LB5214 - Current Business Issues
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2011 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 3 |
| Administered by: | School of Business |
This subject will focus on equipping business managers with an understanding of current business issues, the positions taken by various stakeholders in relation to each issue, and the impact of those issues on business and government practice. Key issues will be identified, and students will have the opportunity to develop and deploy research and analytical skills necessary to identify opposing arguments, to explore these arguments, and to make and present their own positions in relation to issues. Students will undertake critical analysis of a range of issues in order to develop a deeper level of understanding of the processes of negotiation and the selection of appropriate management strategies.
Learning Outcomes
- Demonstrate understanding of key issues that are currently impacting on the conduct of business and government;
- Apply a range of resources in locating, critically examining and reporting information and its synthesis in achieving business outcomes;
- Develop analytical skills in understanding and presenting opposing arguments in relation to these issues;
- Develop best practice practical skills in negotiation and team management.
Graduate Qualities
- The ability to appraise information critically;
- The ability to use independent judgment to synthesise information to make intellectual and/or creative advances;
- The ability to think laterally and be original;
- The ability to conceptualise and evaluate a range of potential solutions to relevant problems;
- The ability to communicate the methodology, results and implications of their research in a manner appropriate to different purposes and audiences;
- The ability to make constructive contributions to project teams or collegial activities.
Availabilities | |
| Townsville, Block, Study Period 4 | |
| Census Date 17-Mar-2011 | |
| Face to face teaching 04-Mar-2011 to 20-Mar-2011 (Fri 4/3 6pm-9pm, Sat 5/3 & Sun 6/3 9am-5pm AND Fri 18/3 6pm-9pm, Sat 19/3 & Sun 20/3 9am-5pm) | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Josephine Pryce |
| Lecturer: | Mr Peter Evans. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (40% - 50%); assignments (20% - 40%); team negotiation (20% - 30%). |
| Townsville, Block, Study Period 8 | |
| Census Date 18-Aug-2011 | |
| Face to face teaching 03-Aug-2011 to 21-Aug-2011 (Wed 3/8 5pm-9pm, Thurs 4/8 1pm-9pm & Fri 5/8 2pm-9pm AND Fri 19/8 6pm-9pm, Sat 20/8 & Sun 21/8 9am-5pm) | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Josephine Pryce |
| Lecturer: | Mr Peter Evans. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (40% - 50%); assignments (20% - 40%); team negotiation (20% - 30%). |
| Cairns, Block, Study Period 4 | |
| Census Date 17-Mar-2011 | |
| Face to face teaching 04-Mar-2011 to 20-Mar-2011 (Fri 4/3 6pm-9pm, Sat 5/3 & Sun 6/3 9am-5pm AND Fri 18/3 6pm-9pm, Sat 19/3 & Sun 20/3 9am-5pm) | |
| Coord/Lect: | Dr Josephine Pryce. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (40% - 50%); assignments (20% - 40%); team negotiation (20% - 30%). |
| Cairns, Block, Study Period 8 | |
| Census Date 18-Aug-2011 | |
| Face to face teaching 05-Aug-2011 to 21-Aug-2011 (Fri 5/8 6pm-9pm, Sat 6/8 & Sun 7/8 9am-5pm AND Fri 19/8 6pm-9pm, Sat 20/8 & Sun 21/8 9am-5pm) | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Josephine Pryce |
| Lecturers: | Dr Josephine Pryce, Mr Paul Lynch. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (40% - 50%); assignments (20% - 40%); team negotiation (20% - 30%). |
| JCU Singapore, Internal, Study Period 54 | |
| Census Date 17-Mar-2011 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Josephine Pryce |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (40% - 50%); assignments (20% - 40%); team negotiation (20% - 30%). |
| JCU Singapore, Internal, Study Period 51 | |
| Census Date 24-Mar-2011 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Josephine Pryce |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (40% - 50%); assignments (20% - 40%); team negotiation (20% - 30%). |
| JCU Singapore, Internal, Study Period 52 | |
| Census Date 21-Jul-2011 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Josephine Pryce |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (40% - 50%); assignments (20% - 40%); team negotiation (20% - 30%). |
| JCU Singapore, Block, Study Period 56 | |
| Census Date 22-Sep-2011 | |
| Non-standard start/end 02-Jul-2011 to 09-Oct-2011 | |
| Face to face teaching 02-Jul-2011 to 24-Jul-2011 (This subject starts on the Saturday before the official SP start on 4 July) | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Josephine Pryce |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (40% - 50%); assignments (20% - 40%); team negotiation (20% - 30%). |
| JCU Singapore, Internal, Study Period 53 | |
| Census Date 17-Nov-2011 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Josephine Pryce |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (40% - 50%); assignments (20% - 40%); team negotiation (20% - 30%). |
| JCU Brisbane, Internal, Study Period 21 | |
| Census Date 14-Apr-2011 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Josephine Pryce |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (40% - 50%); assignments (20% - 40%); team negotiation (20% - 30%). |
| JCU Brisbane, Internal, Study Period 22 | |
| Census Date 11-Aug-2011 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Josephine Pryce |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (40% - 50%); assignments (20% - 40%); team negotiation (20% - 30%). |
| JCU Brisbane, Internal, Study Period 23 | |
| Census Date 08-Dec-2011 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Josephine Pryce |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (40% - 50%); assignments (20% - 40%); team negotiation (20% - 30%). |
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.