Australian National Business School
Emeritus Professor Darrell Mahoney
Australian National Business School
Dr Jane Menzies
Deakin University
David Neath
Deakin University
Business in Asia will be taught by a team of experts who singularly and collectively have extensive knowledge of, and extensive practical experience in, '…doing business in Asia.' The aim of Business in Asia is to make you feel sufficiently confident to advise senior management on how it should go about taking its business off-shore to a target Asian market on an exporting or investment basis, improving the off-shore performance of an existing operational unit, or encouraging Asian parties to export to or invest in an Australian business.
In doing this, the unit will examine the economic dynamism of the Asian economies and will focus on a range of countries such as China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea and Vietnam.
Forms of government, the structure of industry, inward investment, sourcing, trading relationships, government/ business relationships, and business and cultural style are some of the issues to be examined. Asian case studies will be integrated into the unit and you will be addressed by Asian experts and business people as well as visit local organisations.
Business in Asia Unit Outline [107KB PDF].
...the most memorable two subjects I have ever done, undergraduate and postgraduate included. What an amazing group of educated and experienced people - both students and teachers.
Annette Galante, AISAM 2009
Dr Grace McCarthy
University of Wollongong
This unit is designed to enable students to understand the theory and practice of business coaching in a multi-national company. Students will develop coaching skills such as listening, questioning, feedback and goal-setting. Students will learn how coaching can be applied in a multinational company, for example, in leadership, strategy, change management, and managing expatriates. Examples of how coaching approaches vary in different countries will also be discussed, especially those related to multinationals in Asia. The perspectives of the coach, the person coached, and the sponsoring organisation will be compared. Students will also be encouraged to think about the ethical considerations involved in business coaching relationships.
Business coaching for multinational companies unit outline [101KB PDF]
Professor Tim Mazzarol
The University of Western Australia
Successful entrepreneurship is a cohesive process of planning, idea development, creativity and risk taking. The main reasons for studying entrepreneurship are to create entrepreneurial awareness, to develop analytical and creative skills, and to encourage the self-development of participants into entrepreneurial business owners or employees.
The unit introduces participants to the nature and characteristics of entrepreneurship and innovation and explores the inter-relationship between the two within contemporary economies in the Asia Pacific region from a managerial perspective. The nature of enterprise behaviour and the characteristics of entrepreneurs in both large and small organisations are examined, as are the policy issues associated with encouraging enterprise and innovation within large organisations and the wider community.
Participants examine their own propensity for enterprise and creativity, while exploring the nature and process of innovation. They are provided with an understanding of how technology and innovation are distinct but related constructs, as well as the psychological, social and cultural forces that influence the creation of new business ventures in the Asia-Pacific region, and how enterprise and innovation can be unlocked within all types of organisation both large and small.
Entrepreneurship and Innovation Unit Outline [99KB PDF]
Professor Ray Fells
The University of Western Australia
This unit will provide a close examination of the dynamics of the process of negotiation. This will be achieved through an exploration of negotiation theory and research and through the practical exercise of various negotiating techniques. This theory into practice approach will encourage participants to develop a strategic rather than reactive perspective to the task of reaching an agreement through negotiation. The unit will also critically examine the inter-cultural dimensions of negotiation.