Organisational Communications, Culture and Change (11169.2)

Students will have the opportunity to engage in a simulated working environment, engaging in business communications with a focus on conflict resolution and negotiation in existing and emerging organisation types. Students will be given the opportunity to develop and practice their communication skills within a simulated business context.

Learning outcomes

After successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
1. Communicate to multiple cultural groups;
2. Select and justify communication strategies to suit different negotiation contexts;
3. Identify and critique opportunities for conflict resolution within business;
4. Adjust communication types and strategies in response to changing information sets; and
5. Communicate professionally across multiple communication types.

Graduate attributes

1. UC graduates are professional - communicate effectively
1. UC graduates are professional - employ up-to-date and relevant knowledge and skills
1. UC graduates are professional - use creativity, critical thinking, analysis and research skills to solve theoretical and real-world problems
1. UC graduates are professional - work collaboratively as part of a team, negotiate, and resolve conflict
2. UC graduates are global citizens - adopt an informed and balanced approach across professional and international boundaries
2. UC graduates are global citizens - communicate effectively in diverse cultural and social settings
2. UC graduates are global citizens - understand issues in their profession from the perspective of other cultures
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - adapt to complexity, ambiguity and change by being flexible and keen to engage with new ideas
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - be self-aware
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - evaluate and adopt new technology
4. UC graduates are able to demonstrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ways of knowing, being and doing - communicate and engage with Indigenous Australians in ethical and culturally respectful ways
4. UC graduates are able to demonstrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ways of knowing, being and doing - apply their knowledge to working with Indigenous Australians in socially just ways

Prerequisites

Must have completed 24 credit point.

Corequisites

None.

Incompatible units

None.

Equivalent units

7079 Organisational Performance

Assumed knowledge

It is assumed students have knowledge of different business types and structures.