Area: |
Graduate School of Business |
Credits: |
25.0 |
Contact Hours: |
15.0 |
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| ** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. ** |
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Lecture: |
1 x 15 Hours Weekly |
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Syllabus: |
Philosophy, ontology, and epistemology are used as foundations for discussing society. Business is included as a special case. Scientism, modernism, is contrasted with postmodernism. Implications for a model or theory of each approach will be discussed. The use of metaphors in thinking about the future is discussed. The PATOP concept, chaos, quantum and complexity theory and their use and application to organisations are covered. |
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| ** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. ** |
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Field of Education: |
80300 Business and Management (Narrow Grouping) |
HECS Band (if applicable): |
2 |
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Extent to which this unit or thesis
utilises online information: |
Informational |
Result Type: |
Grade/Mark |
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Availability |
| Year |
Location |
Period |
Internal |
Area External |
Central External |
| 2004 |
Bentley Campus |
Semester 1 |
Y |
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| 2004 |
Perth City Campus |
Trimester 1 |
Y |
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Area
External |
refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research. |
Central
External | refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area |
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