OPM5002 Innovation in the project context
Faculty of Business and Economics
OPM5002 Innovation in the project context is a level 5, 6-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Business and Economics, offered in 2020 in Semester 1 at Caulfield. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2020
- Semester 1
- Caulfield
- Workload
- 144 hours
- per semester
This is the 2020 handbook entry. See the 2021 entry.
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Requisites
Before OPM5002
Prohibitions
You can't enrol if you have passed any of these.
After OPM5002
No unit lists OPM5002 as a prerequisite in the 2020 handbook.
Enrolment rules
You must have completed 12 points of level 4 OPM units.
Overview
Organisational innovation, R&D and new product/service development are particularly challenging for project management. Such projects are uncertain, ambiguous and complex and require different management approaches. This unit will explore alternative tools and techniques, focusing on design thinking, to provide the necessary means to manage and deliver such projects.
Offerings in 2020
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| First semester | Caulfield | On campus |
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
contrast and evaluate appropriate advanced project management perspectives to meet contextual demands and communicate findings
- 2
appraise the concepts of innovation in the context of delivering projects
- 3
critique the project management theory in the context of delivering innovation projects
- 4
assess the application of design thinking and solution development to manage innovation projects.
Workload and teaching
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. The unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Dr Susan Foster
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for OPM5002?
OPM5002 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is OPM5002 offered?
In 2020, OPM5002 runs in Semester 1 at Caulfield.
How much work is OPM5002?
The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
More details
- Credit points
- 6
- Level
- 5
- Study level
- Postgraduate
- Faculty
- Faculty of Business and Economics
- Type
- Coursework
- EFTSL
- 0.125
- Student contribution
- SCA Band 3
- Study abroad
- Not available
- Handbook years
- 20202021