BU1104 - Business, Environment and Society in the Tropics
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2014 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 3 |
| Administered by: | School of Business (pre 2015) |
This subject explores the external and internal environmental context of business and organisational practices in the tropics. It examines different facets of management operating in remote locations experiencing constraints on resources. The subject places emphasis on the fundamental building blocks of management: plan, organise, lead and control, which are crucial to starting growing and maintaining a successful business. Prominence is also placed on the contemporary drivers of global, societal and regional change, such as, sustainability, cultural perspectives, corporate social responsibility, ethical accountability and governance.
Learning Outcomes
- analyse key drivers of change to business practices in a tropical context;
- explain how organisations can be ethically, corporately and socially responsible in achieving sustainable practice;
- discuss the principles of diversity management;
- examine key features of the four functions of management in the context of organisational structures;
- appreciate business and management principles that apply specifically in a tropical environmental context.
| Inadmissible Subject Combinations: | BU1004 BU1904 MG1731 BU1804 |
Availabilities | |
| Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 27-Mar-2014 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Dr Alf Kuilboer. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); assignments (20%); online quiz (30%). |
| External, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 27-Mar-2014 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Dr Alf Kuilboer. |
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| Method of Delivery: | WWW - LearnJCU |
| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); assignments (20%); online quiz (30%). |
| Cairns, Internal, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 27-Mar-2014 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Alf Kuilboer |
| Lecturer: | Mr Roy Wybrow. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); assignments (20%); online quiz (30%). |
| JCU Singapore, Internal, Study Period 51 | |
| Census Date 20-Mar-2014 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Alf Kuilboer |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); assignments (20%); online quiz (30%). |
| JCU Singapore, Internal, Study Period 52 | |
| Census Date 17-Jul-2014 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Alf Kuilboer |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); assignments (20%); online quiz (30%). |
| JCU Singapore, Internal, Study Period 53 | |
| Census Date 13-Nov-2014 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Alf Kuilboer |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); assignments (20%); online quiz (30%). |
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An enrolment quota applies to this offering. |
| JCU Brisbane, Internal, Study Period 21 | |
| Census Date 17-Apr-2014 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Alf Kuilboer |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); assignments (20%); online quiz (30%). |
| JCU Brisbane, Internal, Study Period 22 | |
| Census Date 14-Aug-2014 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Alf Kuilboer |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); assignments (20%); online quiz (30%). |
| JCU Brisbane, Internal, Study Period 23 | |
| Census Date 11-Dec-2014 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Alf Kuilboer |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); assignments (20%); online quiz (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.