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development, business community, the social responsibility
of management, the management process, people in
the management process, groups in the management
. . . .
process, organisational structures, managerial control,
successful management, occupational health and safety
at the workplace, the manage; in the future.
TS436 Applied Business Economics 1
Total hours 54 Hawthorn/Prahran Prerequisites: nil
A subject in the Associate Diploma of Business: Credit
Management; the Associate Diploma of Business:
International Trade: the Advanced Certificate in Sales
Management and Associate Diploma of Business:
Marketing; and the Associate Diploma in Banking and
Finance.
Content
The basic concepts of economic systems and the causes of
economic instability. The behaviour of firms in
different market structures and how different sectors of
the economy intervene in the production process.
TS437 Applied Business Economics 2
Total hours 54 Hawthorn Prerequisite: TS436
A subject in the Associate Diploma of Business: Marketing,
and the Associate Diploma in Banking and Finance.
Content
The nature and function of macroeconomic theory
within the framework of an open economy.
TS445 Applied Business Mathematics
Total hours 72 Hawthorn Prerequisites: nil
A subject in the Advanced Certificate/Associate Diploma
of Business (Operations Management) Purchasing and
Planning; the Associate Diploma of Business: Credit
Management; and the Associate Diploma in Banking and
Finance.
Content
The role of statistical analysis in business, the types
of statistical analysis required in given business
situations, the calculation and application of certain
statistics to those business situations. the use of a software
program to generate particular statistical data.
TS525 Productivity and Work
Methods Improvement
Total hours 34 Hawthorn
A subject in the Advanced Certificate/Associate Diploma of
Business (Operations Management) Purchasing and Planning.
Content
This subject aims to identify the factors that
affect productivity and to apply method study to
improve productivity. Topics include: productivity and
operations management, industrial engineering and work
study, method study procedure, examinations and
development of improved method.
TS526 Implementation of Changes
Total hours 34 Hawthorn Prerequisite: TSJ2J
A subject in the Advanced CertificateIAssociate Diploma of
Business (Operations Management) Purchasing and Planning.
Content
This subject aims to identify the factors affecting
the change process and to implement change strategies
for productivity improvement. Topics include: evaluating
proposed methods, presenting management reports, role of
trade unions in industrial change, motivation and selling
change, install and maintain the method, practical job
instructions.
TS530 Facility Layout and Workplace Design
Total hours 34 Hawthorn Prerequisites: TS525, TS502
A subject in the Associate Diploma of Business (Operations
Management).
Content
This subject aims to develop and design layouts
and workplaces for manufacturing and nonmanufacturing
facilities. Topics include: traditional layout
principles, determining layout functionality, assessing
work environment, ergonomics, occupational health and
safety.
TS534
Introduction to Computer Applications
Total hours 34 Hawthorn
A subject in the Advanced Certificate/Associate Diploma of
Business (Operations Management) Purchasing and Planning.
Content
This subject aims to use application software in
wordprocessing and spreadsheet packages. Topics include:
software applications, fundamentals of wordprocessing,
fundamentals of spreadsheets.
TS535 Operations Research
Total hours 34 Hawthorn Prerequisite: Advanced
Certificate in Operation Management
A subject in the Associate Diploma of Business (Operations
Management).
Content
This subject aims to apply operations research techniques
to manufacturing and non-manufacturing industries.
Topics include: linear programming, simulation,
waiting line theory, decision theory.
TS536 Total Quality Management
Total hours 34 Hawthorn Prerequisite: Advanced
Cert$cate in Operations Management
A subject in the Associate Diploma of Business (Operations
Management).
Content
This subject aims to implement strategies for
quality excellence in industry. Topics include: quality
excellence and people, quality management concepts,
statistical quality control.
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