1997 Swinburne Higher Education Handbook

Creighton, W.B., Ford, W. and Mitchell, R. Labour Law: Text
and Materials. 2nd edn, Sydney, Law Book, 1993
Macken, J., McCarry, G. and Sappideen, C. The Law of
Employment. 3rd edn, Sydney, Law Book Co., 1990
BL333 Finance Law
3 hours per week Hawthorn Prerequisite: BL220 Contract
Law Assessmat: To be advised.
A subject in the Bachelor of Business
Objectives and Content
The objective of this subject is to examine the law relating to
selected financing and security practices. Areas of study
include bills discount facilities, cheques, fixed and/or
floating charges, mortgages and guarantees. A ~ractical
approach is taken to the legal issues analysed.
Recommended reading
No one text provides a suitable coverage of all the issues.
Course materials and reading texts will be made available to
students
BL334 Asian Business Law
3 hours per week Hawthorn Prerequisite: BLllO Legal
Environment of Business Assessment: research paper or
examination
A subject in the Bachelor of Business
Obiectives and Content
~h'~eneral objectives of this subject are to introduce students
to the legal environment of business in Asia and to develop an
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underst&ding of the context of law in Asian countries,
particular the cultural and historical context.
The subject will examine the interrelationship between law,
business and society in selected Asian countries. It will
explore the way the law has been used to stimulate
economic development. It will concentrate on the process of
constitutional development in Asia, in particular, the link
between economic development and democratisation in
selected Asian societies. Countries studied will include
Indonesia and Hong Kong.
Recommended reading
Lindsey, T., At the Crossroadc Current Issues in Indonesian Law,
Oxford University Press, 1996
Song Sang-Lyun, Korean Laws in the Global Economy, Seoul, Bak
Young Sa, 1996
-. Taylor, V. (Ed) Australian Perspective of Asian Legal System,
8 sydney, Butterworths, 1996
References to specific countries will be made available to students
BL400 Business Law Honours
Students should seek advice from theappropriate Business
Law staff when formulating their discipline-specific course
of study and their research project proposal.
To encourage a multi-disciplinary approach, students may,
subject to approval, undertake selected honours level
coursework subjects from other schools, divisions, or
institutions provided that they show the relevance of these
coursework subjects to their proposed area of research. Such
arrangements are subject to the student having any necessary
prerequisite studies and may be subject to any quotas
imposed on these subjects by the offering School.
Students must submit their proposal to the Business Law
Honours Convener for approval prior to the
commencement of their honours program. Approval for a
student's discipline-specific course of study and research
project proposal shall be subject to the availability of any
necessary resources and the availability of appropriate staff
supervision.
Advanced Studies in Business Law
Students will undertake a program of advanced study
designed to support their research project proposal. This
will involve the application of legal reasoning and legal
techniques to issues which are of importance to business,
government and society. The program will consist of
supervised readings and seminars.
Business Law Honours Research Project
Each student will be required to undertake an individual
program of advanced study in one or more areas of business
law in his or her preferred area of specialisation. Potential
areas of research should reflect expertise within the School
which includes law relating to contracts, companies,
marketing, retailing, employment, tourism, international
marketing, finance, computers, Asian business law and
European business law. Students will be required to make
presentations at progressive stages of their research. The
research project will be presented in the form of a written
dissertation of approximately 15,000 words in length.
Note that entry into the honours year is competitive and the
number ofplaces is subject to a quota.
BMl 10
The Marketing Concept
3 hours per week Hawthom/Mooroolbark Prerequisite: nil
Assessmar: emmination, assignments, presentation, clas exercise
A subject in the Bachelor of Business
Objectives and Content
This subject explores basic business and marketing concepts
from a variety of perspectives. The objective is the
understanding of key concepts upon which to build a
framework for the integration of a variety of ideas on
business-customer exchanges and the role of the marketing
function.
The subject provides common year students with a series of
lectures, tutorial exercises and assignments designed to give
them an opportunity to explore basic business and marketing
concepts from a variety of perspectives.
Particular emphasis is given to the role marketing plays in
the organisation's process of adaption to its environment,
relationships between organisations and their clients, and in
the formulation of management policies that impact on
other functions such as accounting, operations, and research.
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At the end of the subject, the successful student will have
acquired an understanding of key concepts upon which to
build a framework for the integration of a variety of ideas
on business-customer exchanges and an understanding of the
role of the marketing function. This understanding of