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Handbook 1997 : Faculty of Economics and Commerce : Business Development and Corporate History

326-103 The Asian Economies

Coordinator:

Dr S L Morgan

Prerequisite/s:

Students will be expected to have passed at least one of the following subjects 326-102 Australian Business in the Global Economy, 326-103 The Asian Economies, 316-101 Introductory Macroeconomics, 316-102 Introductory Microeconomics or other approved first year subjects for students not in the B Com.

Timetable:

Semester 1

Contact:

Two 1-hour lectures and a 1-hour tutorial a week

Objectives:

Students should achieve an understanding of the reasons for the dynamism of the Asian economies in the recent past. They should be able to demonstrate an understanding of the role of the government and the market as allocators of resources and as engines of development. They should be able to demonstrate an understanding of the integration of Asian economics into the global economy and the consequences that have followed from that process. They should be able to demonstrate an understanding of the role of multinational enterprises and supranational financial markets in Asian economies. Students should be able to demonstrate an understanding of the ways in which Asian economies 'differ' from those in the West.

Content:

Topics to be studied may include: Japan as an economic superpower; the economic reform in communist China; the Asian Tigers; ASEAN; the transformation of agrarian economies to industrial and science based economies; the 'green revolution' in agriculture and its consequences; population growth; the generation of savings; investment and technological change; the role of multinational enterprises; the relationships between the state, bureaucracy and business; industrial and trade policies; the collectionist nature of Asian societies and the consequences for management and labour relations; export led industrialisation.

Assessment:

An essay and assignment totalling no more than 2500 words (40%) and a 2-hour end-of-semester examination (60%).

Prescribed Texts:

The Asian Economies: Tutorial Readings (available from the Department).

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