Management students display poster project

May 10, 2007

Management students demonstrated their creativity, enthusiasm and knowledge of the application of management theory to real world corporate problems in a major poster display held today (10 May) in the foyer of the McKinnon Building.

To demonstrate their understanding of the challenges managers face in organisations, 330 students presented 66 posters on a range of management issues.

Key organiser of the display, Dr Mario Fernando (School of Management and Marketing), said the group poster assessment was part of a simulation exercise to develop students' appreciation of the real complexities involved in managing contemporary organisations.

Poster topics included workplace stress, women and diversity in the workplace, corporate collapses/takeovers, social responsibility, privacy in the workplace and drug testing.

"The group poster project aims to develop an appreciation of the role management and other stakeholders play in developing competitive, productive and rewarding organisations," said Dr Fernando.

Students were also required to produce an individual reflective essay based on journal entries over the life of their project teams, to demonstrate their ability to apply relevant management theories to their team experiences in creating the group poster.

The reflective essay allowed students to critique their individual experiences related to their group's performance.

The exercise was repeated in the South Coast campuses where local tutors reported equal enthusiasm and quality in students' work.

Dr Fernando praised his team on the excellent outcome that would not have been possible without the commitment and passion of all those involved with the teaching and administration of the subject, both in Wollongong and South Coast campuses, especially Michael Gross, who organised the South Coast campuses, and Wollongong head tutor, Zeenie Hannif.