BUS4067F - Business in Context

Introduction

Course co-ordinator:
Terry Boxall

Prerequisites:
This course may be taken only by students who are registered for one of the postgraduate diplomas in management offered by the School of Management Studies.

Objective:
The objectives are to provide students with the intellectual skills required for studying and understanding the South African business environment, and to introduce them to the meaning, scope and functions of management. The focus of the course is the development of critical reasoning skills, including the ability to analyse and construct logical arguments, to research business issues, to construct completing viewpoints and to form independent and research-based opinions about contentious issues of theory and practice.

Course outline:
The course covers the management of resources in the South African and global political, economic, commercial and industrial environment; international competition, the role of government and economic regulation; industrial legislation and labour relations; business law, ethics and social responsibility; the environmental debate; entrepreneurship; business structure; the informal sector; the role of technology in business; corporate governance and corporate management.

Assessment:
Essay, tests, Classwork and class participation 40%
June examination 60%

DP requirements:
40% required for all classwork; attendance at 80% of all tutorials.