Career Management & Skills - MGMT5940

This course aims to provide an understanding of the strategic role that effective career planning and management plays in a successful career and life. Because successful career management has been empirically linked to both intrinsic and extrinsic career satisfaction, career management skills should be learned, practiced and carefully managed. To do so necessitates first an understanding of the extant career literature. To that end, concepts, techniques, tools, and processes are explored, with an emphasis on linking theoretical and empirical research with practical lifelong skill development. Topics covered include self-assessment, working styles, interest, personality, non-work considerations, career pathways, intra-personal awareness, inter-personal awareness and communication, organisational entry, mentoring, negotiation skills (with emphasis on rewards and advancement), as well as lifelong learning and career management as empowerment. These topics are investigated through a critical examination of the relevant theoretical and empirical literature, case studies and contemporary Australian business practices.