325-103 The Asian Economies

Availability

Not offered in 2003.

Credit Points

12.5

HECS Band

2

Coordinator

Dr S Morgan

Semester

Not Offered (view timetable)

Contact

Two 1-hour lectures and a 1-hour tutorial per 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; and export led industrialisation.

Assessment

A 2-hour end-of-semester examination (60%), a multiple choice test (10%) and an essay totalling not more than 3000 words (30%).

Prescribed Texts

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


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