Availabilities:
| Location | Domestic | International |
|---|---|---|
| Lismore | Term2 | Term2 |
| Online | Term2 | N/A |
Unit description
Introduces students to systematic project management, incorporating management principles, working as a team, leadership, and financial and economic aspects of project planning and control. The unit also introduces engineering ethics, focussing on the type of behaviour and professional practice expected of an engineer.
Unit content
Project management of engineering projects
Professional ethics and responsibilities of engineering organisations and engineers
Leadership in engineering organisations
Management in engineering organisations
Managing diverse teams in engineering organisations
Engineering project integration management
Learning outcomes
Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.
| On completion of this unit, students should be able to: | |
|---|---|
| 1 | plan, schedule and manage typical engineering projects including project economic and manage risk associated with workplace health and safety issues |
| 2 | understand leadership techniques and be able to effectively manage teams in multi-disciplinary environments |
| 3 | appreciate basic legal principles relating to contracts, industrial relations and human resources |
| 4 | describe professional responsibilities and ethical conduct in a range of different scenarios. |
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- plan, schedule and manage typical engineering projects including project economic and manage risk associated with workplace health and safety issues
- understand leadership techniques and be able to effectively manage teams in multi-disciplinary environments
- appreciate basic legal principles relating to contracts, industrial relations and human resources
- describe professional responsibilities and ethical conduct in a range of different scenarios.
Prescribed Learning Resources
- No prescribed texts.
Teaching and assessment
Fee information
Domestic
Commonwealth Supported courses
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International
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