MONASH UNIVERSITY FACULTY HANDBOOKS

Business & Economics Handbook 1996

Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996

ACC6440

Management science and information systems

Mr Gurdarshan Gill

Objectives On completion of this subject students should have developed an understanding of the principles of management, the manager's concerns with organisation structure, and the flow of information within decision-making centres; knowledge of information systems, the tools and techniques for making decisions and administering the matters for which managers are responsible; an understanding of behavioural factors affecting accomplishments of the organisation's objectives.

Synopsis Topics include lectures and seminars on the principles of management; the management concern with organisation structure and the flow of information within decision-making centres; decision analysis tool and techniques.

Assessment Class tests: 30% + Examination (2 hours): 70%

Prescribed texts

• Anderson D R and others An introduction to management science 4th edn, West, 1985
• Davis G B and Olson M H Management information systems 2nd edn, McGraw-Hill, 1985
• Kreitner R Management 3rd edn, Houghton Mifflin, 1986