1999 Business and Economics Handbook - Introduction to the faculty

Introduction to the faculty

The Faculty of Business and Economics operates on the Berwick, Caulfield, Clayton, Gippsland and Peninsula campuses in Australia, the Monash University Sunway campus in Malaysia, as well as in Sydney, Hong Kong and Singapore. It has approximately 12,000 students and offers a wide range of undergraduate degrees and diplomas, executive certificates, graduate certificates, graduate diplomas, masters degrees by research and by coursework and a doctor of philosophy degree. These courses are available through a range of study methods including distance education and open learning as well as the more traditional on-campus study.
The mission of the faculty is to use its scale, scope and unique internal diversity to become an international leader in the pursuit, dissemination and analysis of knowledge, particularly in the disciplines of accounting, banking, business law, business statistics, econometrics, economics, electronic commerce, finance, international business and international trade, management, marketing, taxation and tourism. By the application of that knowledge, its staff and students will contribute to the economic, social and commercial development of Australia and other countries.
The term 'Faculty of Business and Economics' in the wider sense includes all students enrolled for degrees, diplomas and certificates offered by the faculty, and all staff (academic, administrative, technical and clerical) attached to the campuses which make up the faculty.
The faculty is a body established under university statute. It comprises members of the teaching staff and other persons as appointed by the university Council. The responsibility for making academic decisions in the faculty lies with the faculty board, which comprises heads of schools and departments, appointed and elected members of the teaching staff, elected members of the general staff, student members (international, undergraduate and postgraduate), nominees of other faculties and the library. Except in certain matters on which it has power to act, the faculty board makes recommendations to the Education Committee and to the Academic Board and through the Academic Board to the Council of the university.
The faculty also has a number of committees including an executive committee, undergraduate and graduate studies committees and committees for research, library, technical and computer services, budgets, quality assurance, equal opportunity and affirmative action, credit transfer, resource-based learning and advertising and public relations.
The dean, as chief executive officer of the faculty, provides academic leadership to the faculty, presides over meetings of the faculty board and its committees and exercises a general superintendence over the educational and administrative affairs of the faculty.
The faculty academic registrar is responsible for matters relating to university statutes, regulations, the provision of advice on policy to faculty board and its related committees and student services management. The faculty academic registrar, together with the managers, undergraduate studies, graduate studies, research and higher degrees, campus executive officers and the administrative staff, are available to attend to the needs of both undergraduate and graduate students within the faculty. The director, finance and resources is responsible for the efficient and effective management of the faculty's financial, technical, and resource activities. The personnel office and staff manage the personnel matters of the faculty.