Forest Planning and Business Management

Subject 220-403 (2009)

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Credit Points: 12.50
Level: 4 (Undergraduate)
Dates & Locations:

This subject is not offered in 2009.
Time Commitment: Contact Hours: Twenty-four hours of lectures, 36 hours tutorials and practical work. Students are expected to undertake additional study of at least one hour for each hour of contact partly involved with group forest planning assignment
Total Time Commitment: Estimated total time commitment (including non-contact time): 120 hours.
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: None
Recommended Background Knowledge: None
Non Allowed Subjects: None
Core Participation Requirements:

For the purposes of considering request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Student Support and Engagement Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Overview, Learning Outcomes, Assessment and Generic Skills sections of this entry.

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Subject Overview:

This subject covers the management of forest businesses and decision-making for public and private forest organisations. Students will be required to work as part of a team to investigate a forested area, analyse appropriate forest information and prepare and present a balanced forest plan that includes recommendations for future management options. Content includes:

  • commercial objectives of forestry enterprises;

  • management of forest businesses and decision-making;

  • advanced budgeting, financial management and valuation, and assessment of silvicultural options;

  • long-term and short-term planning systems;

  • linear programming and simulation models for forest planning;

  • marketing and product mix;

  • integrating non-wood values into commercial forest management.
Assessment:

Oral presentation (20%) and two 2500 word reports (40% each).
Prescribed Texts: None
Recommended Texts:

  • Forest Management (L S Davis and K N Johnston)
  • Mathematical Programming for Natural Resource Management (Dennis P. Dykstra) McGraw-Hill, 1984.
Breadth Options:

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.
Fees Information: Subject EFTSL, Level, Discipline & Census Date
Generic Skills:

Information Not Available
Links to further information: http://www.forests.unimelb.edu.au/subjects.html
Related Course(s): Master of Forest Ecosystem Science

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