Postgraduate - UnitMGX5650 - Modern Europe: Business and society

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	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Business and Economics
Organisational Unit	Department of Management
Offered	Not offered in 2014
Coordinator(s)	Dr Paul Kalfadellis and Dr Cristina Neesham

Synopsis

This unit assists students to understand the EU business practices in the context of EU economic, social and employment policy. In this unit, EU business regulation and practice is related to issues of trade and foreign investment, common agricultural policy, monetary policy and the euro. European social models are discussed in relation to labour policies, welfare systems and social insurance policies as they affect the business environment in Europe. Contemporary issues such as globalisation, EU enlargement, EU integration and EU relations with Australia will also be examined.

Outcomes

The learning goals associated with this unit are to:

increase awareness of the European Union
interpret information and research on debates around the impact of social policy (e.g. the European social model/s) on economic performance and social progress
analyse the key priorities and structural elements of business regulation in the EU
explain the benefits and challenges of the existing economic and social policies in the EU
understand the inter-relationships between the EU and the rest of the world.

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 50%
Examination: 50%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Paul Kalfadellis

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload equals 144 hours per semester