Business in Complex Environments

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2015:

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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In this subject students are placed into syndicates and complete a business simulation in which they manage a company. The simulation requires students to apply and integrate the knowledge, skills, and attributes acquired and developed in the MBA program.

On completion of this subject, students should be able to:

• use existing financial, accounting, production and marketing data in order to develop a forward looking business plan,
• evaluate the inflow of information to adapt and change their operating plans in response to changing circumstances.
• use the available financial, accounting, production and marketing information to assess and diagnose the results of their decisions, and
• cogently explain and defend their decisions.

• Contribution to syndicate, throughout the subject (20%);
• Syndicate assignment (equivalent to 1500 word individual assignment), due mid-way through subject (25%);
• Syndicate project written report (equivalent to 2000 word individual assignment), due at end of subject (35%);
• Syndicate project presentation (equivalent to 1000 word individual assignment), due at end of subject (20%).

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.