306032 (v.1) WASM Resource Sector Management 601

Area:

WASM Mineral Economics Teaching Area

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

16.0

** 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. **

Lecture:

8 x 4 Hours Fortnightly

Syllabus:

Strategic management - Porter's five forces and generic strategies, Porter's value chain - influence upon organisational structure. The resource-based view of the firm (core and key competence), Does industry matter? Competitive strategy, cooperative strategy and 'Co-opetition', McKinsey's seven S's (strategy, structure, skills, style, staff, shared values, system), corporate strategy (The role of the corporate centre), portfolio theory and conglomerates, 'New' Economy versus 'Old' Economy Business Models - Is there a difference? Operations management - principles of scientific management (Taylorism), theory of constraints (Goldratt), critical path project management, 'Lean' production (the Toyota production system), inventory management (is inventory an asset or liability?), management accounting (Why use it?), operations performance metrics.

** 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. **

Field of Education:

080300 Business and Management (Narrow Grouping)

Funding Cluster:

02 - Accounting, Administration, Economics, Commerce

SOLT (Online) Definitions*:

Not Online
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Partially Online Internal	Area External	Central External	Fully Online
2005	Bentley Campus	Semester 2	Y

Area External	refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.
Central External	refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area
Partially Online Internal	refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External
Fully Online	refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External