Course Outline BUS1004W

TUTORIALS
Times and venues
Please sign up for a tutorial group by Friday 20 February 2009 by logging onto the Vula website
(https://vula.uct.ac.za) using your UCT username and password, go to BUS1004W and to “tutorial sign up”
there you will be able to sign up for tutorials. You will be able to switch your tutorial sign-up in the first week
but not thereafter, so please ensure that you have no clashes.
Tutorials begin in the second week.
• You are not permitted to change tutorial groups, and if you do not attend your designated tutorial, this will
constitute non-attendance. Only the Course Convenor is permitted to make reallocations. If you cannot
make a tutorial for a valid reason, and you wish, on a once-off basis, to attend another tutorial, then you are
required to complete a Change of tutorial sheet which may be obtained from the secretary, School of
Management Studies. This form must be taken to the tutorial, where the tutor will sign it. The form must
then be handed to the Head Tutor.
• Any request for an extension or condonation of a late tutorial submission or missed test must be completed
on the form available from the secretary at the School of Management Studies. Full written reasons must
be provided and appropriate documentation must be attached (e.g. medical certificate).
• Please note that for extensions for compassionate reasons (e.g. death in the family) it is best to email or
speak to the Course Convenor personally. All correspondence will be treated in the strictest confidence.
Attendance
One single period tutorial will be held per week. You are required to attend a minimum of 75% of all tutorials
in order to qualify for a DP, as described above.
Preparation
You will have a weekly hand-in for your tutorial. You need to hand in 75% of the tutorials in order to obtain
your DP requirement.
Ten randomly selected tutorials will be marked. These 10 marked tutorials will count towards 10% of your year
mark.
You have to hand in your tutorial to your tutor’s box at Management Studies Reception at the specified date
and time. Late tutorials will not be marked but they will count for DP purposes. If you register late for the
course, you are still required to complete and submit all tutorials. It is your responsibility to organise with your
allocated tutor when these must be handed in.
PRESCRIBED TEXT
The prescribed textbook for this course is:
du Toit, GS., Erasmus, BJ. and Strydom, JW. (ed). 2007. Introduction to Business
Management. Cape Town: Oxford University Press.
Please note that the individual lecturers may choose to give you additional reading and not exclusively make
use of the textbook. The textbook also does not cover all six modules and lecturers will provide additional notes
in these cases. The textbook is a resource that will provide you with background information and will be a
useful tool for your future management and business endeavours.
There are several management textbooks available in the library should you require extra material to aid your
understanding. Speak to the assistants at the Commerce Section. They are very helpful.
Material for this course comes from two sources: the lectures (including any handouts provided during lectures
or to which students are referred) and tutorials. All material is examinable, and all sources of material are
equally important.
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