Public Sector Budgets and Procurement PG (12299.1)

This unit guides you through the philosophies, strategies, approaches, processes, tools and techniques that are essential to project management. It equips you with capabilities and skills required in a project's life cycle, from initiation, planning, implementation to delivery and completion. The unit also encourages innovation and entrepreneurship, both independently and collaboratively, to advance new thinking and practices in project management. The unit covers not only hands-on project management, but also interpersonal, communication, collaboration, stakeholder engagement and leadership skills.

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
1. Analyse the processes of direct budget funding and the government budget cycle, and asses their implications for business strategy;
2. Critically analyse the operations of government grants and grant funding activities and processes to identify strategic opportunities and risks for organisations operating across the government, corporate and/or not-for-profit sectors; and
3. Evaluate and apply the principles and practices of government procurement to inform strategic decision making and enhance organisational effectiveness.

Graduate attributes

1. UC graduates are professional - employ up-to-date and relevant knowledge and skills
1. UC graduates are professional - communicate effectively
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 - think globally about issues in their profession
2. UC graduates are global citizens - adopt an informed and balanced approach across professional and international boundaries
2. UC graduates are global citizens - understand issues in their profession from the perspective of other cultures
2. UC graduates are global citizens - communicate effectively in diverse cultural and social settings
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - reflect on their own practice, updating and adapting their knowledge and skills for continual professional and academic development
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

Prerequisites

None.

Corequisites

None.

Incompatible units

None.

Equivalent units

None.

Assumed knowledge

None.