MGC3250

Management in small and medium-sized enterprises

(BUS)

Professor Bernard Barry and Ms Rowena Barrett

6 points + Two 1-hour lectures per week and one 1-hour tutorial per week + Second semester + Clayton + Prerequisites: MGC1020 and MGC1030 and any four second-year subjects or permission

Synopsis: This subject examines the role and nature of small and medium-sized enterprises in industrial economies, including types of ownership and structures and the types of people who own and manage them. It also examines entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial behaviour, family firms and the trend for women to leave large firms to start up their own business. Issues of managerial planning and skills are also discussed, particularly as they relate to the management of people at work.

Assessment: Written (assignments 4000 words) 40% + Examination (2 hours): 60%