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Credit points: 12.5
Coordinator: To be announced.
Contact: Three one hour lectures, a one hour tutorial, and up to two hours of syndicate work per week.
Timetable: Second semester.
Objectives:
At the completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- understand the nature of the manger's role and activities in the modern organisation;
- identify and understand the major functional units and the major processes within a business or government organisation;
- identify the environmental, cultural, and organisational factors that affect competitive strategy;
- assess issues related to managing organisations in the Asia-Pacific context;
- have a basic understanding of methods of process modelling and representation in organisations;
- understand how process models can be used as a basis for creating information systems;
- develop abstract models of real situations in organisations.
Content:
This subject introduces students to management principles by focusing on organisational roles, functions, and processes. Particular emphasis is placed on the role of management in integrating human resources, finance, marketing, and operations, in creating appropriate organisational structure, and in crafting and enacting strategy. A process-focused approach is taken to describing and analysing organisational goals, outcomes, and opportunities for the effective use of information systems.The subject also provides students with experience in using a range of modelling techniques and tools applicable to processes in organisations. These process models are used as methods of representation as a step towards building information systems in organisations. The modelling experience gained in this subject prepares students for systems analysis and design. Modelling topics include measurement in organisations, decision making under uncertainty and risk, decision trees and other charting methods, queuing models, sensitivity analysis, and simulation.
Assessment:
End-of-semester written exam of up to three hours; individual written assignments of up to 25 pages in total; one group presentation requiring up to four hours to prepare. The weighting of the assessment components will be announced at the commencement of the subject.
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Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Science (Volume 4 page 199)
Status: Official 1996 Date created: Oct 9 1995 Last modified: Oct 9 1995 Authorised by: Academic Registrar Email enquiries: Course_Information@registrar.unimelb.edu.au
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