1996 Swinburne Higher Education Handbook

BH334 Asian Business (Korea/Thailand)
3 hours per week Hawthorn ~rke~uisite all first year
subjects completed Assessment:assignment
This subject is an elective in the Bachelor of Business
Objectives
The objective of this subject is for students to gain a
thorough understanding of the culture of a particular
country and of the impact of this on business practices in
that countryIn 1995/96 the countries visited will be Korea
and Thailand. Travel costs to be borne by students.
Content
This subject entails students attending fifteen hours of
seminars at Swinburne University and travelling to a
selected Asian country for a period of approximately three
weeks. During their stay they will attend lectures at a local
university on culture, economics, marketing and practices
relevant to that country. In addition, students will visit a
number of factories and attend seminars with representatives
of important local industries and other workplaces.
By the end of this subject, students should have:
acquired knowledge of local customs, values, attitudes
and beliefs of Asian and Western countries in general
and the host country in particular;
gained at first hand, experience of the host country's
business practices;
%ained a comparative knowledge of business systems and
practices used in the host country and Australia.
Recommended reading
Because of the nature of the subject no recommended
reading is set. Comprehensive reference lists will be
provided at the first seminar.
BH400 Organisation Behaviour Honours
Students should seek advice from the appropriate
Organisation Behaviour staff when formulating their
discipline-specific course of study and their research project
proposal.
To encourage a multi-disciplinary approach, students may,
subject to approval, undertake selected honours level
coursework subjects from other schools, divisions, or
institutions provided that they show the relevance of these
coursework subjects to their proposed area of research. Such
arrangements are subject to the student having any necessary
prerequisite studies and may be subject to any quotas
imposed on these subjects by the offering School.
Students must submit their proposal to the Organisation
Behaviour Honours Convener for approval prior to the
commencement of their honours program. Approval for a
student's discipline-specific course of study and research
project proposal shall be subject to the availability of any
necessary resources and the availability of appropriate staff
supervision.
Advanced Studies in Organisation Behaviour
Students will undertake one or more coursework subjects,
supervised reading subjects or other course of study, which
will assist them in carrying out their organisation behaviour
research project. It is envisaged that many coursework
subjects available from within Swinburne would be suitable
to support the research project and/or to broaden the
student's studies in relevant areas.
Organisation Behaviour Honours Research Project
Students will be expected to undertake a research project
within the area of organisation behaviour. Suitable research
projects might include organisation behaviour case studies
within a limited and specified area, such as management
practices, strategic planning processes, group dynamics,
human resource development, work value studies, and/or
cross-cultural organisation behaviour studies. Research
projects will be supervised within a group seminar setting.
The research project will be presented in the form of a
written dissertation of approximately 15,000 words in
length.
Students intending to complete their degree with honours
must apply for entry into the honours year by the end of
their three year degree.
Note that mtry into the honours year is competitive and the
number ofplaces is subject to a quota.
BH403 Managing People and
Organisations
2 hours per week Hawthorn Prerequistite: nil
Assessment: Case study Group Project
A subject in the Graduate Certificate in Business
Administration.
Objectives and Content
To help participants identify their preferred ways of
understanding organisations and people and to expand
their repertoire of 'frames' for analysis and problem
solving in their roles as managers.
To employ behavioural theory as it applies to the
analysis of situations involving the management of
people at work.
To distinguish between the processes of people
interactions and the content with which they are
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working.
To apply knowledge gained to practical work problems
of managing human beings individually and in groups.
To impress awareness of self and predict the likely
impact of personal style on others.
To develop an ability to utilise concepts in the analysis
of organisational dynamics, and to use these perspectives
to better lead and manage change.
Recommended reading
Hirschhorn, L. Managing in the New Team Environment.
Addison-Wesley .l991
Kolb, D.A., Rubin, I.M. and Osland, J. Organizational Behaviour:
An Expmkntial Approach. 6th edn, Eaglewood Cliffs, N.J.,
Prentice Hall, 1995
Kolb, D.A., Rubin, I.M. and Osland, J. Organizational Behaviour:
Reader. 6th edn, Englewood Cliffs, N.J., Prentice Hall, 1995
Morgan, G. Images of Organization. Beverley Hills, Calif., Sage
Publications, 1986