Overview
This unit provides an introduction to maintenance organisation and strategies. Students will identify organisational needs of a maintenance unit and evaluate organisational structure. They will compare different maintenance organisation philosophies, strategies and work processes and develop a rudimentary organisational structure for a maintenance unit meeting the regulatory requirements. Students will also research and evaluate changes in organisational philosophies driven by market trends and the industrial and regulatory environment including contracting strategies.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Prerequisite: ENMM20023 Introduction to Asset and Maintenance Management
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
Offerings For Term 1 - 2018
Attendance Requirements
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Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Postgraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Class Timetable
Assessment Overview
Assessment Grading
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%). Consult the University’s Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades.
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Feedback from Unit survey
Students have appreciated the relevance of this unit to real industry practices and the relevance of the assessment items.
This good practice will be continued and industry relevance will be maintained.
Feedback from Unit survey
Students have appreciated the opportunity given for them to network with other participants through the unit activities.
This good practice will be continued.
Feedback from Unit survey
Students have mentioned the need to make some improvements in the figures in the study material together with increase of related reference material in the library.
These improvements will be made in the next offering.
Feedback from Unit survey
Students have pointed out the need to increase the word count of the assignments so they can present their case better.
This will be implemented in the next offering.
- Compare different maintenance organisation philosophies, strategies and work processes.
- Identify and communicate organisational needs of a maintenance unit.
- Evaluate organisational structure in a maintenance setup.
- Research and evaluate changes in organisational philosophies driven by market trends and the industrial and regulatory environment including contracting strategies.
- Develop a rudimentary organisational structure for a maintenance unit meeting the regulatory requirements.
- Reflect on your role within your organisation and identify ways in which you can develop your professional network.
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Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment - 30% | ||||||
| 2 - Written Assessment - 60% | ||||||
| 3 - Presentation and Written Assessment - 10% | ||||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| 1 - Knowledge | ||||||
| 2 - Communication | ||||||
| 3 - Cognitive, technical and creative skills | ||||||
| 4 - Research | ||||||
| 5 - Self-management | ||||||
| 6 - Ethical and Professional Responsibility | ||||||
| 7 - Leadership | ||||||
| 8 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures | ||||||
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment - 30% | ||||||||
| 2 - Written Assessment - 60% | ||||||||
| 3 - Presentation and Written Assessment - 10% | ||||||||
Textbooks
There are no required textbooks.
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: Harvard (author-date)
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
u.izhar@cqu.edu.au
Module/Topic
Maintenance Organisation in outline
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
The lecturer will announce the schedule of the online lectures via Zoom link in the first week of the term.
Module/Topic
The maintenance workload
Chapter
Week 2 reference material
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Maintenance resource structure
Chapter
Week 3 reference material (Module 1)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Maintenance Admin structure
Chapter
Week 4 reference material (Module 2)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Auditing Human Factors in Maintenance Management
Chapter
Week 5 reference material (Module 3)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Spare parts Management
Chapter
Week 6 reference material (Module 4)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Trends in Maintenance organisations
Chapter
Week 7 reference material (Module 5)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Moving with the times case study
Chapter
Week 8 reference material (Module 6)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Case studies Cautionary tales of Organisational change
Chapter
Week 9 reference material (Module 7)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Case study – Reorganisation of a colliery
Chapter
Week 10 reference material (Module 8)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Case study- do’s and don’t’s of Maintenance Teams
Chapter
Week 11 reference material (Module 9)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Revision
Chapter
Week 12 reference material (Module 10-12)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
1 Written Assessment
Response to questions based on the modules 1 - 4 of the study guide is required in approximately 1500 words. The details will be available on Moodle webpage of this unit.
Week 4 Friday (30 Mar 2018) 11:45 pm AEST
Vacation Week Friday (13 Apr 2018)
Generally returned within 2 weeks of submission
- (40%) Demonstration of knowledge and understanding of concepts.
- (40%) Application of concepts into real life situations
- (10%) Quality of presentation including neatness, appropriate use of figures and tables.
Clarity of expression, including use of terminology, ease of reading, spelling and
grammar, orderly and logical presentation and use of diagrams to illustrate points
- (5%) Evidence of research beyond own experience and unit material.
- (5%) Use of correct and accurate referencing.
Marks can be deducted for exceeding the word count
- Compare different maintenance organisation philosophies, strategies and work processes.
- Identify and communicate organisational needs of a maintenance unit.
- Evaluate organisational structure in a maintenance setup.
- Research and evaluate changes in organisational philosophies driven by market trends and the industrial and regulatory environment including contracting strategies.
- Develop a rudimentary organisational structure for a maintenance unit meeting the regulatory requirements.
- Knowledge
- Communication
- Cognitive, technical and creative skills
2 Written Assessment
Response to questions based on modules 1 - 11 of the study guide is required in approximately 4000 words . Details will be provided on Moodle webpage of this unit.
Week 10 Friday (18 May 2018) 11:45 pm AEST
Week 12 Friday (1 June 2018)
Generally returned within 2 weeks of due date
- (40%) Demonstration of knowledge and understanding of concepts.
- (40%) Application of concepts into real life situations
- (10%) Quality of presentation including neatness, appropriate use of figures and tables.
Clarity of expression, including use of terminology, ease of reading, spelling and
grammar, orderly and logical presentation and use of diagrams to illustrate points
- (5%) Evidence of research beyond own experience and unit material.
- (5%) Use of correct and accurate referencing.
Marks can be deducted for exceeding the word count
- Identify and communicate organisational needs of a maintenance unit.
- Evaluate organisational structure in a maintenance setup.
- Research and evaluate changes in organisational philosophies driven by market trends and the industrial and regulatory environment including contracting strategies.
- Develop a rudimentary organisational structure for a maintenance unit meeting the regulatory requirements.
- Reflect on your role within your organisation and identify ways in which you can develop your professional network.
- Knowledge
- Communication
- Cognitive, technical and creative skills
- Research
- Ethical and Professional Responsibility
3 Presentation and Written Assessment
A presentation and report. The details will be available on Moodle webpage of this unit.
Review/Exam Week Tuesday (5 June 2018) 11:45 pm AEST
Generally returned within 2 weeks of due date
- (40%) Demonstration of knowledge and understanding of concepts.
- (40%) Application of concepts into real life situations
- (10%) Quality of presentation including neatness, appropriate use of figures and tables.
Clarity of expression, including use of terminology, ease of reading, spelling and
grammar, orderly and logical presentation and use of diagrams to illustrate points
- (5%) Evidence of research beyond own experience and unit material.
- (5%) Use of correct and accurate referencing.
Marks can be deducted for exceeding the word count
- Research and evaluate changes in organisational philosophies driven by market trends and the industrial and regulatory environment including contracting strategies.
- Develop a rudimentary organisational structure for a maintenance unit meeting the regulatory requirements.
- Knowledge
- Communication
- Leadership
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