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cost of communications within the organisation and
externally.
Both private and public networks will be considered.
EF633 Energy Management
No. of hours per week: two hours
An elective subject in the Graduate Diploma in
Management.
Subject aims and description
An assessment of an organisation's energy requirements and
development of systems and operational techniques to meet
those requirements at minimum cost.
Energy source selection and life cycle costing, system
optimisation.
The study includes techniques for monitoring energy usage
in buildings and larger sites and for developing optimal use
strategies.
E~634 Civil Engineering Management
No. of hours per week: two hours
An elective subject in the Graduate Diploma in
Management.
Subject aims and description
Functions of management; responsibilities of project
manager and site engineer; objective, strategies and plans;
leadership; controlling performance, personnel and material;
organisational culture information systems.
EF635
Construction Technology
No. of hours per week: two hours
An elective subject in the Graduate Diploma in
Management.
Subject aims and description
The subject considers the management of technological
resources available in the execution of a construction project.
Planning of construction programs: hazards, local factors,
works layout, process dissection, construction program, plant
schedule, critical path analysis, detailed planning, estimate
$ summary.
Plant and equipment, characteristics of the site and
construction methodologies, and the physical and human
resources are considered.
$1 Resource allocation: assignment of plant and equipment to
tasks; allocation of labour to job; estimating likely outputs;
. smoothing resource allocation; establishing plant and
$ equipment spread.
EF641 Management Practice
No. of hours per week: six hours
A compulsory subject in the Graduate ~i~loma in
Management for full time students only.
Subject aims and description
This subject is designed to draw together the topics covered
in the other subjects of the Graduate Diploma in
Management with an industrial emphasis and provide
additional material to enable the student to develop an
understanding of the process of management in business
organisations.
Particular emphasis is placed on recognising the
combinations of internal and external circumstances that
create a business opportunity; analysing the risk attached to
grasping opportunities; developing the people and business
skills needed to launch a successful commercial venture
based on technology products or services; practicing sound
management skills and techniques in converting
opportunities to reality; practicing sound management skills
and techniques to control the resources available to grow
the business or organisation; recognising, discussing and
selecting from a broad range of business strategy
development methodologies; preparing a commercial
business plan; describing and assisting the implementation
of appropriate systems and controls to manage a new or
growing company or other organisation.
Textbooks
Golis, C.C. Enterprise and knture Capital. Sydney: Allen & Unwin,
1992
Legge, J.M. The Modern Machiavelli: The Nature of Modern Business
Strateav: Melbourne: Swinburne Press. 1991
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