MBA9007

Business analysis and planning (6 points)

(BUS)

Leader: Ms Gerrie Roberts

Offered:
Caulfield First semester 2003 (Day)
Caulfield First semester 2003 (Evening)
Caulfield Second semester 2003 (Day)
Caulfield Second semester 2003 (Evening)
Caulfield First semester 2004 (Day)
Caulfield First semester 2004 (Evening)
Caulfield Second semester 2004 (Day)
Caulfield Second semester 2004 (Evening)

Synopsis: In business, the ability to identify situations that would benefit from some hard facts derives from two constituent and attainable skills. First, a thorough understanding of what each technique can do, that is, what results it can produce. Second, the ability to extract a meaningful interpretation of the results that adds value & is accessible to management. The objective of this unit is to facilitate for each student the attainment of these skills by taking a very practical approach. Topics covered include data description & summation, confidence interval estimation, hypothesis testing, regression analysis, & decision making under uncertainty. Software used will be Microsoft Excel.

Assessment: Test: 20% + Assignment: 30% + Final examination: 50% + Students must pass the final examination (i.e. 50% or more) plus gain an overall of 50% or more in order to pass the unit

Contact Hours: 39 contact hours

Prerequisites: Students must be enrolled in the MBA program