1996 Swinburne Higher Education Handbook

the basis for international trade;
the basis for international factor movements;
barriers to international business;
the world monetary
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system
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and foreign exchange;
balance of payments;
international reach of trade practices;
0 foreign direct investment;
organisation of international operations;
export management;
the role of marketing in economic development;
trading with the socialist economies;
global marketing management;
human resource management;
ethics in international business operations;
cultural diversity and business operations;
financing International Trade Risk Management and
International Business;
special problems of international operations from
Australia.
Recommended reading
Selvarajah, C.T. and Cutbush-Sabine, K. International Business.
Melbourne, Longrnan Cheshire, 1991
Wider reading of other textbooks, journals and magazines
are essential in this subject. For example, Australian
Financial Review, Australian Business, Far East Economic
Review, Asia Magazine, Business Review, Columbia Journal
of World Business, International Manugemmt and Jountal of
International Business Studies
BB802 Management 4: (Technology and
Management)
2 hours per week Hawthorn Prerequisite: nil
Assessment: assignments, presentations, tests. This is
compulsory for all students.
A subject in the Master of Business Administration
0 bjectives
The principal aim of this subject is to prepare managers for
operating in a business environment in which advancing
technology is an increasingly important part of the process
of doing business.
Specific objectives include:
to examine the increasingly important role of
technology in the global and national economies and the
consequences of this for corporate strategies;
to provide some basic skills of technology assessment to
assist in utilising technology within the organisation and
in incorporating technology into corporate strategies;
to examine the influence of changing technologies on
the work environment and to develop ways of
minimising adverse influences;
to manage organisational change.
Content
Topics to be covered include:
the importance of technology in national and global
economies: the increase in this importance throughout
the twentieth centurv: ,, technoloeical " levels of the
Australian economy and some of the reasons for
Australia's comparatively poor performance;
government policies for increasing the role of
technology in business; implications of this for
individual organisations, particularly smaller ones;
using technology within the organisation: technology
life-cycles; differing uses of technology; technological
forecasting; sources of technology; strategic place of
technology within the business;
stages of growth in the introduction and application of
technology in organisations e.g. Nolan Stages of
Growth;
the influence of technology on corporate culture:
introducing new technology into organisations;
influence of new information technologies on business
practice, management methods and organisational
structures;
the key characteristics of the principal business-related
technologies: information technology; microelectronics;
materials technology; biotechnology; manufacturing
technology;
relevance of R&D to business success.
Recommended reading
Earl, M.J. Management Strategies for Information Technology. New
York, Prentice Hall, 1989
Edgar, H. Schein. Process Consultation. 2 vols, Reading, Addison-
Wesley, 1969-1987
Foster, R. Innovation: The Attackers' Advantage. New York,
Summit, 1986
Mathews, J. Tools of Change. Sydney, Pluto Press, 1989
Morgan, G. Riding the Waves of Change. Developing Managen'al
Competencesfor a Turbulent World. San Francisco, Jossey Bass,
1988
Tirnrnons, J.A. New Venture Creation: Entrepreneurship in the
1990% 3rd edn, Homewood, Irwin, 1990
BB804 Management 5 (Management
and Society)
2 hounper week Hawthorn Prerequisite: nil
Assessment: assignments, presentations, tests. This is
compulsory for all students.
A subject in the Master of Business Administration
Objectives
This subject focuses on the international, national and
community context in which planning and decision making
must take place.
The subject aims to encourage successful and socially
responsible management by developing:
an understanding of the broader social and
environmental context of management;
an awareness of the importance of social legislation and
of the philosophy and values underlying it;
a critical awareness of the traditional assumptions
underlying organisational values;
sensitivity to other value systems including those of