Unit of Study BUSN5005 Management Communication (Online) (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

1. Communication foundations

2. The writing process

3. Writing styles

4. Communicating with people: Corporate communication

5. Communicating with people: Interpersonal communication

6. Communicating with people: Collaborative communication

Availabilities

Location	Domestic	International
SCU Online	Summer Term Term4	Summer Term Term4

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

Structured online learning

Assessment
Discussion board	30%
Short written response	20%
Portfolio	50%

Prescribed learning resources

Prescribed Texts

No prescribed texts.

Prescribed Resources/Equipment

No prescribed resources/equipment.

Prescribed Texts

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Prescribed Resources/Equipment

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Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.

Fee information

Domestic

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