Course Information

Knowledge Management Education Management School Leadership

2008 Course Brochure

Knowledge Management

Knowledge Management challenges conventional management theories. It champions the importance of organizational culture and learning, and makes an important distinction between the "explicit" knowledge an organization is able to manage and the "expert" knowledge held in the minds of employees. It recognises that the intelligent use of IT systems is vital to an organization's success, but that IT systems alone cannot support an organisation's growth. The study of Knowledge Management looks to untangle the complexities of knowledge - its creation, accumulation, utilisation and transferal - and to maximise organizational growth and efficiency.

The University of Melbourne's Knowledge Management program draws on expertise from three distinct fields (Information Technology/Information Systems, Management and Organisational Learning), from three different faculties and graduate schools (Education, Economics/Commerce and Science.)  This combination of expertise makes our program one of a kind, world-wide, and provides a stimulating and challenging learning environment for those wishing to develop or advance a career in the knowledge management field.

• The practical skills to implement powerful knowledge management strategies.
• The know-how to increase creativity and productivity within your organisation.
• Career opportunities in a dynamic and rapidly expanding field.

Course Offering

Knowledge Management courses are offered at Postgraduate Certificate, Postgraduate Diploma and Masters level.

Master of Education Management
Course outline

The Master of Education Management is a one-year full-time or equivalent part-time course designed to prepare leaders in educational organisations to work in an international environment in the twenty-first century. The program is designed to fill a need for a specialist qualification at the advanced level for those who hold senior positions and seek further advancement in education and training in the public and private sectors.

It is intended to be inclusive of those who work in fields variously described as early childhood, school, vocational, adult, further, higher, tertiary, university and in workplace training in other fields. It is intended to have broad appeal, nationally and internationally.


Professor Gabriele Lakomski with a class of MEM graduates

The Master of School Leadership is a 100 point one year full time or two years part-time degree for current and potential school leaders. The course provides students with an opportunity to develop a capacity for leadership through critical exploration of different conceptual frameworks and policy understandings, and to shape work practices that are informed by current research. The Master of School Leadership (MSL) is designed to provide participants with access to leading edge knowledge and research on school and system leadership and their broad social and economic, and educational contexts. It is targeted at educational and associated professionals who are motivated and challenged to take on leadership roles in schools, other educational organisations, and education systems and sub-systems.

Graduates of the program will be able to:

• Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of leadership, and further develop an understanding of their own leadership styles and capabilities.
• Understand the key features of school effectiveness and improvement and demonstrate a capacity to develop strategies for innovation and transformation, with the latter considered significant, systematic and sustained change that leads to improved outcomes for all students in all settings.
• Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of contemporary issues in education, and the role of leaders in dealing with these issues in school settings, including the relationship between leadership, enhanced teacher capacity and school performance.
• Share their learning's across school systems.

The primary purpose of the program is to make a major contribution to building capacity for school leadership, acknowledging that expectations for the transformation of schools are now high, and that any measure that may accelerate this transformation is a worthwhile endeavour.

Master of School Leadership
Course Code 676AA

Overview The course will provide students with an opportunity to develop a capacity for leadership through critical exploration of different conceptual frameworks and policy understandings, and to shape work practices that are informed by current research. The Master of School Leadership is a degree for current and potential school leaders.

This course is offered on a fee-paying basis only, in intensive study mode. Course Objectives Students will demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• effective school and systemic leadership
• strategies for innovation and transformation of schools to improve outcomes for all students in all settings
• the use of data to drive change and intervention focused on improvement of teaching and learning
• contemporary issues in education and the role of the leader in dealing with these issues in the school setting.

The course will:

• provide opportunities for students to develop connections with other schools and researchers both locally and more widely
• enhance the capacity of students to combine historical analysis with analyses of contemporary policy options
• enhance student skills in research and scholarly writing
• enhance student skills in reflective practice.

Course Duration:

The Master of School Leadership is a 100 point one year full time or two years part-time degree.

Entrance Requirements:

An applicant may be eligible for entry in the Master of School Leadership if the applicant has:

• completed an undergraduate degree and an appropriate fourth-year level education qualification, or a four-year education degree; and
• a documented record of at least five full-time equivalent years of professional or teaching experience in a school sector/s (or other experienced deemed to be equivalent).

Course Structure:

Participants are required to accumulate 100 points of course work to be illegible for the award of master of School Leadership, including 62.5 points of compulsory subjects and 37.5 points from the elective program.

The compulsory program consists of:

• 482 898 Contexts and Foundations of Educational Leadership (25 points)
• 482 848 Leadership that Makes a Difference (25 points)
• 482 619  Professional Practice for School Change (12.5 points)

In many cases, students may be either required or advised to complete:

• 482-653 Project in School Leadership (25 points)

Students may choose optional subjects from the full list of educational leadership and management subjects offered by the Melbourne Graduate School of Education, such as:

12.5 point Subjects:

• 472-614 Curriculum for a Knowledge Society
• 482-652 Learning and individual pathways
• 482-807 Curriculum leadership and management
• 482-809 Leading a learning community
• 482-829 Personal and interpersonal processes for educational leaders
• 482-891 Understanding Human Resource Management: People Leadership
• 482-892 School Effectiveness and Improvement Leadership of a Faith Community (to be developed for 2008)

25 point Subjects:

• 481-803 Creating the Learning Organisation
• 481-807 Human Resource Management in Education
• 481-806 Management of Resources
• 481-805 Marketing in Education
• 482-681 Education Policy in Australia
• 482-683 Comparative Education Policy
• 482-707 Leadership
• 482-825 Assessment and Development of Educational Administrators
• 482-899 Educational Policy and Policy Processes

Fees:

This course is offered to Australian students on a fee-paying basis only.

For fee costs please refer to: www.services.unimelb.edu.au/admissions/coursefees/index.html

Contact Us, Need more information?
Contact the Melbourne Education Student Centre, Alice Hoy Building, The University of Melbourne 3010 Australia.
Telephone: (+61 3) 8344 8285
Fax: (+61 3) 8344 8529
Email: education-enquiries@unimelb.edu.au