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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. - 4 -
TESTS AND EXAMINATIONS (Provisional) Two class tests and two exams will be written. Dates and times are as follows: Test 1 Wednesday 21 April 17h00-18h30 Test 2 Wednesday 16 September 17h00-18h30 Venue: RW James 1 and 2 Exam 1 Monday 8 June 08h00-11h00 Venue: KRM Details of the October/November examination will be available during the year. ASSIGNMENTS In the first and second semester all students are required to submit an assignment. This assignment is aimed a linking the different module in that semester. The assignments are integral to the Introduction to Management course. It is an opportunity for you to apply the theory which you learnt in a practical and contemporary way. In addition, group work skills will be developed, as your final reports must be a single, cohesive and integrated piece of work. There are two Assignments you will have to hand in. Dates and times are as follows: Assigment 1: Mini Food Market Project Tuesday 19 May By 11h00 (tutor’s hand-in box) Assigment 2: Business Plan Tuesday 13 October By 11h00 (tutor’s hand-in box) SUMMARY OF IMPORTANT DATES 2009 First semester begins Monday 16 February 2009 Deadline for signing up for tutorials Friday 20 February Project groups finalised week beginning 23 February Tutorials begin Tuesday 24 February First quarter ends Friday 3 April Second quarter lectures begin Tuesday 14 April Test 1 Wednesday 21 April, 17h00-18h30 Portfolio due Tuesday 19 May, 11h00 First semester lectures end Wednesday 20 May June examination Monday 8 June Venue KRM Second semester begins Monday 27 July Third quarter ends Friday 4 September Fourth quarter lectures begin Monday 14 September Test 2 Wednesday 16 September, 17h00-18h30 Venue RW James 1 and 2 Business Plan due Tuesday 13 October 11:00 Project presentations begin 13 October Second semester lectures end 27 October Publication of DP lists To Be Announced October/November examination To Be Announced - 5 -
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