1997 Swinburne Higher Education Handbook

Recommended Reading BS141 lntroductotv Law
Pollard, A.H., Yusuf, F., and Pollard, G.N. Demographic
Techniques. A.S. Wilson, Inc., 1995
Mahar, C., and Burke, T. Informed Decision Making. Melbourne,
Longman Cheshire, 1991
Bureau of Immigration, Population and Multicultural Research,
Australia's Population Trends and Prospects (current and
previous years).
BQ607 Market Modelling ll
2 hours per week Hawthorn Prerequisites: nil
Assessment: individual assignments
A subject in the Graduate Diploma in Market Modelling
0 bjectives
Introduce students to business forecasting techniques.
Build Marketing Decision Models using MS Excel.
Content
Forecasting techniques covered will include time series
analysis, moving averages, exponential smoothing,
regression and judgmental analysis. Marketing models
used will analyse factors such as demand, price and
advertising.
Recommended Reading
Hanke, John E. and Reitsch, Arthur G. Business Forecasting. 5th
edn, Englewood Cliffs, N.J., Prentice Hall, 1995
Makridakis, S. and Wheelwright, S.C. and McGee, V.E.
Forecasting Methods for Management. 5th edn, New York, Wiley,
1989
Gaynor, Patricia E. and Kirkpatrick Rickey C. Introduction to
Time-Series Modeling and Forecasting in Business and Economics.
New York, McGraw-Hill, 1994
Lilien, Gary L. Kotler, Philip and Moorthy, K. Sridhar Marketing
Models , New Jersey, Prentice Hall, 1992
BQ703 Technological Forecasting
2 hours per week Hawthorn Prerequisites: Completion of
the Graduute Diploma in Mamgement Systems or equivaht
assessmat Assessment: individual assignments
A subject in the Master of Business (Information
Technology)
Objectives
Introduce students to qualitative business forecasting
techniques, in particular, the methods used in conducting a
technological forecast in an information technology
environment.
Content
The course will give an introduction to the necessary
concepts for technological forecasting including the
necessary traditional quantitative and qualitative forecasting
approaches.
Recommended Reading
Bails, D.G and Peppers, L.C. Business Fluctuations; Forecasting
Methods and Applications. 2nd edn, Englewood Cliffs, N.J.,
Prentice Hall, 1982
Makridakis, S. Wheelwright, S.C. and McGee, V.E. Forecasting
Methods for Management. 5th edn, New York, Wiley, 1989
5 credit points 2 hours per week Hawthorn
This is a first year subject of the Bachelor of Applied Science
(Environmental Health)
Content
Sources of law, problems with the law, the tiers of
Australian Government Commonwealth, State, Local
Government. The Parliamentary Process. Constitutional
constraints affecting environmental and public health
legislation.
Delegated legislation:
- relevance to environmental health officers,
- advantages and disadvantages,
- reviewing through Parliament and the courts.
The Australian court system, court personnel and tribunals
with specialised jurisdictions.
The civil and criminal trial process.
Judges as a source of law - precedent and legal reasoning.
Case studies of particular relevance will be examined
negligence (consumer protection); nuisance (environmental
controls); and strict liability (hazardous materials).
Judges as a source of law - the main judicial approaches to
statutory interpretation (plain meaning or policy), the
context of words in a statute, the audience, the purpose.
Particular rules; meanings limited to class or association,
gaps in a statute, inconsistent provisions, conflict with
property rights, penal provisions.
BS2530 Environmental Health Law
10 credit points 4 hours per week Hawthorn
This is a second year subject of the Bachelor of Applied
Science (Environmental Health)
Content
Legislation relevant to the environmental health officer
in local government the Health Act, enabling legal
provisions, e.g. nuisance, infectious disease, building,
accommodation, incidental controls;
* the Food Act - controls on food premises, preparation
and sale of food, etc. Warranties, third party procedure,
defence of reasonable precautions. Provisions with
respect to prosecution;
incidental powers and controls by virtue of the Local
Government Act will also be considered;
legislation relevant to the environmexital health officer
in state government authorities;
Health Department -in addition to the Health Act and
the Food Act, further relevant legislation with respect to
drugs and health services will be considered;
Environment Protection Authority. Consideration of
the Environment Protection Act, state environment
protection policies and regulations thereunder;
relevant judgements on the application/interpretation of
the legislation will be studied.
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