MGF5992 Professional development
Faculty of Business and Economics
MGF5992 Professional development is a level 5, 6-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Business and Economics, offered in 2026 in Semester 1 and Semester 2 at Caulfield. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2026
- Semester 1, Semester 2
- Caulfield
- Assessment
- No exam
- 5 tasks
- Workload
- 144 hours
- per semester
This is the 2026 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Overview
This unit equips you with the knowledge and capabilities needed to navigate career transitions throughout your professional journey. The unit adopts a holistic approach, positioning professional development as a dynamic and ongoing tool that evolves in response to changing professional and personal contexts and needs. You will learn to assess the critical factors that influence career effectiveness, including personal capabilities, interpersonal dynamics, and contextual considerations. This enables genuine understanding of one's unique development needs and, by grounding professional development in personal growth, allows you to design career growth approaches purposefully. Upon completion, you will have developed self-awareness, strategic thinking capabilities, and sustainable practices that position you to optimise career effectiveness and wellbeing while crafting thriving futures for yourself and your community.
Offerings in 2026
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| First semester | Caulfield | Flexible |
| Second semester | Caulfield | Flexible |
Assessment
- Project30%
- Presentation30%
- Presentation30%
- Project30%
- Portfolio40%
Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
understand professional development as a strategic and dynamic tool for navigating career transitions
- 2
assess the intraindividual and interindividual factors that influence career effectiveness to identify professional development needs
- 3
develop a coherent and authentic professional identity through reflective practices
- 4
design a strategic professional development plan that assesses and evaluates your needs, circumstances, and personal attributes to develop strategies that support your career management
- 5
demonstrate knowledge or skills for crafting sustainable futures for people, organisations, communities, and/or the environment.
Workload and teaching
- Tutorials24 hours
- Teaching approachActive learning
- Teaching approachProblem-based learning
Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Independent study may include associated readings, assessment and preparation for scheduled activities. You are expected to complete all pre-class activities prior to your scheduled class, and post-class activities should be completed after your scheduled class. Learning activities may include a combination of teacher directed, peer directed and online engagement activities.
This unit engages you in actively applying your knowledge, skills and attributes in interactive, collaborative and reflective activities.
This unit includes problem-based learning approaches, where you engage in research, integrate theory and practice and apply knowledge and skills to develop viable solutions in response to a problem or set of problems.
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Dr Zen Goh
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for MGF5992?
MGF5992 has no prerequisites.
When is MGF5992 offered?
In 2026, MGF5992 runs in Semester 1 and Semester 2 at Caulfield.
How much work is MGF5992?
The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
Does MGF5992 have an exam?
No. MGF5992 has 5 assessment tasks and no exam.