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 325-103 The Asian Economies

Credit Points

12.5

Coordinator

Dr S L Morgan

Semester

2 (view timetable)

Contact

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

Subject Description

Topics to be studied may include: Japan as an economic superpower; the economic reform in China; the Asian Tigers; the transformation of agrarian economies to industrial and science based economies; 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; 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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