. · To demonstrate effective interpersonal communication skills · To provide teams and workgroups with effective leadership and support in achieving identified goals.
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Culturally and socially aware
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To think critically and creatively, being open to new ideas and ways to effect innovation.
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· To understand the links between innovation, investigation and analysis. · To be able to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of different forms of inquiry and investigation.
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Innovative
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To act as an agent for sustainable change
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· To critically assess the impacts of different courses of action in terms of social, economic and environmental sustainability. · To critically reflect upon the strengths and weaknesses of management practice · To plan and facilitate action based on the design and implementation of sustainable management practice.
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Environmentally aware and responsive |
To embrace the need for responsible and sustainable management |
· To be aware of and responsive to ethical issues in management action. · To critically evaluate the ethics and morality of management practices · To identify the stakeholders in any situation · To understand the difference between shareholder- and stakeholder-centric management decisions |
Culturally and socially aware |
To argue for and justify particular courses of action over others in terms of their social, economic and environmental impacts.
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· To integrate consideration of complex and often ambiguous inputs to management decision making · To identify relevant sources of information and data required in order to inform decision making · To assess and evaluate a range of possible courses of action in relation to different inputs |
Work ready |
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