OPM5901 Managing the project context
Faculty of Business and Economics
OPM5901 Managing the project context is a level 5, 6-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Business and Economics, offered in 2024 in Semester 1 at Caulfield. It has no prerequisites and unlocks 2 units.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2024
- Semester 1
- Caulfield
- Assessment
- No exam
- 1 task
- Workload
- 144 hours
- per semester
The 2027 handbook has no page for OPM5901. This is its 2024 entry, the latest one.
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Requisites
Before OPM5901
Prohibitions
You can't enrol if you have passed any of these.
After OPM5901
2 units list OPM5901 as a prerequisite or corequisite.
Overview
This unit focuses on developing the ability to critically apply a diverse range of communication styles, structures and techniques in a project environment. The unit will emphasise the role that communication plays in managing project human resources and stakeholders, and the impact organisational culture and politics has on these activities. Additionally, the unit will address project management as a profession, and its ethics and competency standards.
Offerings in 2024
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| First semester | Caulfield | Flexible |
Assessment
- Within semester assessment100%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
research, select and apply strategies, protocols and innovative methods for effective and efficient communications and management across all stakeholders
- 2
interpret and manage the impact of human resources, organisational culture and politics on projects
- 3
identify and analyse the ethical dimensions associated with project management decisions, use and quality
- 4
reflect on and analyse the need for competency and ethical standards that are required for the profession of project management practice
- 5
work together in a team and reflect on how the team can improve its performance.
Workload and teaching
- Tutorials24 hours
- Teaching approachEnquiry-based learning
- Teaching approachResearch activities
- Teaching approachProblem-based learning
- Teaching approachCase-based 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. 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 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 allows you to develop your research skills by engaging in structured inquiry using a systematic approach and discipline-specific methodologies.
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.
Learning resources
Required resources
Larson, E.W. & C.F. Gray. 2018, Project Management: The Managerial Process, 7th Edition, McGraw Hill Education International Edition, New York, USA.
PMI (Sponsor) 2017, A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide), Newtown Square, PA, Project Management Institute, 6th ed.
Where it fits
OPM5901 is part of 1 area of study in the 2024 handbook.
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Christian Hoyer
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for OPM5901?
OPM5901 has no prerequisites.
What can I take after OPM5901?
OPM5901 is a prerequisite or corequisite for 2 units, including OPM5000 and OPM5001.
When is OPM5901 offered?
In 2024, OPM5901 runs in Semester 1 at Caulfield.
How much work is OPM5901?
The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
Does OPM5901 have an exam?
No. OPM5901 has 1 assessment task and no exam.
Which majors and minors include OPM5901?
OPM5901 is part of Project management.