CO5104 - Business Processes: Analysis and Improvement

Credit points:	03
Year:	2006
Student Contribution Band:	Band 2
Administered by:

Available to GuangZhou students - As outlined in the JCU/GuangZhou University agreement. Available to the Townsville students - as outlined in the Master of Professional Accounting course.

This subject examines the effectiveness and efficiency with which organisations use scarce resources to create and sustain value. Emphasis will be placed on the technical design and operation of management accounting technologies and systems and the critical evaluation of such in directing and/or supporting the value-effective design of organisational processes.

Learning Outcomes

• To develop evaluative skills through a critical assessment of relevant literatures;
• To develop communicative and leadership skills through team based project work, presentations and interactive learning approaches;
• To develop analytic and imaginative skills, in exploring the use of resources in organisational processes under conditions of change;
• To develop an appreciation of the thinking and practice that underlies the drive towards world- class organisational performance.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments;
• The ability to speak and write logically, clearly and creatively;
• The ability to use a variety of media and methods to retrieve, analyse, evaluate, organise and present information.

Availabilities
, , Study Period 40
Census Date 08-Sep-2006
Face to face teaching 02-Oct-2006 to 12-Nov-2006
Contact hours:	26 hours 12 hours
Assessment:	(60%); (10%); (10%); (20%).
, , Study Period 2
Census Date 08-Sep-2006
Coord/Lect:	Dr Rafiuddin Ahmed.
Contact hours:	26 hours 12 hours
Assessment:	(60%); (10%); (10%); (20%).
, , Study Period 23
Census Date 22-Dec-2006
Coordinator:	Dr Rafiuddin Ahmed
Contact hours:	26 hours 12 hours
Assessment:	(60%); (10%); (10%); (20%).

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.