MONASH UNIVERSITY FACULTY HANDBOOKS

Business & Economics Handbook 1996

Published by Monash University
Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia

Caution Copyright © Monash University 1996
ISBN 1320-6222

Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996

SCHOLARSHIPS AND PRIZES

CONTENTS

  1. Scholarships
  2. Prizes

Scholarships

AHMAC (Health Economics) Scholarships

Scholarships are available to students who have a Bachelor of Economics degree or equivalent. The scholarship pays full time tuition for the Graduate Diploma in Health Economics and Evaluation. In addition, a stipend of $13,100 tax free is provided. The scholarships are awarded on the basis of academic merit, but the selection committee may take into account other factors such as suitability for a career in health economics. Candidates for the scholarship must be Australian citizens or permanent residents of Australia.

Australian Paper Manufacturers Scholarship

The Australian Paper Manufacturers awards a scholarship of $1000 to full time students undertaking studies in the Bachelor of Business degree at Gippsland. The scholarship is awarded to encourage and assist students to complete their course and to consider continuing into the honours year. It is awarded on the basis of academic merit to students in the first, second or third year of the course who proceed into a full-time year of study.

Bankers Trust Scholarship

This scholarship is available to students undertaking the honours year within a specialisation taught by the Faculty of Business and Economics on the Clayton campus.

The scholarship is awarded to encourage and assist students to complete an honours specialisation in the field of economics, commerce or business. It is awarded on the basis of academic merit but the selection committee may also take into account other factors such as potential ability for investment banking industry. The value of the scholarship shall be $4000 for one year.

Candidates for the scholarship must be Australian citizens or permanent residents of Australia.

Students who are invited to undertake fourth year honours receive an application to apply for the scholarship in the mail.

Coal Corporation of Victoria/Energy Brix Australia Scholarship

The Coal Corporation of Victoria awards a scholarship of $1000 to full-time students undertaking studies in the Bachelor of Business degree at Gippsland. The scholarship is awarded to assist and encourage students to continue their studies and to consider continuing into the honours year. It is awarded on the basis of academic merit and is available to first, second and third-year students of the course who proceed into a full-time year of study.

Helen M Schutt Trust Scholarship

These scholarships are offered every year to honours, masters and doctor of philosophy students in the Department of Business Management, Caulfield campus. Scholarships are awarded on the basis of academic merit and capacity to carry out research. The departmental scholarships committee writes to students inviting applications each year.

KPMG Accounting Honours Scholarship

KPMG sponsors a scholarship for students undertaking the honours year in the Department of Accounting and Finance. The scholarship is offered in two formats. In the first format students enrol to complete their honours year of study on a part time basis over two years. During the period of the scholarship the holder will be employed by Monash University to take tutorials on a sessional basis in Department of Accounting and Finance. The scholarship is valued at up to $10,000 per annum. In the second format a scholarship to the value of $5000 per annum may be awarded to a student who undertakes the honours year of study on a full time basis. This amount will be paid in two instalments. The scholarship also provides for students to be offered vacation employment with KPMG. For further details contact the Department of Accounting and Finance.

Monash University Price Waterhouse Accounting and Finance Honours Scholarship

This scholarship is offered every year by Price Waterhouse to encourage and assist students to pursue honours studies in accounting and/or finance. The scholarship totals $9000 - comprising $3000 awarded at third-year level and $6000 for the honours year.

To be eligible for this scholarship, students must be enrolled in the third year Bachelor of Commerce subjects which permit progress to the Bachelor of Commerce (honours) degree in accounting and/or finance. Candidates for the scholarship must be Australian citizens or permanent residents of Australia.

Students are selected for interview for the scholarship based on their overall academic performance in the first two years of the Bachelor of Commerce course. The Department of Accounting and Finance will initially select the students. The winner of the scholarship will be chosen on the following criteria: overall academic achievement, personal motivation for completing the honours year and the ability to promote the honours year among fellow students.

NSW Health Traineeship

This traineeship is available to students who have a Bachelor of Economics degree or equivalent and provides full-time tuition for coursework in the Graduate Diploma in Health Economics and Evaluation. In addition, it provides employment as a health economist in New South Wales over a further two years. Preference for the traineeships will be given to residents of NSW.

Quantum International Scholarship in Transnational Business

This scholarship is open to Bachelor of Business (Marketing) students who are interested in transnational marketing. This includes the emerging home shopping and infomercial industries. The emphasis of the scholarship is on helping students to develop an international perspective on the significance and opportunities associated with these industries.

The scholarship provides for a return airfare to London and a salary whilst the successful applicant is in a training position at Quantum International Ltd. The duration of the scholarship is open to negotiation but could be in the order of two to six months. In 1993, the scholarship was worth in the order of $40,000. The scholarship holder is given the opportunity to work with the chief executive and other senior personnel within Quantum International.

Sidwell Scholarship

At the end of each year the Syme Department of Marketing will nominate a short-list of outstanding second and/or final year Bachelor of Business (Marketing) students who intend to pursue a career in advertising.

These students will be interviewed by a scholarship selection committee comprising those associated with Bill Sidwell, members of the advertising industry, the head of the Syme Department of Marketing and the dean of the faculty.

The selection committee will consider documentation provided by the candidates and will invite them to explain how their career development could be accelerated and enhanced. Based on this information the committee will determine who should be supported and the manner of that support.

It is envisaged that financial support will be provided for initiatives such as attendance at an international advertising conference, secondment to a North American or Asian advertising agency or participation in an overseas marketing study tour.

Prizes

Prizes have been divided into two categories: those for the best student in a particular course or year level of a course; and those for the best student in a designated subject.

The following tables summarise the undergraduate and postgraduate prizes awarded to students within the faculty. Information regarding the establishment of new prizes may be obtained from the appropriate departments and schools within the faculty.

Awarded for the best student in the following courses and year levels

Name and value of prize

First-year Bachelor of Business (Accounting)

Australian Society of Certified Practising Accountants ($500 plus framed certificate and medallion)

First-year Bachelor of Business (Accounting)/Bachelor of Computing (Information Systems)

Horwath and Horwath ($250)

First-year Bachelor of Business (Banking and Finance)

Citibank Ltd ($250)

First-year Bachelor of Business (International Trade)

Keys Trading (International) Pty Ltd ($200)

First-year Bachelor of Business (Management)

Australian Institute of Management Ð Victoria (AIM Medal and book voucher $250)

First-year Bachelor of Business (Marketing)

Sanford Vick Advertising Award ($500)

First-year Bachelor of Business majoring in accounting

Australian Society of Certified Practising Accountants ($500, medallion and certificate of excellence)

First, second or third-year Bachelor of Business

Butterworths Book Prizes (six prizes of $50 and certificate)

First-year Department of Accounting and Finance accounting subjects

Australian Society of Certified Practising Accountants ($500, a medallion and a certificate of excellence)

Second-year Bachelor of Business (Accounting)

Australian Society of Certified Practising Accountants ($500 plus framed certificate and medallion)

Second-year Bachelor of Business (Accounting)/Bachelor of Computing (Information Systems)

Horwath and Horwath ($250)

Second-year student in Bachelor of Business (Banking and Finance)

Commonwealth Bank of Australia ($400)

Second-year Bachelor of Business (Business Administration )/(Management)

General Motors-Holden's Automotive Ltd ($400)

Second-year student in Bachelor of Business (International Trade)

Victorian Employers' Chamber of Commerce and Industry ($200)

Second-year Bachelor of Business (Marketing)

Syme Department of Marketing

Second-year the Bachelor of Business majoring in accounting

Australian Society of Certified Practising Accountants ($500, medallion and certificate of excellence)

Second-year Bachelor of Business (accounting/finance stream) who is enrolled full-time

Coal Corporation of Victoria ($1000 scholarship)

Second or third-year Bachelor of Business (marketing stream)

Australian Securities Commission ($300 and a certificate)

Second-year Bachelor of Business majoring in marketing

Gippsland Office Centre Marketing Award ($250 and a plaque)

Second or third-year Bachelor of Business (organisational change management stream)

Australian Institute of Management (Malcolm Moire medal, $250 book voucher and one-year AIM membership)

Second-year Department of Accounting and Finance accounting subjects

Australian Society of Certified Practising Accountants ($500, a medallion and a certificate of excellence)

Third-year Bachelor of Business (Accounting)

Ernst and Young $250

Third-year Bachelor of Business (Banking and Finance)

Bank of Melbourne ($300)

Third-year Bachelor of Business (Banking and Finance) undertaking part-time study

Bank of Melbourne ($300)

Third-year Bachelor of Business (Banking and Finance) undertaking full-time study

National Australia Bank ($300)

Third-year Bachelor of Business (International Trade)

ANZ Bank ($300)

Third-year Bachelor of Business (Management)

Australian Institute of Management (Victoria) (one-year AIM membership)

Third-year Bachelor of Business (Management)/(Business Administration)

H J Heinz Company ($500)

Third-year Bachelor of Business (Marketing)*

Bizcom Pty Ltd ($500)

Third-year Bachelor of Business majoring in accounting

Australian Society of Certified Practising Accountants ($500, medallion, framed certificate and two years membership of the society)

Third-year Bachelor of Business accounting studies*

Bentley Smith ($200 and certificate)

Third-year Bachelor of Business (human resource management stream)

Australian Human Resources Institute ($250 and medallion)

Third-year Department of Accounting and Finance accounting subjects

Australian Society of Certified Practising Accountants ($500, two years membership of the society, a medallion and a framed certificate)

Third-year Department of Accounting and Finance accounting subjects (examination only)

KPMG ($250)

Bachelor of Business (Accounting) top graduate

Australian Society of Certified Practising Accountants ($500, two years membership, framed certificate and medallion)

Bachelor of Business (Agribusiness) top graduate

National Australia Bank ($700)

Bachelor of Business (Banking and Finance) top graduate

Australian Institute of Bankers ($250)

Bachelor of Business (International Trade) top graduate

ANZ Bank ($500)

Bachelor of Business (Marketing) top graduate

Monash Marketing Alumni Association ($500)

Bachelor of Business (honours) in marketing

Simon Richards Direct ($500)

Graduate Diploma in Accounting second-year (Caulfield campus)

Dean McVeigh ($500)

Graduate Diploma in Accounting (Gippsland campus)

Vic Roads ($300 and certificate)

Graduate Diploma in Agribusiness top graduate

Pacific Brands Food Group (Return airfare to Japan)

Graduate Diploma in Banking and Finance

Australian Institute of Bankers ($250)

Graduate Diploma of Business (Management)

Australian Institute of Management (Framed certificate)

Graduate Diploma of Business (Management)

Australian Institute of Management Ð Gippsland Branch (President's Award, $250, plaque and one year AIM membership)

Graduate Diploma in Logistics Management top graduate

Brian Hirsh (Trophy)

Graduate Diploma in Logistics Management top first-year

Dawson Consulting ($400)

Graduate Diploma in Marketing

Hoover Australia ($1000) and gift worth $500

Master of Business Administration First-year

Australian Institute of Management (AIM medal, book voucher worth $250 and one-year membership of AIM)

Master of Business Administration

Commonwealth Bank of Australia ($750 and medallion)

Master of Business Administration

Foster's Brewing Group ($750 and medallion)

Master of Business Administration for research

Norwich Rising Star Research Award ($750 and medal)

Master of Business Administration (health/hospital administration stream)

Medibank Private Prize ($750 and plaque)

Master of Business Administration (Corporate)

Foster's Brewing Group ($750 and medallion)

Master of Business Administration (International Business)

Foster's Brewing Group ($750 and medallion)

Master of Business Administration (Technology Management)

Foster's Brewing Group ($750 and medallion)

Master of Business Administration program Ð top ten candidates who have not received a specified prize

Director's list (ten prizes of a plaque)

Master of Marketing

D D B Needham ($1000)

Master of Taxation

Boyd Partners Ltd ($1000)

Awarded for the best student in the following subjects

Name and value of prize

AAF1020/1030 (Accounting) (examination results only)

KPMG ($250)

AAF1030 (Accounting) (examination result only)

Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu ($300)

AAF1030 (Accounting) (examination result only)

Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu ($300)

AAF2130 (Management accounting) (examination result only)

Ernst and Young ($200)

AAF2170 (Capital markets and financial institutions)

Australian Institute of Bankers ($250 and an inscribed certificate)

AAF3120 (Advanced accounting) (examination result only)

Coopers and Lybrand Foundation ($400)

AAF3120 (Advanced accounting) and either AAF3130 (Management accounting) or AAF3140 (Business finance)

Accountancy Placements Pty Ltd ($250)

AAF3140 (Business finance)

Arthur Andersen and Company ($200)

AAF2160 (Computers and Accounting)

Arthur Andersen and Company ($200)

AAF3160 (Auditing and systems)

EDP Auditors Association ($150 and one-year subscription of association)

AAF3160 (Auditing and systems) (examination results only)

KPMG ($250)

AAF4180 (Securities regulation)

Prudential-Bache Securities ($250)

AAF5230 (Issues in financial reporting)

Geoffrey Cohen (Arthur Andersen and Co) ($300)

ACC1110 (Accounting and financial decision making)

Arthur Andersen ($250)

ACC1121 (Accounting systems and procedures)

KPMG ($250)

ACC2341 (International financial management)*

KPMG ($250)

ACC2491 (Company reporting) who is enrolled in Bachelor of Business (Accounting)/Bachelor of Computing (Information Systems)

Deloitte Ross Tohmatsu ($200)

ACC2491 (Company reporting)

KPMG ($250)

ACC2631 (Financial management)

ICI Australia ($250)

ACC3631 (Auditing)

Coopers and Lybrand ($400)

DEK1200 (Winning the retail customer)

Target ($350)

DEK2211 (Statistical methods for retailers)*

David Jones ($350)

DEK2221 (Retail logistics)

Coles Supermarkets ($350)

DEK2231 (Retail financial management)*

Myer Grace Bros ($350)

DEK2500 (Retail management principles)*

Safeway ($350)

DEK2251 (Retail law)*

Country Road ($350)

DEK3500 (Retail buying)

Bunnings ($350)

ECM4020 (Econometrics honours) or ECO4040 (Economics/econometrics honours)

Australian Bureau of Statistics (annual subscription to Australian Economic Indicators)

ECO3850 (Economics honours)

Economic Society Victorian Branch ($200)

FIN1210 (Business Japanese 1)

Australian Wheat Board ($200)

FIN1240 (Business Chinese 1)

BHP Steel ($300))

FIN1300 (Money and capital markets)

Westpac Banking Corporation ($250)

FIN1311(Business Japanese 2)

International Wool Secretariat ($200)

FIN1341 (Business Chinese 2)

BHP Steel ($300)

FIN1710 (Macroeconomics)

Addison-Wesley Publishing Co. ($100 plus two books)

FIN2211 (Business Japanese 3)

Containers Packaging Pty Ltd ($200)

FIN2241 (Business Chinese 3)

BHP Steel ($400)

FIN2331 (Monetary theory and policy)

Commonwealth Bank of Australia ($250)

FIN2401 (Commercial banking and finance)

National Australia Bank ($300)

FIN2731 (The international economy)

Hayman Rogers International ($200)

FIN2751 (Futures and options markets)

Toronto Dominion Australia Ltd ($400)

FIN2801 (Lending law)

Australian Finance Conference ($300)

FIN3201 (International law)

White Cleland Solicitors ($200)

FIN3301 (Case studies in international trade)

T M Fildes Pty Ltd ($200)

FIN3331 (International banking and finance)

ANZ Bank ($250)

FIN3651 (Treasury management)

ANZ Bank ($500)

FIN3841 (Lending decisions)

Ferrier Hodgson ($500)

FIN3931 (Taxation law)

Westpac Banking Corporation ($300)

FIN6140 (Bank lending)

Ferrier Hodgson ($500)

FIN6160 (International banking and finance)

Bank of New Zealand ($300)

FIN6260 (Australian capital markets)

Australian Finance Conference ($350)

GBU1201 (Introduction to business law) enrolled in the Bachelor of Business

Slater and Gordon (Book prize to value $100)

GBU2003 (Accounting for management information) enrolled in Bachelor of Business

Commonwealth Bank ($250 and certificate)

GBU2005 (Financial accounting) enrolled in Bachelor of Business

Australian Securities Commission ($300 and a plaque)

GBU2203 (Law of business organisations) enrolled in Bachelor of Business

Australian Securities Commission ($300 and a plaque)

GBU2204 (Taxation law and practice) enrolled in Bachelor of Business degree

Duesburys ($100 and certificate)

GBU2204 (Taxation law and practice) enrolled in Bachelor of Business*

Association of Taxation and Management Accountants ($250, leather bound certificate and one-year ATMA membership )

GBU2404 (Market research methods) enrolled in Bachelor of Business

Stanborough Wemyss and Associates (engraved silverware)

GBU2405 (Promotion management) enrolled in Bachelor of Business

Gippsland Petrol Group Jason Guzzardi Memorial Award ($200 plus a perpetual trophy by Guzzardi Jackson Group)

GBU3007 (Auditing) enrolled in Bachelor of Business

Duesburys ($100 and certificate)

GBU3010 (Business finance) enrolled in the Bachelor of Business

National Australia Bank (Morwell Branch) ($250, gift and certificate)

GBU3110 (Financial institutions management) enrolled in the Bachelor of Business

Australian Institute of Bankers ($250 and certificate)

GBU3204 (Administrative law) enrolled in Bachelor of Business

Slater and Gordon (Book prize to value $100)

GBU3207 (Advanced taxation) enrolled in Bachelor of Business

Australian Taxation Office ($150 and certificate)

GBU3409 (Export management) enrolled in Bachelor of Business

Exportise ($100 and a plaque)

GBU8025 (Taxation law and practice) enrolled in Graduate Diploma of Business (Accounting)*

Association of Taxation and Management Accountants ($250, leather bound certificate and one-year ATMA membership)

GCO1851 (Computers in business) enrolled in Bachelor of Business

Duesburys ($100 and certificate)

MBA6350 (Strategic management) enrolled in Master of Business Administration programs

KPMG Peat Marwick ($500)

MGC2230 (Organisational behaviour) and MGC2240 (Organisation and management)

Shell Company of Australia Ltd ($100)

MGC2310 (Public management) (examination results only)

Royal Australian Institute of Public Administration ($200)

MGM1300 (Introduction to management)

Prentice-Hall of Australia ($250 book voucher)

MGM1500 (Operations and manufacturing management)

Monash Manufacturing Roundtable ($300)

MGM1510 (Quality management)

Containers Packaging ($300)

MGM2681 (International business management)

Dulux Australia ($250)

MGM2691 (Management of organisational performance)

Sheryl Saltzman (Two prizes of $200 each)

MGM2801 (Advanced manufacturing technology)

Varian Australia ($500)

MGM2821 (HRM information systems)

Co-Cam Computer Services Pty Ltd ($500)

MGM2830 (Safety and environmental issues)

Dulux Australia ($400)

MGM2880 (Production planning and control)

PBR Automotive Pty Ltd ($400)

MGM3121 (Strategic management for international trade)

L'Oreal ($250)

MGM3361 (Performance management)

Mercedes-Benz (Australia) Pty Ltd ($300)

MGM3511 (Strategic management accounting)

Pitcher Partners ($250)

MGM3901 (Entrepreneurship and small business management)

Applied Chemicals Pty Ltd ($300)

MKT1120 (Marketing theory and practice)

Unifoods ($500)

MKT1131 (Statistics for marketing)

Oz Info ($500)

MKT2111 (buyer behaviour)

Brand New Marketing Communications ($300)

MKT2121 (Marketing research)

The John Cowl Memorial Prize ($500 and trophy)

MKT2121 (Marketing research Ð assignment)

Mt Buffalo Chalet ($500 accommodation)

MKT2131 (Marketing support systems)

Microsoft ($500 software)

MKT2501 (Retail management principles)

Sussan Corporation ($350)

MKT2761 (Agribusiness marketing management)

National Australia Bank ($300)

MKT3121 (Marketing planning and implementation)

Dulux Australia ($350 and trophy)

MKT3131 (Strategic marketing)

Coles Supermarkets ($350)

MKT3201 (Business marketing)

Unique Micro Designs ($500)

MKT3301 (Services marketing)

Stanborough-Wemyss and Associates Award (silver salver worth $500)

MKT3461 (Marketing communications)

AANA ($350)

MKT3471 (Sales management and negotiation)

Strategic Horizons ($325)

MKT3481 (Logistics and channel management)

Online Distribution Services ($350)

MKT3501 (Retail buying and merchandising)

Myer Grace Bros ($400)

MKT3531 (International marketing)

Judith Carruthers and Associates ($500)

MKT3621 (Advertising management)

Wilson Everard ($500)

MKT3761 (International agribusiness)

Bunge Australia ($250)

MKT3781 (Direct marketing)*

Clemenger Direct ($500)

MKT3961 (Commodity trading management)*

Australian Wheat Board ($300)

MKT5200 (Assessing marketing performance)*

Sutherland Smith ($500)

MKT5220 (Advanced marketing research)*

Frank Small and Associates ($500)

MKT5270 (Strategic marketing policy)*

Roberts Research Group ($350)

MKT6120 (Marketing research and forecasting)

A C Nielson ($350)

MKT6261 (Marketing communication strategies)

Promotif ($500)

MKT6160 (Marketing theory and practice)

George Papasavvas Memorial Trophy

MKT6371 (Marketing strategy)

Act Media Award

* Subject to final approval

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