1997 Swinburne Higher Education Handbook

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Course participants are provided with the identified
knowledge, skills of on-the-job practical management of
training program administration. The principal aim of the
course is to enable participants to manage the organisational
pressure, demands and resources of program administration
in an innovative and systematic manner.
Topics include Training Guarantee Act Legislation,
compliance with legislation, book-keeping, computer
applications, The National Training Board, competency
standards, organizational HRD functions, theory of
organizational behaviour, budgeting, resource
administration, professional development.
Recommended reading
Material in this course is based on Davies, A,, Stock, J., Macleod,
J., Williams, C. and Cross, M. The Management of Training.
Carnforth, England, Parthenon Publishing, 1987, but ha. been
adapted to Australian conditions by course lecturers
Pepper, A.D. Managing the Training and Development Function.
2nd edn, Aldershot, Hants, Brookfield, Gower, 1992
EF920 Managing the Growing Business
3 hours per week equivalent City Prerequisite: EF713 The
Entrepreneurial Organisation Assessment: a combination of
personal assignments, group assignments, class participation
and/or exam
A second year subject in the Innovation and Enterprise suite
of programs.
Objectives and Content
As a new venture moves from startup into a stage of rapid
growth, the management and development - under duress - of
people and resources becomes a major concern. There is an
exponential increase in requirements for communication,
organisation, direction, supervision and coordination of the
expanding human and physical resources. This subject draws
more deeply on the theories and principles of organisational
behaviour (first encountered in the subject 'The
Entrepreneurial Organisation') and uses them to solve case
studies and problems (Australian and international) in growth
situations. The emphasis is on managing growth through all
stages of business development. The subject includes a
treatment of major ethical issues as they apply to
entrepreneurship and the development of new organisations.
Recommended reading
Hendrickson, L and Psarouthakis, J. Managing the Growing Fin,
Prentice Hall, 1992
Hindle, K G How to Use Organisational Behaviour, Learnfast
$ Press, Melbourne, 1991
Kao, J J The Entrepreneurial Organisation, Prentice Hall, 1991
EF923 Growth Venture Evaluation
3 hours per week equivalent City Prerequisite: EF811
New Venture Financial Planning Assessment: a
combination of personal assignments, group assignments, class
participation and/or exam
A subject in the Master of Enterprise Innovation.
Objectives and Content
This is a case based subject which provides students with the
ability to apply their knowledge of financial principles
(gained in EF811) to analysis and decision making in vital,
practical areas which affect the financing and management of
entrepreneurial ventures. As members of a team, students
conduct a project which evaluates an actual business plan
from the perspective of a venture capitalist. As an individual,
each student writes and orally defends analyses of ten
sophisticated Australian and international case studies
covering key topics in the field of growth venture evaluation
and fir.mcing entrepreneurial ventures.
Textbook
Stevenson, H.H. Roberts, M.J. and Grousbeck, H.I. New Business
Ventures and The Entrepreneur. 4th edn, Irwin, 1994
EF924 Advanced Business Plan
40 hours per year City Prerequisites: All year I & 2 ME1
subjects Assessment: a combination of personal assignments,
group assignments, class participation and/or exam
A subject in the Master of Enterprise Innovation
Obiectives and Content
This subject requires students in supervised teams, to write
their second
business plan. They draw on the experience of their first
effort in EF814 and the growing sophistication in
entrepreneurial management acquired over many subjects.
They produce a business plan of a calibre high enough to
meet the due diligence standards of an investment analyst
operating in an internationally established venture capital
company.
Recommended reading
Tirnmons, J A, New Venture Creation: Entrepreneurship for the
21st Century, 4th edn, Irwin, Boston, 1994
EF934 Entrepreneurial Research Project
40 hours per year City Prerequisites: All year 2 ME1
subjects Assessment: a combination of personal assignments,
group assignments, class participation and/or exam
A subject in the Master of Enterprise Innovation
Objectives and content
The concept here is that of the 'mini-thesis'. Each student is
required to demonstrate his or her research capabilities by
advancing knowledge of a selected aspect of Australia's or
the international entrepreneurial environment. After topic
selection and approval, a student's short thesis is developed
to masters level standards of academic rigour and etiquette.
The topic possibilities are as wide as a student's varied
expertise and interests. Class time is based on sharing the
varied research oroblems and solutions which students
experience as their theses progress, and discussion of
research methodologies appropriate to entrepreneurial
studies.
Recommended reading
Hair, J. el al. Multivariate Data Analaysis with Readings, 4th edn,
Prentice Hall, 1995
Leedy, P.P. Practical Research, McMillan, 1989
Neuman, W.L. Social Research Methods, Qualitative and
Quantitative Approaches, Boston, Allyn and Bacon, 1991