Subject Descriptions - Bachelor of Business

Principles of Accounting - BAP11 - 3 Credit Points

Outcomes

An understanding of:

• The basic principles of accounting
• Evaluating performance in financial terms
• Presenting accounting recommendations
• The basic types of accounts
• Accounting issues within a contracting cost framework

Marketing Fundamentals - BAS121 - 3 Credit Points

Outcomes 

On successful completion of this subject, students will be able to:

• Identify and discuss the scope of marketing
• Evaluate theories of marketing and the marketing mix
• Develop an awareness of the role and tools of market research
• Evaluate how marketing decisions are made
• Examine and explain the role and behaviour of consumers in marketing decision making
• Evaluate the concept of Integrated Marketing communications
• Identify the value of strategic marketing in terms of business and consumer

Business Economics - BAS11 - 3 Credit Points 

Outcomes 

On successful completion of this subject, students will have aquired an understanding of:

• The microeconomic foundation of Australia
• Macroeconomic influences on Australia
• The economic nature of markets
• The economic environment of accounting
• Fundamental principles of business economics

Management and Organisations - BBM120 - 3 Credit Points

Outcomes 

On successful completion of this subject, students will be able to:

• Demonstrate an understanding of various organisational management models and theories
• Outline factors influencing the dynamic, complex and independant nature of managerial work
• Apply theoretical models and concepts to current managerial practices, problems and issues
• Evaluate the role of management functions and associated organisational processes
• Analyse case studies on the theory and practice of organisation and management

Accounting for Business - BAP12 - 3 Credit Points

Outcomes 

On successful completion of this subject, students will have an aquired understanding of:

• Accounting principles and practice
• The income statement
• The balance sheet
• The accounting structure
• The accounting cycle
• Spreadsheets and accounting computer systems

Financial Institutions and Markets - BBM042 - 3 Credit Points

Outcomes 

On successful completion of this subject, students will have an acquired knowledge of:

• The types of financial instruments and markets in Australia and their role in the economy
• Simple financial calculations
• Regulation of financial institutions and markets
• Monetary policies and interest rates
• Shares
• The foreign exchange market; and
• Derivatives

Business Law - BBC131 - 3 Credit Points

Outcomes 

On successful completion of this subject, students will be able to:

• Identify and understand basic principles associated with Australian laws of contract and business law within Australia's common law based legal system
• Evaluate the current Australian legal environment in which contract and business laws operate
• Understand the regulation of commercial transaction between firms and individuals
• Appreciate the process of litigation and alternate dispute resolution methods
• Identify significant issues within Australia commercial law
• Examine consumer protection and civil liability in a business setting

 
Business Communication - BAS21 - 3 Credit Points

Outcomes

An understanding and application of:

• The theory and practical principles of business communication
• Interpersonal communication with particular reference to the business client
• Computer skills in communication and information management
• Professional portfolio development

Marketing Management - BBM221 - 3 Credit Points

Outcomes

On successful completion of this subject, students will be able to:

• Examine and explain the role and function of the marketing manager in the contemporary business environment
• Develop a marketing plan
• Evaluate the implementation of the marketing plan
• Analyse ways to manage customer relations
• Examine the role of brand and branding in marketing management
• Analyse case studies of effective marketing management

Human Resource Management - BBM222 - 3 Credit Points

Outcomes

On successful completion of this subject, students will be able to:

• Describe the role of human resource management in the contemporary business organisation
• Outline strategies that assist in maximising organisational effectiveness through the management and integration of human resource management functions
• Analyse internal and external factors affecting an organisation's environment that are likely to require human resource management responses
• Plan and forecast basic human resource requirements including: Career planning and mentoring; Performance management; Recruitment and selection; Reward systems involving an organisation's strategic objectives alongside the alignment of employees individual needs
• Recognise where to extract information with regard to contemporary issues affecting HRM within Australian organisations such as; changes to industrial relations and employment law

 
Operations Management - BBM241 - 3 Credit Points

Outcomes

On successful completion of this subject, the students will be able to:

• Demonstrate knowledge of operations management theories and applications
• Evaluate procurement procedures in case studies
• Understand the processes for control and coordination of supply chain management
• Apply TQM to improve processes
• Examine inventory management processes
• Appreciate the importance of logistics and transportation issues in operations management
• Identify facilities issues for effective operations management
• Track operations versions
• Evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness of distribution channels

Managing Workplace Diversity - BHR351

Outcomes 

On successful completion of this subject, students will be able to:

• Demonstrate awareness of workplace diversity issues
• Articulate how diversity can enhance the business performance of a business organisation
• Promote the benefits of diversity for a business enterprise and staff
• Promote the integration of workplace diversity issues in human resource policies and practices
• Develop, implement, monitor and evaluate a workplace diversity program

Managing Information Systems - BAC41

Outcomes

On successful completion of this subject, students will be able to:

• Describe the integral nature of information technology in the business organisation and the role of the information systems manager
• Identify case examples of information systems and technology as drivers of change in business management
• Examine the impact of globalization and e-commerce on business management
• Evaluate the relationship between enterprise resource planning and process reengineering
• Analyse the impact of networked computing, transaction processing and knowledge management in business organisation
• Identify best practice for intelligent support systems and possible future developments

e-Business Management - BBM331

Outcomes

On successful completion of this subject, students will be able to:

• Define e-business and the associated business environment
• Assess the development and regulation of the electronic economy
• Evaluate issues associated with electronic data interchange
• Develop e-business plan
• Evaluate internet markets
• Manage e-business with recognition of relevant laws, privacy, trust and security

Project Management - BBM351

Outcomes

On successful completion of this subject, students will be able to:

• Describe the essential characteristics and goals of project management
• Describe the roles and responsibilities of the project manager
• Plan a project using Gantt Charts, Critical Path Analysis and PERT charts
• Devise and program a budget for projects
• Schedule a project using Gantt Charts, Critical Path Analysis and PERT charts
• Allocate resources for a project using Gantt Charts, Critical Path Analysis and PERT charts
• Monitor and control a project using Gantt Charts, Critical Path Analysis and PERT charts
• Analyse the risk factors associated with a project to be managed
• Manage stakeholders within the scope of a project

 
International Business Management- BBM361 - 3 Credit Points

Outcomes 

On successful completion of this subject, students will be able to:

• Identify relevant information sources for making international trade decisions
• Gather international market intelligence
• Compile and evaluate competitor intelligence, information and data
• Evaluate and pritorotize export markets
• Appreciate differences in behaviour of individuals, groups, and organisations in the context of competitive situations in a cross-cultural environment
• Prepare a strategy for cross-cultural negotiations
• Communicate effectively with business people from other cultures
• Analyse contemporary and emerging issues in international business and trade

 
Financial Accounting Theory - BAP21 - 3 Credit Points

Outcomes

On successful completion of this subject, students will have acquired an understanding of:

• Theories of financial accounting
• The financial reporting environment  and regulation of financial accounting
• Normative accounting theories relating to changing prices
• The relevance of the conceptual framework
• Unregulated financial reporting decisions and systems oriented theories
• Voluntary social and environmental disclosure practices
• Fundamental issues relating to corporate governance and Australian reporting requirements
• Corporate strategy  and the use of the balanced scorecard, quality and time as measures of performance
• Critical perspectives of accounting

Corporate Accounting - BAP32 - 3 Credit Points

Outcomes 

On successful completion of this subject, students will have acquired an understanding of:

• Company formation
• Company reporting
• Concepts and techniques of corporate accounting
• The application of corporate accounting to the consolidation of holding and subsidiary
• Case studies of the financial records of Australian companies

Management Accounting - BAP22 - 3 Credit Points

Outcomes

On successful completion of this subject, students will have acquired an understanding of:

• Management accounting tools, including variance analysis, contribution margin
• Applying management accounting tools for budgetary control, cost allocation, performance evaluation, cost information for decision-making
• Costing techniques
• The value chain
• The need for balance between financial and non-financial information in decision making

Cost Management - BAC51 - 3 Credit Points

Outcomes 

On successful completion of this subject, students will have acquired an understanding of: 

• Introduction to the Cost Management
• Activity based, Job & Processing costing
• Transfer pricing and performance evaluation systems
• Organisational design and Evaluation of performance systems

 Taxation Law And Practice 1 - BAP31 - 3 Credit Points

Outcomes 

On successful completion of this subject, students will have acquired an understanding of:  

• The Australian taxation system
• Laws regulating the accounting of tax
• The concept, source and derivation of income
• Administrative and anti-avoidance provisions
• Company tax and dividend
• Tax accounting

 
Auditing And Assurance - BAP41 - 3 Credit Points

Outcomes

On successful completion of this subject, students will have acquired an understanding of:   

• The role of technology in communicating accounting information
• The audit role and practices
• Computer-assisted techniques for conducting an audit environment
• Ethics and current developments in auditing and systems assurance

 
 Information Technology for Accountants - BAC11 - 3 Credit Points

Outcomes 

On successful completion of this subject, students will have acquired an understanding of:    

• Operating Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, MYOB or Quicken (Accounting) software
• Creating, navigating and auditing basic software accounts
• Formatting and manipulating spreadsheets in three computer accounting programs
• Modifying accounts, checking balances, and applying tax codes using information technology

 
Corporate Finance - BAP53 - 3 Credit Points

Outcomes 

An understanding and knowledge of:

• The valuation of shares and bonds
• Capital budgeting
• Risk and return and the capital asset pricing model (CAPM)
• Company cost of capital
• Dividend policy; and
• The debt/equity decision

Interpersonal Dynamics And Business Organisations - BAS41 - 3 Credit Points

Outcomes 

On successful completion of this subject, students will  be able to:

• Relate theory to the practice of interpersonal dynamics in organisations
• Analyse functions and issues associated with managing interpersonal dynamics

  

Industrial Relations - BHR361 - 3 Credit Points

Outcomes 

On successful completion of this subject, students will  be able to:

• Appreciate the employment relationship and the observance of legal requirements
• Analyse the objectives, structure and activities of the main parties in industrial relations
• Analyse the nature of, and methods to, resolve industrial conflict
• Evaluate the Australian industrial relations system
• Analyse the impact of enterprise and workplace agreements on wages, conditions, organisational efficiency, workplace flexibility, equity and social justice
• Examine Australian industrial relations law and regulations pertaining to employment
• Appreciate the evolving nature of Australian industrial relations
• Be aware of social justice issues in the workplace

Team Leadership And Change Management - BHR331 - 3 Credit Points

Outcomes 

On successful completion of this subject, students will  be able to:

• Evaluate and apply theories and models of team leadership
• Identify barriers to organisational change
• Explain the role of leader as change agent
• Evaluate leadership intervention strategies
• Plan and develop team change strategies
• Describe the effective communication strategies relevant to change management

Industrial And Labour Law - BHR371 - 3 Credit Points

Outcomes 

On successful completion of this subject, students will  be able to:

• Understand and apply the key elements of labour and  employment law to the workplace
• Identify the formation, content and termination of employment contracts
• Identify the terms and conditions of employment as regulated by the courts, by award and by collective and individual workplace agreements
• Understand the protections offered by equal opportunity, occupational health and safety and privacy laws
• Determine the effects of Fair Work legislation in the Australian workplace
• Examine the contractual law aspects of employment law and enterprise bargaining
• Identify and work with the key industrial institutions of the Australian industrial relations systems

 
Managing Employee Relations - BHR372 - 3 Credit Points

Outcomes 

On successful completion of this subject, students will  be able to:

• Describe the manager's role in establishing and maintaining effective employee relations
• Outline the purpose and intent of employment legislation governing workplace supervision
• Ascertain relevant management strategies for dealing with employee relations in Australian workplaces
• Foster open communications to deal with workplace situations that threaten a productive workplace
• Describe how to employ negotiation, mediation, councilation and arbitration  to manage workplace conflict
• Outline how to manage unsatisfactory performance and behaviour, grievances and misconduct

Planning And Decision-Making - BBE311 - 3 Credit Points

Outcomes 

On successful completion of this subject, students will  be able to:

• Establish goals in accordance with enterprise vision
• Align goals with strategic objectives and outcomes
• Establish a standard of measurement
• Convert values to action
• Commit limited resources in a logical way
• Evaluate the significance of a decision as strategic, tactical or operational
• Apply Techniques to plan and make decisions
• Consider the broader social implications of business plans and decisions

Dimensions of The Knowledge Society - BAS51 - 3 Credit Points

Outcomes 

An understanding of:

• The Knowledge society
• Economic and social transformation
• The impact of the knowledge society on human and social capital
• The digital divide
• Relevant economic and social policy development

 
Ethics And Social Responsibility - BBE351 - 3 Credit Points

Outcomes 

On successful completion of this subject, students will  be able to: 

• Define what is meant by business ethics and corporate social responsibility
• Evaluate an ethics management process
• Identify the key roles and responsibilities in ethics management
• Manage a code of ethics
• Develop an enterprise code of conduct
• Manage with awareness of corporate social responsibility

The Creative Culture - BAS61 - 3 Credit Points

Outcomes 

• The emergence and nature of creative culture
• The role and impact of the creativity, innovation, entrepreneurial nexus
• The entrepreneurial process and how ides influence global culture
• Theoretical and practical approaches to develop ideas, manage innovation and transfer knowledge

Quantitative Methods - BAC21 - 3 Credit Points

Outcomes

On successful completion of this subject, students will be able to perform statistical calculations and analyses applies to the managerial role:

• Quantitative Analysis as a decision making tool for increased revenues
• Data collection, presentation, analysis and interpretation, measures of central tendency
• Data handling and measurement
• Examples of quantitative analysis: simple financial ratios, discounted cash flow, option pricing
• Sampling theory
• The concept of probability
• Applications of several probability distributions to the solution of problems
• Statistical conclusions about a population based on a sample of data
• Performing statistical calculations and evaluating investment

Company And Associations Law - BAC31 - 3 Credit Points

Outcomes

An understanding of:

• The laws governing companies and other forms of business structures and association
• Types of business organisations
• The regulatory environment
• The role of directors, shareholders, and company meetings
• Locating and interpreting legislation relevant to corporations and other business organisations
• Legal issues raised in the context of companies and associations

Stakeholder Values and Ethics - BAP61 - 3 Credit Points

Outcomes 

An analytical understanding of:

• Key issues in stakeholder management
• Stakeholder value management
• Stakeholder ethical considerations
• Fundamental analysis techniques
• Forecasting earnings and cash flows

Capstone Project - BAC61 - 3 Credit Points

Outcomes 

An understanding of:

• Problem solving either individually or collaboratively
• Analytical skills involved in problem solving
• Leadership and/or teamwork skills
• Project presentation format