Unit of Study BUSN5003 Management Communication (2025)

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Unit Snapshot

Unit type

PG Coursework Unit
Credit points

12
Faculty & College

Faculty of Business, Law and Arts
Placement

No

Unit description

Introduces students to key theories and concepts in management communication. Develops students’ skills to become effective business and academic communicators, writers and speakers. Students will learn to prepare clear and powerful messages, both individually and in groups. Students will learn strategies which will help them plan, write, revise and edit business documents. Through this process, students will also develop an understanding of, and skills in, the principles of academic integrity and academic writing.

Unit content

Module 1: Communication foundations
Module 2: The writing process
Module 3: Writing styles
Module 4: Communicating with people - Interpersonal communication
Module 5: Communicating with people - Corporate communications
Module 6: Communicating with people - Collaborative communication

Availabilities

Location	Domestic	International
Gold Coast	Term1,3	Term1,3
Melbourne	N/A	Term1,3
Online	Term1,3	Term1,3
Perth	N/A	Term1
Sydney	N/A	Term1,3

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:

identify and describe the foundations of communication as an interactive process

examine and develop the skills, techniques, and practices used in professional written communication and oral presentations

analyse the interpersonal aspects of communication and how they affect a manger’s ability to communicate

describe how collaborative communication technologies impact communication in today’s workplace.

Teaching and assessment

Teaching method

Workshop 1 hour (Weekly)

Tutorial 2 hours (Weekly)

Assessment
Executive Summary	20%
Presentation	30%
Report	50%

Teaching method

Workshop 1 hour (Weekly)

Tutorial 2 hours (Weekly)

Assessment
Executive Summary	20%
Presentation	30%
Report	50%

Teaching method

Workshop 1 hour (Weekly)

Tutorial 2 hours (Weekly)

Assessment
Executive Summary	20%
Presentation	30%
Report	50%

Teaching method

Workshop 1 hour (Weekly)

Tutorial 2 hours (Weekly)

Assessment
Executive Summary	20%
Presentation	30%
Report	50%

Teaching method

Workshop 1 hour (Weekly)

Tutorial 2 hours (Weekly)

Assessment
Executive Summary	20%
Presentation	30%
Report	50%

Prescribed learning resources

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Prescribed Texts

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Fee information

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