OPO4001 Managing the project context
Faculty of Business and Economics
OPO4001 Managing the project context is a level 4, 6-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Business and Economics. It isn't offered in 2020. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2020
- Other periods
- Monash Online
- Workload
- 144 hours
- per semester
This is the 2020 handbook entry. See the 2021 entry.
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Requisites
Before OPO4001
No prerequisites or corequisites besides the enrolment rules below.
After OPO4001
No unit lists OPO4001 as a prerequisite in the 2020 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Students must be enrolled in course A6032, B4005, B5005 or B6025.
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 2020
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Teaching period 5 | Monash Online | Online |
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
Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per teaching period typically comprising a mixture of learning activities and independent study. Independent study may include associated readings, assessment and preparation for activities. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Associate Professor Chivonne Algeo
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for OPO4001?
OPO4001 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is OPO4001 offered?
OPO4001 has no offerings listed in the 2020 handbook.
How much work is OPO4001?
The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
More details
- Credit points
- 6
- Level
- 4
- Study level
- Postgraduate
- Faculty
- Faculty of Business and Economics
- Organisational unit
- Monash Business School of Executive Education
- Type
- Coursework
- EFTSL
- 0.125
- Student contribution
- SCA Band 3
- Study abroad
- Not available
- Handbook years
- 20202021