BUS9530 - Business systems B

Offered

Clayton First semester 2007 (Day)
Gippsland Second semester 2007 (Off-campus)
Hong Kong Second semester 2007 (Off-campus)
Singapore Second semester 2007 (Off-campus)

Synopsis

Fundamental operations of a typical business operating in the merchandising, manufacturing or service delivery sectors including life cycle of a typical transaction. Fundamentals of systems dynamics and business process modelling. Introduction to the fundamental techniques for quantitative analysis of business data in the context of business processes studied. Application of techniques such as descriptive statistics, correlation, basic time series analysis, forecasting, regression and financial analysis are presented as a means of more precisely analysing and understanding business processes and strategic management of organisations.

Assessment

Assignments: 30%
Examination (2 hours): 70%
Students must pass the examination in order to pass the unit.

Contact hours

One x 2hr lecture/week, one 1hr laboratory/week

Prerequisites

Entry to the Master of Business Systems or equivalent Masters program

Prohibitions

BUS5530, BUS9001, BUS9002, BUS9003, BUS9004