Asset Management: People and Place
Duration
- 1 semester
Contact hours
- Three hours per week or equivalent
2020 teaching periods
Hawthorn
| Higher Ed. Semester 2 | ||
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Dates: Results: Last self enrolment: Census: Last withdraw without fail: |
Prerequisites
Corequisites
Aims and objectives
This unit aims to provide students with a contemporary understanding of the relationship between the built environment and people as it relates to the social housing sector. Students are introduced to key asset management stages such as design, construct, maintenance and disposal, and the implications for people (tenants and community) at each of these stages. Within this framework, the unit also looks at themes of social and environmental sustainability, designing for safety and security, social mix and cultural diversity.
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
1. Describe contemporary understanding of the relationship between the built environment and people as it relates to the social housing and homelessness sector
2. Identify the basic elements of asset provision in Australia and internationally
3. Evaluate contemporary asset management and community renewal methods
4. Summarise the relationship between people, buildings and place
5. Point out the key asset management stages of design, construction, maintenance and disposal
Courses with unit
Unit information in detail
- Teaching methods, assessment, general skills outcomes and content.
Teaching methods
This Unit will involve up to 150 hours of work including:
| Type | Hours per week | Number of Weeks | Total |
| Face to Face Contact* Tutorial Residential (Not timetabled - delivered at off campus locations.) |
3 4 |
1 1 |
3 4 |
| Online Contact Synchronous Online Tutorial
| 1.5 | 1 | 1.5 |
| Specified Learning Activities Asynchronous online learning activities including discussion boards, exercises, videos and readings | 4 | 12 | 48 |
| Unspecified Learning Activities Independent study and assignment preparation. | 7 | 12
| 84 |
| TOTAL |
|
| 140.5 hours/12.5cp |
*All students in the Graduate Certificate of Social Science (Housing Management and Policy) are invited to attend the 3 hour face-to-face tutorial delivered at their nearest capital city, plus the annual two day face-to-face residential held in Melbourne mid-way through their course. Attendance is not compulsory but highly recommended with travel and accommodation expenses to the residential covered by the course fees.
Assessment
| Types | Individual or Group task | Weighting | Assesses attainment of these ULOs |
| Essay 1 | Individual | 50% | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
| Essay 2 | Individual | 50% | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
General skills outcomes
• problem solving skills
• analysis skills
• communication skills
• ability to tackle unfamiliar problems, and
• ability to work independently
Content
• Roles and Issues in Asset and Place Management
• Asset Creation – Planning and Development Process
• Designing Social Housing
• The Asset Management Framework
• Asset Disposal and Redevelopment
• Issues with Estates
• Renewing Estates and Communities
• Community Engagement
• Transfers
• Funding Assets
• Case Studies and Conclusion
Study resources
- Text books.