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LLM630 Catchments, Contracts and Conflicts

Credit Points 6
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study Online Level
Armidale Semester 2 Off Campus D - Comp/internet essential
Armidale Semester 2 On Campus D - Comp/internet essential
Intensive School(s) None
Supervised Exam There is no UNE Supervised Examination.
Pre-requisites candidature in GradCertResGov or JD or SJD or LLM or GradCertESMCC or GradDipESMCC or MESMCC or MEnvAdvcy
Co-requisites None
Restrictions None
Notes None
Combined Units None
Coordinator(s) Amanda Kennedy (akenne21@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

This unit will equip managers with a sophisticated ability to create and implement agreements, including negotiation and efficient design, dispute management, legally binding agreements and administering agreements to overcome legal or relationship conflict.
Materials No text required
Disclaimer Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Assessment
Title Exam Length Weight Mode No. Words
Assignment 1 2.5% 250
Assessment Notes
Online progress check task - transaction systems mapping
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-3 GA: 1-8
Assignment 2 2.5% 250
Assessment Notes
Online progress check task - issues matrix
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-3 GA: 1-8
Assignment 3 - Essay 30% 2000
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-6 GA: 1-8
Assignment 4 5% 500
Assessment Notes
Online progress check task - dispute resolution
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 4-6 GA: 1-8
Assignment 5 - Essay 30% 2000
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-6 GA: 1-8
Assignment 6 - Essay 30% 2000
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-6 GA: 1-8

Learning Outcomes (LO) Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
  1. brainstorm the issues in a potential agreement and write it up;
  2. generate a range of contract structures based on those heads of agreement;
  3. draft an effective agreement that is suitable to the context for its implementation;
  4. design and implement a negotiating strategy;
  5. document that agreement, administer that agreement effectively; and
  6. handle and resolve disputes.

Graduate Attributes (GA)
Attribute Taught Assessed Practised
1 Knowledge of a Discipline
Graduates of research degrees will extend the boundaries of knowledge through research and publication. 		True True True
2 Communication Skills
Research graduates will 'challenge existing theories and defend new ideas and theories in various modes for a variety of audiences, especially professional audiences, using the scholarly conventions of the discipline'. 		True True True
3 Global Perspectives
Research graduates will 'show a broad understanding of the context, at the national and international level, in which research takes place'. 		True True True
4 Information Literacy
Research graduates will 'show an understanding of relevant research methodologies and techniques and their appropriate application within their research field nationally and globally'. 		True True True
5 Life-Long Learning
Research graduates will 'show an insight into the transferable nature of research skills to other work environments'. 		True True True
6 Problem Solving
Research graduates will apply effective project management through the setting of research goals, milestones and prioritisation of activities'. 		True True True
7 Social Responsibility
Research graduates will show awareness of issues relating to rights of other researchers, of research subjects, and others who may be affected by the research'. 		True True True
8 Team Work
Research graduates will develop and maintain co-operative networks and working relationships with supervisors, colleagues and peers, within the institution and the wider research community'. 		True True True
   

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