1997 Swinburne Higher Education Handbook

Macroeconomics of cost, profit marginal concepts
Source of finance and cost of capital
Macroeconomic fundamentals
Banking system and credit
National accounts, GDP, government controls
Markets, resource allocation
Share market
Economic indicators
11. Accounting
introduction to accounting
financial accounting and annual reports, financial ratios
management accounting, budgeting, standard costing,
historical costing, marginal costing, Activity Based
Costing (ABC).
Recommended reading
Douglas, E.J., Managerial Economics. 4th edn, Englewood Cliffs,
N.J., Prentice Hall, 1992
Hirsch, M.L. and Louderback, J.G., Cost Accounting. 2nd edn,
Boston, Mass., Kent Publishing Company, 1986
Thompson, A.A. Jnr., Economics of the Firm. 4th edn, Englewood
Cliffs, N.J., Prentice Hall International, 1985
MM385 Engineering Management 1 Bc :on Irons
10 credit Points 4 hours per week Hawthorn Assessment:
Assignments and examination
A third year subject in the Bachelor of Engineering
(Mechanical and Manufacturing)
Ob jedives
To introduce and develop an understanding of productivity,
work & method study, engineering economics and
accounting, team building skills and organisational
behaviour. To introduce topics concerning written and oral
expressions at a professional standard, total quality
managements and organisational structure.
Content
Productivity and methods engineering
Engineering economics
Microeconomics, Macroeconomics
Engineering accounting, financial statements
Team Building skills
Performance effectiveness
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4 Organisational behaviour, design and culture
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0 Development of management schools of though
2. - Leadership
Introduction to total quality management
Introduction to topics students are expected to use during
industry based learning experience
Recommended Reading
Samson, D., Management for Engineers, Longmire Chesire, 1995
Chapman, C.B., Cooper, D.F. and Page, M.J., Managements for
Engineers, Wiley, 1990
George, C.S, and Cole, K., Supervision in Action, Prentice-Hall,
1992
Eunson, B., The Communication skills series, Wiley, 1993
Schemerhorn, J.R, Managementfor Productivity, Wiley, 1993
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MM386 Ergonomics
40 credit points 4'/2 hours per week Hawthorn
Assessment: Assignments, laboratory work and examination
A third year subject in the Bachelor of Engineering
(Mechanical and Manufacturing)
Ob jedives
To introduce fundamental principles of ergonomics and
develop an understanding of its nature and application.
Content
Introduction to the Science of ergonomics
Human interaction with physical environments: hearing and
noise, sight and lighting, and vibration, use of standards
Functional anatomy and human interaction with the
workplace: musculoskeletal structure of human body,
human performance, shift work, importance of
anthropometry in workplace design
Introduction to task evaluation and workplace design
principles: manual handling and keyboard design
Health and safety practice: safety management methods,
legislation, machine guarding, fire and explosion, building
safety requirements, electircal safety, hygiene factors,
toxicology, chemical hazards and biological diseases
Engineering psychology: cognitive processing, attention,
memory, perception, vigilance, reaction time, psychophysics
and signal detection theory, human stress, controls and
displays, screen based equipment.
Laboratory exercises will be conducted on relevant issues.
Recommended Reading
Grandjean, E., Fitting the Task to theMan, Taylor & Fancis, 1988
Kroemer, K, Kroemer, H and Kroemer-Elbert, K., Ergonomics,
1988
Sanders, M.S. and McCormack, E.J., Human Factors in
Engineen'ng Design, McGraw-Hill, 1993
Various OH&S Regulations and Codes of Practice
MM396 Computer Science ?D % ' ~ C / C ~ ~
4 credit points 2 hours per week Hawthorn Prerequisite:
MA4297 Assessment: test and assignment
A third year subject in the Bachelor of Engineering
(Manufacturing)
Ob jedives
To show how computer systems can be used effectively in
manufacturing environments. This has two levels on
technical level the way processes, machines are controlled
and on production level how the computers are used to
organise databases, to manipulate data, by design of a system
in-house or applications of packages (off-shelf).
Content
Computer architectures, with emphasis on special purpose
systems to support real time systems, communication between
computers and machines, processes, etc.; database includmg an
overview of mostly used systems; detailed discussion of
relational databases including normalisation of data, design