1999 Business and Economics Handbook - Bachelor of Business (Business Administration)

Bachelor of Business (Business Administration) - BBus(BusAdmin)

General
Course objectives
Credit for work done elsewhere
Mode of offering
Electives and subject sequence groupings
- The general management stream
- The human resource management stream
Course structure

General

Course code: 0479
Course coordinator: Ms Loretta Inglis
This course is designed for overseas students, recent school leavers and mature age students wishing to undertake major studies in both general management and a functional discipline relevant to careers in business administration. Two major study streams are available:

human resource management (HRM) (Caulfield and Peninsula campuses);
management (Caulfield and Peninsula campuses).

The HRM study stream is suitable for students who have strong interpersonal communication skills and enjoy the prospect of a career which involves people management skills in jobs associated with personnel administration. The management study stream provides a broad set of basic skills necessary for effective people management in a wide range of jobs.
Accordingly the course provides a flexible program of rigour at the conclusion of which graduates will have:

a basic grounding in recognised business disciplines including management, with some exposure to accounting, finance, business law, marketing and economics;
development of a range of specialised management skills including business planning and decision making, human resource management, business communication, finance management and employee relations;
flexibility of study options in the functional areas of business to broaden students' knowledge and meet individual career needs in management, marketing or in finance work.

This course is suitable for students intending to move into administrative positions in private sector service organisations and semi-government and non-profit corporations. It provides a broad business education, allowing interspecialisation through career-specific study at honours or postgraduate level.

Course objectives

On completion of this course the student should be able to:

have a broad understanding of management issues and the operation of business within a global, competitive and dynamic environment;
have the ability to apply specialised knowledge and expertise in one of the areas of general management or human resources management;
with the flexible study program available, have the ability to commence and/or develop careers with the mix of management generalist and integrative skills and a complementary study area ;
apply work team and technological skills to specialist management decision making;
have developed effective interpersonal and communication skills with continuous independent thinking;
be eligible for membership of the Australian Institute of Management and/or Australian Human Resources Institute if appropriate subjects are undertaken.

Credit for work done elsewhere

In addition to part one, section four of the degree regulations, the following credit transfers have been standardised for the Bachelor of Business (Business Administration):

members of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators will be granted credit for three subjects;
holders of a recognised Certificate of Business Studies are eligible for credit for up to a maximum of four subjects in the course and holders of a recognised associate diploma from a TAFE college are eligible for credit for up to a maximum of eight subjects.

Mode of offering

Day and evening classes are offered at the Caulfield campus. Day-only classes are offered at the Peninsula campus.
Full-time and part-time studies are available at the Caulfield campus where specialist studies include accounting, arts, banking and finance, manufacturing management, marketing, international trade and computing. Evening classes are available at Caulfield campus for Caulfield-enrolled students only.

Electives and subject sequence groupings

In common with other Bachelor of Business degree courses at Caulfield and Peninsula there are currently thirteen compulsory subjects which provide a common core of knowledge and basic business skills. These cover accounting, banking and finance, business statistics, commercial law, economics, management and marketing.
Elective subjects may be used to provide further in-depth study, or to gain functional skills in another study area to widen career options. Students wishing to apply for membership of the Australian Human Resources Institute must take all their elective studies in HRM subjects.

The general management stream

This specialisation comprises five subjects from business communications, quality management, human resource management, employee relations, organisational change, international business, information management or HRM information systems. Students may choose their six elective subjects from another discipline.

The human resource management stream

Students in this stream are required to undertake the general management stream subjects. In addition, they must choose at least four of the six elective subjects from managerial communication, international management, HRM strategy and planning, performance management systems, cross-cultural communication and negotiation and current issues in HRM.

Course structure

Year one

First semester

ECX1710 Macroeconomics
MGX1230 Business communication
MGX1300 Introduction to management
BTX1010 Commercial law

Second semester

AFX1110 Accounting and financial decision making
ETX1640 Business mathematics and statistics
MGX1691 Management of organisational performance
MKX1120 Marketing theory and practice

At the end of year one, students must choose their major stream of study from the human resource management or management streams.

Year two

First semester

AFX1300 Money and capital markets
MGX2511 Quality management
MGX2661 Human resource management
MGX0011 Elective

Second semester

AFX2051 Financial modelling
MGX2621 Organisational change
MKX2111 Buyer behaviour
MGX0021 Elective

Year three

First semester

AFX2631 Financial management
MGX2341 Employee relations
MGX0031 Elective
MGX0041 Elective

Second semester

MGX3401 Strategic management
MKX3141 Issues in competitive advantage
MGX0051 Elective
MGX0061 Elective

All subjects have attendance requirements equivalent to three hours per week over one semester. Subject progression may be varied slightly to meet the student's individual study needs and teaching resources available.
Electives are chosen in liaison with the course director to represent a major study program. Relevant discipline areas include accounting, banking and finance, computing, human resource management, manufacturing management, international trade, management and marketing. The foreign business language program is available only at the Peninsula campus.