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management <strong>of</strong> innovation: seeking opportunities in a<br />
changing environment; adapting management styles and<br />
the organisation to fit change and to encourage<br />
innovative ideas.<br />
Textbooks<br />
Foxall, G.R. Corporate Innovation: Marketing & Strategy London,<br />
Croom Helm, 1984<br />
Twiss, B.C. Managing Technological Innovation. 3rd edn, London,<br />
Longman, 1986<br />
Reference<br />
Tushman, M.L. and Moore, W.L. Readings in the Management <strong>of</strong><br />
Innovation. Boston, Pitman. 1982<br />
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lnternational Business<br />
No. <strong>of</strong> hours per week: two hours for fifteen<br />
weeks<br />
Prerequisites: normally all subjects in the first two<br />
terms <strong>of</strong> the course. This subject is a compulsory<br />
part <strong>of</strong> the MBA for all students<br />
Assessment: assignments, presentations, tests<br />
Subject aims<br />
The purpose <strong>of</strong> this subject is to ensure that managers and<br />
prospective managers are aware <strong>of</strong> the basics <strong>of</strong><br />
international business operations - exporting, importing,<br />
licensing, foreign exchange, and foreign investments, and <strong>of</strong><br />
the special features <strong>of</strong> the world economic, social and<br />
political environment in which companies function.<br />
The subject aims:<br />
to provide a framework for international business and for<br />
the role <strong>of</strong> the manager in an international setting;<br />
to raise awareness <strong>of</strong> the opportunities in international<br />
trade (particularly export) and investment, and to<br />
examine some <strong>of</strong> the obstacles;<br />
to examine some <strong>of</strong> the most unusual aspects <strong>of</strong> the<br />
economic environment <strong>of</strong> the international operator -<br />
the world monetary system, foreign exchange markets,<br />
multinational organisations, and balance <strong>of</strong> payments,<br />
particularly as they affect Australian exporters.<br />
Subject description<br />
The basis for international trade;<br />
The basis for international factor movements;<br />
Barriers to international business;<br />
The world monetary system and foreign exchange;<br />
Balance <strong>of</strong> payments;<br />
lnternational reach <strong>of</strong> trade practices;<br />
Foreign direct investment;<br />
Organisation <strong>of</strong> international operations;<br />
Export management;<br />
The role <strong>of</strong> marketing in economic development;<br />
Trading with the socialist economies;<br />
Global marketing management;<br />
Human resource management;<br />
Ethics in international business operations;<br />
Cultural diversity and business operations. Financing<br />
lnternational Trade Risk Management and lnternational<br />
Business;<br />
Special problems <strong>of</strong> international operations from<br />
Australia.<br />
Texts or references<br />
Selvarajah, C.T. and Cutbush-Sabine, K. lnternational Business.<br />
Melbourne, Longman Cheshire, 1991<br />
Wider reading <strong>of</strong> other textbooks, journals and magazines are<br />
essential in this subject. For example, Australian Financial Review,<br />
Australian Business, Far East Economic Review, Asia Magazine,<br />
Business Review, Columbia Journal <strong>of</strong> World Business, lnternational<br />
Management and Journal <strong>of</strong> lnternational Business Studies<br />
88802 Management 4: (<strong>Technology</strong> and<br />
Management)<br />
Prerequisites: none.<br />
This subject is compulsory for all students<br />
Subject aims<br />
The principal aim <strong>of</strong> this subject is to prepare managers for<br />
operating in a business environment in which advancing<br />
technology is an increasingly important part <strong>of</strong> the process <strong>of</strong><br />
doing business.<br />
Specific obiectives include:<br />
0' to exahine the increasingly important role <strong>of</strong> technology<br />
in the global and national economies and the<br />
consequences <strong>of</strong> this for corporate strategies;<br />
to provide some basic skills <strong>of</strong> technology assessment to<br />
assist in utilising technology within the organisation and<br />
in incorporating technology into corporate strategies;<br />
to examine the influence <strong>of</strong> changing technologies on<br />
the work environment and to develop ways <strong>of</strong><br />
minimising adverse influences;<br />
to manage organisational change.<br />
Subject description<br />
Topics to be covered include:<br />
the importance <strong>of</strong> technology in national and global<br />
economies: the increase in this importance throughout<br />
the twentieth century; technological levels <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Australian economy and some <strong>of</strong> the reasons for<br />
Australia's comparatively poor performance; government<br />
policies for increasing the role <strong>of</strong> technology in business;<br />
implications <strong>of</strong> this for individual organisations,<br />
particularly smaller ones;<br />
using technology within the organisation: technology<br />
life-cycles; differing uses <strong>of</strong> technology; technological<br />
forecasting; sources <strong>of</strong> technology; strategic place <strong>of</strong><br />
technology within the business;<br />
stages <strong>of</strong> growth in the introduction and application <strong>of</strong><br />
technology in organisations e.g. Nolan Stages <strong>of</strong> Growth;<br />
the influence <strong>of</strong> technology on corporate culture:<br />
introducing new technology into organisations; influence<br />
<strong>of</strong> new information technologies on business practice,<br />
management methods and organisational structures;<br />
the key characteristics <strong>of</strong> the principal business-related<br />
technologies: information tect;nology; microelectronics;<br />
materials technology; biotechnology; manufacturing<br />
technology;<br />
relevance <strong>of</strong> R&D to business success.