LB5214 - Current Business Issues

Credit points:	03
Year:	2013
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 21-Mar-2013
Face to face teaching 01-Mar-2013 to 17-Mar-2013 (Fri 1/3 6pm-9pm, Sat 2/3 & Sun 3/3 9am-5pm AND Fri 15/3 6pm-9pm, Sat 16/3 & Sun 17/3 9am-5pm)
Coordinator:	Assoc. Professor Darren Lee-Ross
Lecturer:	Dr Breda McCarthy.
Contact hours:	36 hours lectures - as per the subject study guide
Assessment:	end of semester exam (50%); assignments (30%); team negotiation (20%).
Special Assessment Requirements:	Students must obtain a final mark of at least 50% to pass the subject, and must obtain at least an average of 50% over all invigilated components to pass the subject.
Townsville, Block, Study Period 8
Census Date 22-Aug-2013
Face to face teaching 02-Aug-2013 to 18-Aug-2013 (Fri 2/8 6pm-9pm, Sat 3/8 & Sun 4/8 9am-5pm AND Fri 16/8 6pm-9pm, Sat 17/8 & Sun 18/8 9am-5pm)
Coordinator:	Assoc. Professor Darren Lee-Ross
Lecturer:	Dr Chris Leggett.
Contact hours:	36 hours lectures
Assessment:	end of semester exam (50%); assignments (30%); team negotiation (20%).
Special Assessment Requirements:	Students must obtain a final mark of at least 50% to pass the subject, and must obtain at least an average of 50% over all invigilated components to pass the subject.
Cairns, Block, Study Period 4
Census Date 21-Mar-2013
Face to face teaching 01-Mar-2013 to 17-Mar-2013 (Fri 1/3 6pm-9pm, Sat 2/3 & Sun 3/3 9am-5pm AND Fri 15/3 6pm-9pm, Sat 16/3 & Sun 17/3 9am-5pm)
Coordinator:	Assoc. Professor Darren Lee-Ross
Lecturer:	Dr Paul Lynch.
Contact hours:	36 hours lectures
Assessment:	end of semester exam (50%); assignments (30%); team negotiation (20%).
Special Assessment Requirements:	Students must obtain a final mark of at least 50% to pass the subject, and must obtain at least an average of 50% over all invigilated components to pass the subject.
Cairns, Block, Study Period 8
Census Date 22-Aug-2013
Face to face teaching 02-Aug-2013 to 18-Aug-2013 (Fri 2/8 6pm-9pm, Sat 3/8 & Sun 4/8 9am-5pm AND Fri 16/8 6pm-9pm, Sat 17/8 & Sun 18/8 9am-5pm)
Coordinator:	Assoc. Professor Darren Lee-Ross
Lecturer:	Ms Julie Edwards.
Contact hours:	36 hours lectures
Assessment:	end of semester exam (50%); assignments (30%); team negotiation (20%).
Special Assessment Requirements:	Students must obtain a final mark of at least 50% to pass the subject, and must obtain at least an average of 50% over all invigilated components to pass the subject.
JCU Singapore, Internal, Study Period 51
Census Date 21-Mar-2013
Coordinator:	Assoc. Professor Darren Lee-Ross
Lecturer:	Mr Dinesh Singh.
Contact hours:	36 hours lectures
Assessment:	end of semester exam (50%); assignments (30%); team negotiation (20%).
JCU Singapore, Internal, Study Period 52
Census Date 18-Jul-2013
Coordinator:	Assoc. Professor Darren Lee-Ross
Lecturer:	Mr Dinesh Singh.
Contact hours:	36 hours lectures
Assessment:	end of semester exam (50%); assignments (30%); team negotiation (20%).
JCU Singapore, Internal, Study Period 53
Census Date 14-Nov-2013
Coordinator:	Assoc. Professor Darren Lee-Ross
Lecturer:	Mr Dinesh Singh.
Contact hours:	36 hours lectures
Assessment:	end of semester exam (50%); assignments (30%); team negotiation (20%).
JCU Singapore, Block, Study Period 56
Census Date 12-Sep-2013
Face to face teaching 27-Jul-2013 to 17-Aug-2013 (27/07, 30/07, 01/08, 04/08, 06/08, 15/08, 17/08. Exam 25/08)
Coordinator:	Assoc. Professor Darren Lee-Ross
Lecturer:	Mr Dinesh Singh.
Contact hours:	36 hours lectures
Assessment:	end of semester exam (50%); assignments (30%); team negotiation (20%).
JCU Brisbane, Internal, Study Period 21
Census Date 18-Apr-2013
Coordinator:	Assoc. Professor Darren Lee-Ross
Lecturer:	Mrs Elizabeth O'Brien.
Contact hours:	36 hours lectures
Assessment:	end of semester exam (50%); assignments (30%); team negotiation (20%).
JCU Brisbane, Internal, Study Period 22
Census Date 15-Aug-2013
Coordinator:	Assoc. Professor Darren Lee-Ross
Lecturer:	Mrs Elizabeth O'Brien.
Contact hours:	36 hours lectures
Assessment:	end of semester exam (50%); assignments (30%); team negotiation (20%).
JCU Brisbane, Internal, Study Period 23
Census Date 13-Dec-2013
Coordinator:	Assoc. Professor Darren Lee-Ross
Lecturer:	Mr Gregory Trotman.
Contact hours:	36 hours lectures
Assessment:	end of semester exam (50%); assignments (30%); team negotiation (20%).
JCU Brisbane, Block, Study Period 26
Census Date 12-Sep-2013
Face to face teaching 06-Jul-2013 to 14-Jul-2013 (6/7 and 13/14 July, Exam 1 Aug13)
Coordinator:	Assoc. Professor Darren Lee-Ross
Contact hours:	36 hours lectures
Assessment:	end of semester exam (50%); assignments (30%); team negotiation (20%).
JCU Brisbane, Block, Study Period 27
Census Date 12-Dec-2013
Face to face teaching (As per study period)
Coordinator:	Assoc. Professor Darren Lee-Ross
Contact hours:	36 hours lectures
Assessment:	end of semester exam (50%); assignments (30%); team negotiation (20%).

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