1996 Swinburne Higher Education Handbook

BM801 Business Planning
2 hours per week Hawthorn Prerequisite: all suhects in
the first 3 terms of course Assessment: To be advised.
A subject in the Master of Business Administration
This subject is compulsory (conversion students excepted)
Objectives
This subject is studied in the context of a dynamic global
environment of social and technological change. All basic
business skills must be integrated for strategic planning and
the other MBA subjects will thus be utilised.
Specific obiectives of this subiect are:
; to introduce the strategic ~lanning process and the range
of techniques used in business planning;
to develop skills in using a variety of frameworks for
making strategic decisions;
to emphisise the importance of the current
development ~hase of the industry in which an
enterprise operates as a basis for appropriate strategy
development;
to develop skills in organising for effective business
planning and for the implementation of the business
planning process.
Content
Topics to be covered include:
the nature of corporate objectives, hierarchy and
conflict of objectives, personal dimensions of objectives,
management - by . objectives;
,
analytical frameworks for business planning and their
bearing on the content of business plans and the process
of planning;
defining the business, the central strategic issue of 'What
business are we in?';
the search for oppportunity including scenario analysis;
industries and their evolution: competitive advantage; -
planning for entry into new industries and new markets;
the business plan.
Recommended reading
Bogue, M.C. and Buffa, E.S. Corporate Strategic Analysis. New
York, The Free Press, 1986
Bower, J.L. et al. Business Policy: Text and Cases. 7th edn,
Homewood, Ill., Irwin, 1991
Kanter, R.The Change Masters. London, Unwin, 1985
Ohmae, K. The Mind of the Strategist: The Art of Japanese Business.
Harmondsworth, Penguin, 1983
Peters, T.J. and Waterman, R.H. In Search of Excellence. New
York, Harper and Row, 1982
Porter, M. Competitive Advantage: Creating and Sustaining
Supm'or Pe$omzance. New York, The Free Press, 1985
Porter, M.E. Competitive Strategy. New York, The Free Press,
1980
Quinn, J.B., Mintzberg, H. The Strategy Process: Concepts,
Contexts, and Cases. 2nd edn, Englewood Cliffs, N.J., Prentice
Hall, 1991
BP001 Financial Accounting Accounting
Pathways
3 hours per week Hawthorn Prerequisites: completed
TAFE Associate Diploma of Business (Accounting)
Assessmat: examinations/assignmmts
A subject in the Bachelor of Business
0 bjeaives
To provide a bridge between the financial accounting units
studied in the TAFE Associate Diploma of Business
(Accounting) and the contemporary developments in
accounting covered in BC221 Corporate Accounting and
BC225 Auditing.
Content
A series of five topics will be covered from the BC225
Auditing syllabus and BC221 Corporate Accounting
syllabus.
Students who successfully complete BP001 Financial
Accounting Pathways will receive exemption from BC221
Corporate Accounting and BC225 Auditing.
Recommended Reading
Australian Corporations and Securities Legislation, 5th edn,
Accounting/Auditing Statements 1995 ASCPA or ICAA BC221
Leo, K.J. and Hoggett, J.R. Company Accounting in Australia. 3rd
edn, Brisbane, Wiley, 1993
Clift, R.C. Corporate Accounting. 4th edn, New York, Prentice
Hall, 1993
Johnston, T.R., Jager, M.O. and Taylor, R.B. 73e Law and
Practice of Company Accounting in Australia. 6th edn, Sydney,
Butterworths, 1993
Gul, F.A., Teoh, H.Y. and Andrew, B.A., Theory and Practice of
Australian Auditing. 3rd edn, South Melbourne, Nelson, 1994
Chartered Accountant and Australian Society of CPAs, Auditing
Handbook 1996, vol. 2
BP002 Management Accounting
Pathways
3 hours per week Hawthorn Prerequisites: completed
TAFE Associate Diploma of Business (Accounting)
Assessmmt:test, refwace business assignment, final
examination
A subject in the Bachelor of Business
Objectives
To provide a bridge between the cost accounting subjects
studied in the TAFE Associate Diploma of Business
(Accounting) and the contemporary developments in
management accounting covered in BC222 Management
Accounting 1 and BC223 Management Accounting 2.
Content
Topics covered include activity based costing, profitability
analysis, pricing, quality cost measurement and control and
contemporary developments in product costing, control and
performance evaluation.
Students who successfully complete BP002 Management
Accounting Pathways, will receive exemption from BC222
Management Accounting 1 and BC223 Management
Accounting 2.