OPM5001 Project as a social system
Faculty of Engineering
OPM5001 Project as a social system is a level 5, 6-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Engineering, offered in 2024 in Semester 2 at Clayton. It needs OPM5901.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2024
- Semester 2
- Clayton
- Assessment
- No exam
- 4 tasks
- Workload
- 144 hours
- per semester
The 2027 handbook has no page for OPM5001. This is its 2024 entry, the latest one.
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Requisites
Before OPM5001
Prerequisites
Pass these before you enrol.
Prohibitions
You can't enrol if you have passed any of these.
Corequisites
Pass these before, or take them in the same semester.
After OPM5001
No unit lists OPM5001 as a prerequisite in the 2024 handbook.
Enrolment rules
If you are enrolled in one of the following courses, you are exempt from the prerequisite and corequisite rules:
- E6011 Master of Professional Engineering
- E6014 Master of Engineering
- E6017 Master of Advanced Engineering
Overview
This unit explores projects as primarily social constructs, where sense-making and adaptive behaviours are required to accommodate local contexts, dynamics, and personal attributes. The perception of projects as primarily a process is critically examined. The concepts of systems thinking is explored to develop an understanding of the interrelationships between various elements of a project, and the environment in which they are executed.
Offerings in 2024
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Second semester | Clayton | On campus |
Assessment
- Assignment 140%
- Presentation10%
- Assignment 240%
- Workshop contribution10%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Critique the theory and concepts of systems thinking applied in a project management context.
- 2
Appraise and evaluate adaptive behaviours between a project and its environment using the theory of sense-making.
- 3
Interpret the differences between a social construct and a technical process when managing projects.
- 4
Manage the interaction between a project and its environment.
Workload and teaching
- Workshops36 hours
- Teaching approachActive learning
- Teaching approachEnquiry-based learning
- Teaching approachProblem-based learning
- Teaching approachCase-based teaching
The minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of 3 - 6 hours of scheduled learning activities and 6 - 9 hours of independent study per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher-directed learning, peer-directed learning and online engagement. Independent study may include associated readings, assessment and preparation for scheduled activities.
This unit engages you in actively applying your knowledge, skills and attributes in interactive, collaborative and reflective activities.
This unit engages you in enquiry-based learning, where they will be encouraged to use your own knowledge to develop and engage in a process of enquiry, study and research to identify areas to be investigated and an approach to doing so.
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.
This unit includes case-based teaching, where you apply your knowledge and engage in analytical and reflective thinking to solve complex contextual scenarios. Activities are often designed so that there is not one clear answer, but you need to work together to examine, analyse and make decisions to resolve the situation.
Where it fits
OPM5001 is part of 1 area of study in the 2024 handbook.
Contacts
- Unit Coordinators
- Professor Jian Zhao
- Chief Examiners
- Professor Jian Zhao
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for OPM5001?
You need OPM5901 before you enrol; and OPM5903 before or alongside it. Enrolment rules also apply.
When is OPM5001 offered?
In 2024, OPM5001 runs in Semester 2 at Clayton.
How much work is OPM5001?
The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
Does OPM5001 have an exam?
No. OPM5001 has 4 assessment tasks and no exam.
Which majors and minors include OPM5001?
OPM5001 is part of Project management.