Please note - Swinburne University of Technology

This subject may include some class work in the Management
Behaviour Laboratory, where activities may be observed and/
or recorded. The Code of Ethics requires students to sign a
consent document at the beginning of the semester. Any
further queries about this matter should be directed to the
subject convener.
Textbook
No textbook is prescribed for this subject
References
A reference list will be provided
~ ~ 3 3 2 Enterprise Bargaining
No. of hours per week: three hours
Prerequisites: at least two Stage 2 Organisation
Behaviour subjects, with BE222 Industrial
Relations strongly recommended as an additional
subject
Instruction: classes
Assessment: individual and group assignments
Subject aims and description
This subject is an exploration of the emerging practice of
enterprise bargaining in Australia.
The subject will:
examine the rapidly changing industrial context and
framework within which enterprise bargaining takes
place;
critically examine the local and overseas experiences in
this field to develop models of 'best practice';
develop some of the skills, especially negotiation and
consultation skills, required to formulate enterprise
agreements;
provide opportunity for students to plan and develop an
enterprise agreement in a simulated or real organisation,
and to develop the capacity for judgment which these
processes require.
Textbooks and references
Owing to the relatively recent occurence of enterprise bargaining in
Australia, no set text is as yet prescribed. Up-to-date articles from
varied sources will be recommended throughout the subject.
~ ~ 3 3 3 Managing Quality in
Organisations
No. of hours per week: three hours
Prerequisites: at least three Stage 2 OBIHRM
subjects
Instruction: classes
Assessment: individual and group assignments
and projects
Subject aims and description
This subject is a 'capstone' subject which helps integrate
much of the material which might have been taken as part of
an OBIHRM major or minor.
Recognising that all Australian manufacturing and service
industries increasingly need to attend to delivering quality
outcomes, this subject will:
develop an understanding of 'quality' in the current
Australian context, public and private sectors;
examine recent local and overseas practices in the
quality assurance and enhancement field, to develop an
understanding of 'best practice';
provide opportunity for students to plan, implement and
manage a quality program, using either the classroom as
organisation approach, or an actual organisational
project.
Textbooks and references
Wide reading will be encouraged. No set text has yet been specified
~ ~ 3 3 4 Asian Business
Prerequisite: all first year subjects completed.
This subject is an elective subject for the degree
course in Business.
Instruction: a range of methods will be used,
including: lectures, seminars, industry, and
market place visits in the host country. Travel
costs to be borne by students. In 1994/95 the
countries visited will be Korea and Thailand.
Other countries may be included.
Assessment: to be advised
Subject aims and description
The objective of this subject is for students to have a
thorough understanding of the culture of a particular country
and of the impact of this on business practices in that
country. The country selected may vary from year to year.
This subject entails students attending lectures at Swinburne
University and travelling to a selected Asian country for a
period of approximately three weeks. During their stay they
will attend lectures at a local universitv on culture.
economics, marketing and practices relevant to that country.
In addition, students will visit a number of factories, and
attend seminars with representatives of important local
industries, and other workplaces.
By the end of this subject, students should have:
acquired knowledge of local customs, values, attitudes
and beliefs of Asian and Western countries in general
and the host country in particular;
gained at first hand, experience of the host country's
business practices;
gained a comparative knowledge of business systems
and practices used in the host country and Australia.
Textbook
Because of the nature of the subject no textbook is set
References
Comprehensive reference lists will be provided
6~400 Organisation Behaviour Honours
Students should seek advice from the appropriate
Organisation Behaviour staff when formulating their
discipline-specific course of study and their research project
proposal.
To encourage a multi-disciplinary approach, students may,
subiect to a~oroval. undertake selected honours-level
co~rsework'subjects from other schools, divisions, or
institutions provided that they show the relevance of these
coursework subjects to their proposed area of research. Such
arrangements are subject to the student having any
necessary prerequisite studies and may be subject to any
quotas imposed on these subjects by the offering school.