Undergraduate - UnitMGC2130 - Asian management

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2014 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

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6 points, SCA Band 3, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Business and Economics
Organisational Unit	Department of Management
Offered	Clayton Second semester 2014 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Dr David Chin

Synopsis

Management systems in Asia through a focus on paradigms, such as Japanese management; the implications for management of union cultures in various national contexts; cross-cultural management issues in multinationals; the transfer of management systems at the level of the corporation and the state; an understanding of how people are managed in Asia through the study of how local ethnic, gender, religious and kinship factors affect employees and managers in their work ethics, career strategies, leadership and decision-making styles. National contexts include Japan, Korea, Taiwan, China (including Hong Kong), Vietnam, Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Singapore.

Outcomes

The learning goals associated with this unit are to:

describe the management of organisations in Asia from both managers' and workers' perspectives
explain the major theories of Asian management and illustrate them with case material
analyse how factors from the external environment, such as gender, religion, ethnic diversity, union cultures, affect Asian management processes and compare how these vary between Asian nations
conduct an individual research exercise by applying one aspect of Asian management theory to a chosen Asian country context
develop oral and written communication skills.

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 60%
Examination: 40%

Chief examiner(s)

Associate Professor Ramanie Samaratunge

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload equals 144 hours per semester

Prerequisites

It is recommended that students complete MGC1010 before undertaking this unit