794-004 Garden Centre Management

Credit Points

HECS Band

Coordinator

Prerequisites

Marketing and Organisational Management.

Semester

Contact

Subject Description

The objective of this subject is to extend participants' ability to:

• describe cash collection and control systems and inventory and sales recording methods;

• describe methods of storage and maintenance of living and non-living stock within the garden centre;

• describe criteria for selection and evaluation of garden centre staff and management strategies to maintain good customer relations;

• plan garden centre layout for effective and efficient customer flow and stock display;

• evaluate stock and sales records within the framework of the business objectives;

• evaluate garden centre effectiveness and efficiency and recommend strategies for improvement.

The content includes: Site and facility organisation, cash flow management, personnel selection and management, stock storage and maintenance, stock and sales records, customer and supplier relations, and safety and security.

Assessment

Five nursery evaluation reports of 1000 words each (50%); nursery planning exercise (50%).

Prescribed Texts

• VITRC (1986), Merchandising The Nursery. NAV, Melbourne.