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General enquiries:
For undergraduate:
Phone: +61 3 9902 6011
Fax: +61 3 9903 2955
Email: enquiries.caulfield@buseco.monash.edu.au
Address: Faculty of Business and Economics counter
Student Service Centre
Ground level Building A
27 Sir John Monash Drive,
Caulfield East Victoria 3145
AUSTRALIA
Description
The course is designed to provide graduates with high-level skills in the specialised
fields of business administration. Graduates will be capable of pursuing careers in a
wide range of business administration areas. The course blends a conceptual
theoretical framework with practical applications and covers basic discipline material
through to more specialised B/A requirements. Graduates will be well equipped to
seek employment in both private and public-sector enterprises.
Objectives
The Bachelor of Business Administration aims to produce graduates who will:
(a.) have a well developed understanding of multi disciplinary decision making in
organisations
(b.) be critical and creative scholars who:
produce innovative solutions to problems
apply research skills to business challenges
communicate effectively and perceptively
(c.) be responsible and effective global citizens who:
engage in an internationalised world
exhibit cross cultural competence
demonstrate ethical values
(d.) have a comprehensive understanding of their discipline and who are able to
provide discipline based solutions to business problems.
Professional recognition
This degree is recognised by the following legal entities:
Australian Institute of Management (AIM)
Professional recognition may be dependent upon work experience requirements and
the correct choice of units.
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Requirements
The degree requires completion of 24 units (144 points) from the faculty in the
Bachelor of Business Administration at the Caulfield campus as follows:
Year 1
Semester 1 Semester 2
Year 2
Semester 1 Semester 2
Year 3
Semester 1 Semester 2
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ECF1100 - Microeconomics
Synopsis
Economics as an area of knowledge. Economics in a business degree. Understanding
economic policy. An analysis of markets: supply and demand; consumer behaviour;
firm behaviour; cost of production and profit maximisation; behaviour of firms in
different market structures; evaluation of market capitalist economic systems,
economic efficiency, market failure, government failure; current economic policies,
competition policy, privatisation and the funding of education.
Objectives
The learning goals associated with this unit are to:
understand the economic behaviour of individual consumers and producers
understand concepts relating to the cost of production in both the short and
long run
explain the determinants of price and output outcomes under different market
structures in both the short and long run and the welfare implications of these
outcomes
describe the virtues and shortcomings of free markets
have knowledge of remedies to overcome market failure.
Assessment
Within semester assessment: 50%, Examination (2 hours): 50%
Contact hours
3 hours per week
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describe the role of statistical inference and apply inference methods to single
population means
evaluate relationships between variables for business decision-making, using
the concept of correlation and simple linear regression
apply time series techniques of indexing, deflating and forecasting to business
and financial series and interpret the results.
Assessment
Within semester assessment: 50%
Examination (3 hours): 50%
Contact hours
Two 1-hour lectures and one 1-hour tutorial per week
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describe the definitions and recognition criteria for assets, liabilities, equity,
income and expenses
evaluate and compare alternative measurement systems
apply critical thinking, problem solving and presentation skills to individual
and /or group activities dealing with financial accounting.
Assessment
Within semester assessment: 35%
Examination (3 hours): 65%
Contact hours
Two 1-hour lectures and one 1.5-hour tutorial
Year 2
MGF1100 - Managerial communication
Synopsis
Communication theory emphasising written and oral communication in relation to
organisational, intrapersonal, interpersonal and group communication. Importance of
relationships in the work context, language, listening and nonverbal behaviour.
Interpersonal contexts include negotiation, interviewing, feedback, coaching and
counselling. Group communication --roles, leadership and facilitation, problem-
solving, decision making and group creativity.
Objectives
The learning goals associated with this unit are to:
Assessment
Within semester assessment: 60%
Examination (2 hours): 40%
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Contact hours
3 hours per week
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classify the key features and issues in the global environment in which
international business takes place
explain the impact that the environment has on the internationalisation process
of a business organisation
demonstrate an understanding of the role of entry mode choice and other
strategic issues in order to succeed in international business.
Assessment
Within semester assessment: 50%
Examination (3 hours): 50%.
Contact hours
3 hours per week
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Contact hours
3 hours per week
Year 3
MGF3381 - Managing information systems
Synopsis
The components of IT; characteristics of hardware, software and telecommunications;
types of information systems; networking and the worldwide web; managing
'information' workers; using IT to promote business objectives and gain competitive
advantage; systems development methodology; IT-enabled transformation to create
adaptive, flexible organisations; social and system issues associated with IT;
managerial problems posed by IT. Computer laboratory exposure to a variety of
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Objectives
The learning goals associated with this unit are to:
identify strategies and actions for planned organisational change
critically evaluate different frameworks and philosophies for change
management in organisations
integrate and synthesise previous knowledge of organisational change
processes
analyse change processes that exist at an individual level, group level and
across the organisation as a whole
examine management practices which directly influence the success or
otherwise of implementing a planned change process.
Assessment
Within semester assessment: 60%
Examination (2 hours): 40%
Contact hours
3 hours per week
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Assessment
Within semester assessment: 60%
Examination (2 hours): 40%
Contact hours
3 hours per week
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tools, data mining and other data analysis techniques have been used to obtain value
from data in ways not possible with earlier tools. Topics covered include the nature
and purpose of BI, the relationship between BI and data warehousing, design issues
related to BI tools and data warehouses, and common data analysis techniques such as
OLAP, data mining and other computational techniques. The differences between
these kinds of systems and other, more traditional information systems will be
highlighted.
Objectives
At the completion of this unit students will have -
A knowledge and understanding of:
the role of Data Warehousing (DW) as oposed to operational databases;
the definition and the need of Business intelligence (BI);
DW development methodology;
dimensional models compared to ER models;
BUS architecture;
DW architectures, ETL and data quality issues;
how DW can support BI;
BI tools, techniques and OLAP;
Data Mining (DM) techniques;
Data Mining Tools.
Developed attitudes that enable them to:
recognise the value of DW and BI for a business organisation;
adapt a critical approach to DW and BI technology in a business context;
appreciate the value of DW for effective management support and decision
making;
understand the importance and value of BI tool and techniques compared to
traditional data analysis techniques;
appreciate the value BI tools and DM for providing knowledge for decision
making, in ways unavailable with traditional techniques.
Gained practical skills to:
create dimensional models;
create DW architectures suitable for different organisations and requirements;
interpret results from OLAP and dimensional models;
create data analysis models using BI tools;
interpret results from BI and DM tools.
Demonstrated the communication skills necessary to:
document and communicate DW architectures and BI techniques;
work in a team during DW architecture design and BI model development;
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