Business Scchool

Schoo
ol of B
Bankin
ng and
d Finan
nce

NS3616
FIN
Intternattionall Busiiness Finan
nce

ourse Outliine
Co
Se
emestter 2, 2015

Pa
art A: Course
C
e-Specific In
nformation
Pa
art B: Key Policie
es, Sttudentt Resp
ponsibilities
s
and Sup
pport

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Tab
ble of Conte
ents
A: COURSE
E-SPECIFIC
C INFORMA
ATION
PART A

STA
AFF CONTACT DETA
AILS

CO
OURSE DET
TAILS

2.1Teaching Times and Locations

2.2Unitts of Credit
2.3Sum
mmary of Co
ourse
2.4Cou
urse Aims and Relation
nship to Oth
her Courses
s
2.5Stud
dent Learning Outcome
es

1
1
2
2
2

LEA
ARNING AN
ND TEACHING ACTIV
VITIES

3.1App
proach to Le
earning and Teaching iin the Cours
se
3.2Learning Activities and Teaching Stra
ategies
4

ASSESSMENT

4
4
5

4.1Form
mal Require
ements
4.2Assessment De
etails
4.3Assessment Fo
ormat
4.4Assignment Su
ubmission Procedure
P
4.5Late
e Submissio
on

5
5
6
6
6

CO
OURSE RES
SOURCES

CO
OURSE EVA
ALUATION AND
A
DEVE
ELOPMENT
T

CO
OURSE SCH
HEDULE

PART B
B: KEY POL
LICIES, STU
UDENT RES
SPONSIBIL
LITIES AND
D SUPPORT
T

PR
ROGRAM LE
EARNING GOALS
G
AND
D OUTCOM
MES

AC
CADEMIC HONESTY AND
A
PLAGIA
ARISM

10

10

S
STUDENT RESPONSI
R
BILITIES A
AND CONDU
UCT

10

10.1
10.2
10.3
10.4
10.5

W
Workload
A
Attendance
G
General Con
nduct and Behaviour
B
O
Occupationa
al Health an
nd Safety
K
Keeping Info
ormed

10
10
11
11
11

11

S
SPECIAL CONSIDERA
ATION

11

12

S
STUDENT RESOURCE
R
ES AND SU
UPPORT

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PAR
RT A: CO
OURSE-S
SPECIFIC
C INFORMATION
1 S
STAFF CONTAC
C
T DETAIILS
Lectu
urer-in-charrge: Bohui Zhang
Z
(Wee
eks 1-6)
Room
m 314, UNS
SW Busines
ss School
Phon
ne No: 9385
5 5834
Email: bohui.zha
ang@unsw
w.edu.au
Conssultation Tim
mes Tues
sday 14:00 tto 16:00
Lectu
urer: Md Em
mdadul Islam
m (Emdad) (Weeks 7-1
12)
Email: m.e.islam
m@unsw.ed
du.au
mes Wedn
nesday 12:0
00 to 14:00
Conssultation Tim
A full list of tutorrs will be po
osted on Co
ourse Webs
site.
Students with qu
uestions ab
bout course administrattion or content are enccouraged to:

Read this course ou

utline
he course website
w
Check th
Contact the tutor/ins
structor durring class fo
or non-urgen
nt matters
our tutor/ins
structor
E-mail yo
Contact your tutor/in
nstructor du
uring consultation hourrs

For e-mail com

mmunication
n with stafff, University regulatio
ons indicatte that students
MUS
ST use a valid UNSW student
s
acco
ount. Teach
hing staff may ignore nnon-UNSW email
addre
ess for se
ecurity reas
sons. Stud
dents are responsible
r
e for ensurring their email
acco
ounts are NOT full. E-m
mail is bestt suited for asking simple questioons about co
ourse
admiinistration that
t
require
es a short reply. E-m
mail is neith
her an apppropriate no
or an
effecctive medium
m for learning. Do no t expect sta
aff to reply to an e-maail that requests
exten
nsive or su
ubstantive answers. T
These ques
stions are best raisedd in tutoria
als or
conssultation times.

2 C
COURSE
E DETAIL
LS
2..1

Teach
hing Times
s and Loca
ations

Lectu
ures start in
n Week 1(to
o Week 12):: The Time and Locatio
on are:
Mond
day
Mond
day
Wednesday

2:00pm to 4:00pm
2
5
5:00pm
to 7:00pm
9
9:00am
to 11:00am

A
Ainsworth Building
B
G03
3
R
Rex Vowels
s Theatre
L
Law Theatre
e G04

Tutorials start in
n Week 2 (to
( Week 13
3). A full lis
st of tutorials, times, aand tutors will
w be
poste
ed on the Course
C
Web
bsite.

2..2

Units of Credit

The ccourse is worth

w
6 units
s of credit.

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2..3

Summ
mary of Co
ourse

This course prrovides stud

dents with the basic theoretical and pracctical knowledge
required for the managem
ment of fin
nancial fun
nctions of firms
f
operaating in se
everal
coun
ntries. This includes necessary theory an
nd evidenc
ce necessaary for a basic
unde
erstanding of
o internatio
onal capital and foreign
n exchange
e markets. IIn particularr, this
coursse covers topics such
h as intern
national div
versification, foreign d irect investtment
decissions, cost of capital fo
or multinatio
onal corporrations, financial and ppolitical risks
s, the
role of multina
ational ban
nks and tthe financial benefits
s of Euro--currencies and
Euro
obonds, short-term fin
nancing, a
and interna
ational equity marketss. The ge
eneral
emph
hasis is on
n the identiffication and
d managem
ment of risk
k relating too exchange
e rate
fluctu
uations and governmen
nt policy ch anges.

2..4

Cours
se Aims an
nd Relatio
onship to Other
O
Cou
urses

This is a core subject for all

a students who wish to
t graduate with a finaance major in the
m. Typicallyy, students
s undertake
e this cours
se in their second
s
or tthird year of
o the
BCom
BCom
m programm
me. This co
ourse buildss on FINS1613. The course is rel evant to a broad
b
orate treas
range
e of professsions inclu
uding corpo
sury manag
gement, coorporate finance,
intern
national seccurities trad
ding and invvestment ma
anagement.

2..5

Student Learnin
ng Outcom
mes

The Course Lea

arning Outc
comes are w
what you sh
hould be ab
ble to DO byy the end of
o this
coursse if you participate
p
fully in lea
arning activ
vities and successfullyy complete
e the
asse
essment item
ms.
The Learning Outcomes
O
in
n this coursse also help you to ac
chieve som
me of the ov
verall
Program Learning Goals and Outcome
es for all un
ndergraduate students in the Busiiness
Scho
ool. Program
m Learning Goals are w
what we wa
ant you to BE or HAVE by the time
e you
succcessfully co
omplete yo
our degree
e (e.g. be
e an effec
ctive team
m player). You
demo
onstrate thiis by achie
eving speciffic Program
m Learning Outcomes - what you
u are
able to DO by the end of your
y
degree
e (e.g. participate colla
aboratively and respon
nsibly
in tea
ams).
For m
more inform
mation on th
he Undergrraduate Pro
ogram Learn
ning Goals and Outco
omes,
see P
Part B of the
e course ou
utline.

Busin
ness Underrgraduate Prrogram Learrning Goals and Outcom
mes
1. Kn
nowledge: Ou
ur graduates will have in
n-depth disciiplinary know
wledge appliccable in loca
al and
globa
al contexts.
You sshould be able
e to select and
d apply discip linary knowled
dge to business situations iin a local and global
enviro
onment.
ng and probllem solving: Our gradua
ates will be critical thinkkers and efffective
2. Crritical thinkin
problem solvers.
You sshould be able
e to identify an
nd research isssues in busine
ess situations, analyse the iissues, and prropose
appro
opriate and we
ell-justified solu
utions.
mmunication
n: Our gradua
ates will be efffective profe
essional communicators.
3. Com
You sshould be able
e to:
a
a. Prepare written
w
docume
ents that are cclear and conc
cise, using ap
ppropriate stylee and presentation
for the inte
ended audienc
ce, purpose an
nd context, an
nd
b
b. Prepare and deliver ora
al presentation
ns that are cle
ear, focused, well-structured
w
d, and delivere
ed in a

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nal manner.
profession
4. Tea
amwork: Our graduates will
w be effectiv
ve team partic
cipants.
You sshould be ab
ble to participate collaborattively and res
sponsibly in teams,
t
and rreflect on you
ur own
teamw
work, and on the
t teams pro
ocesses and a
ability to achiev
ve outcomes.
hical, social and
a
environm
mental respon
nsibility: Ourr graduates will
w have a so
ound awareness of
5. Eth
the etthical, social,, cultural and
d environmen
ntal implicatio
ons of busine
ess practice.
You sshould be able
e to:
a
a. Identify and assess ethical,
e
enviro
onmental and
d/or sustainab
bility considerrations in bu
usiness
making and pra
actice, and
decision-m
b
b. Identify so
ocial and cultural implication
ns of business situations.

The following ta
able shows how your Course Learning Outc
comes relaate to the overall
Program Learning Goals and Outcome
es, and indicates wherre these aree assessed (they
may also be devveloped in tutorials
t
and
d other activ
vities):
Program Learning Goals
and O
Outcomes

Course Lea
arning Outc
comes

Courrse Assess
sment
Item

This course help

ps you to
achie
following
eve
the
learniing goals for all
Busin
ness
unde
ergraduate
stude
ents:

On successsful completiion of the course,

you should be able to:

This learning outcome

will bbe assessed in the
follow
wing items:

Knowledge

Ana
alyse and discuss the
and
internationa
al
macro-economic
political envvironment.
of
de

Arti culate
eterminants
foreign excchange rate and interpre
et the
economic ev
impact of e
vents on foreign
exchange rrate.

Disccuss the operation of ca

apital
and foreign
n exchange markets.
m

Iden
ntify and de
escribe metthods
of internatio
onal capital raising.
r

E
Exam

Critical thin
nking and
problem solving

Forrecast foreign
n exchange rates
with commo
on technique
es.

Devvelop strateg
gies to deal with
exchange ra
ate risk.

Eva
aluate
fo
oreign
direct
d
investment and acquisittion activities.
and

Und
derstand theoretical
t
practical isssues involved in mana
aging
internationa
al investmentt portfolio

E
Exam

3a

Written
communica
ation

Con
nstruct writte
en work, which is
logically and
d professionally presente
ed.

P
Project

3b

Oral communication

Com
mmunicate
ideas
succinct and
d clear mann
ner.

P
Project

Teamwork

Wo
ork collaborattively to complete
a task.

P
Project

5a.

Ethical, so
ocial
environmen
ntal
responsibility

Iden
ntify and assess etthical
consideratio
ons in gove
ernance systems
and politica l risks of various countrie
es.

P
Project

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and

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n

5b.

Social and
d cultural
awareness

Com
mpare, contrrast, and as
ssess
varying exxchange ratte systems and
governance
e
systems
s
of
various
countries.

P
Project

3 LEARNIN
NG AND TEACHIING ACT
TIVITIES
3..1

Appro
oach to Le
earning an
nd Teachin
ng in the Course
C

We seek to crreate an in
nteresting, challenging
g, relevant,, satisfyingg, and engaging
educcation experience. To help achievve this obje
ective we have
h
a num
mber of teaching
aimss:
Create a climate of

o engagem
ment, dialo
ogue and ongoing
o
feeedback bettween
stude
ents and leccturers rega
arding the ccontent, tea
aching strate
egies, learnning experie
ences
and o
outcomes (Guidelines on Learnin g that Inform Teaching
g at UNSW (GLIT) num
mbers
2,7,10)
Cater to a variety of

o learning preferences
s and abilities by provviding a ran
nge of
learn
ning activitie
es and teaching metho
ods (GLIT nu
umber 9);

Develop independe
ent learnin g skills an
nd create an environnment that both
proviides structu
ure and gu
uidance ass well as encouraging
e
g students to extend their
learn
ning (GLIT numbers
n
2,1
11);

Develop skills in co
ollaboration
n and teamw
work, which
h is directlyy relevant to
t the
skillss required of a finance professiona
al (GLIT num
mbers 6, 14
4)

3..2

Learning Activitties and T

Teaching Strategies
S
s

The Role of Lec

ctures
The lectures build from the
e relevant ccore reading
gs (in the te
extbook) to set out the main
ideass, theories and concep
ptual framew
works for th
he course. Lectures in clude intera
active
learn
ning processses and will
w synthesizze materials from a range
r
of soources, including
your own priorr knowledge and exp
periences. We
W expectt you to coome to an
nd be
prepa
ared for ea
ach lecture
e. This mea
ans you sh
hould have read and considered
d the
relevvant chapter. From a time
t
manag
gement perrspective, th
his means you will ne
eed to
alloccate at leastt three hourrs per weekk for basic reading.
r
If you
y need aany assistan
nce in
aging yourr time you will find the Austra
alian Schoo
ol of Businness Educ
cation
mana
Deve
elopment Unit (EDU) a useful reso
ource.
The Role of Tutorials
orials provid
de you with
h an interac
ctive environ
nment in w
which to enh
hance
The weekly tuto
a
your enjoyment
e
o
of the course. These
e tutorials iinclude pro
oblem
your learning and
d
s of concep
pts covered
d in lecture
e. All tutoriaal questions are
exerccises and discussions
from end of cha
apter exercises in Beka
aert & Hodrrick. Students should prepare detailed
answ
wers to the problems prior
p
to the ttutorial and
d be prepare
ed to particcipate in pro
oblem
soluttions. In th
he second half
h of the ssemester, you
y will also
o be presennting your group
g
proje
ects during tutorial. By
B actively engaging in the tutoriials, you w
will increase your
confiidence and competenc
ce in techniical, presen
ntation and critical thinnking skills. They
also provide you
u with the opportunity
o
tto enhance your interp
personal skiills by intera
acting
with others, wo
orking togetther in dive
erse groups
s, forging learning neetworks, lea
arning
abou
ut other cultures and le
earning to un
nderstand values
v
and opinions diffferent from
m your
own.

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4 A
ASSESS
SMENT
4..1

Forma
al Require
ements

In ord
der to pass this course
e, you must :
achieve a composite mark of a
at least 50; and
a
s
y attempt at all assessm
ment tasks (see
(
below)).
make a satisfactory

4..2

Asses
ssment De
etails

Assessme
ent Task

We ighting

Due Date
e

Tutorial Parrticipation*
Mid-session
n Exam
Group Proje
ect
Final Exam

10%
%
35%
%
20%
%
35%
%

Ongoing
Week 7 (S
Saturday)
Weeks 11 & 12
University
y Exam Periood

* Tuttorial markss will be made availab

ble in early
y Novemberr on Blackbboard. Students
shou
uld contact their tutors
s to resolve
e any conc
cerns relate
ed to tutoriial assessm
ments
beforre Nov. 7th..
Tutorials
Tutorials in thiss course arre one-hourr long and held week
kly (First in week 2, la
ast in
Week 13). Tuto
orials facilita
ate small g
group discu
ussion of co
ourse mateerials and permit
p
ongo
oing assesssment of stu
udents effo
ort and achievement off learning ooutcomes. Tutors
T
will a
assess student perform
mance in the
eir registere
ed tutorial ba
ased on stuudent:
Regular and puncttual attenda
1.
ance (5%). To obtain the 5%, a student must
nd at least 9 (of 12) tutorials. Oth erwise, the student willl receive a 0% particip
pation
atten
markk.
2.
Active participation
p
n (including
g questions) and co
ontribution to the lea
arning
persp
pective and
d interest of fellow stud ents in the subject (up to 5%)
Mid-S
Session and
d Final Exa
aminations
minations fo
ocus on evvaluating students
s
understandinng of the main
The two exam
conccepts covere
ed in class with a spe cial focus on
o the learn
ning outcom
mes. Specifically,
the e
exams will assess stud
dents unde
erstanding and
a
applica
ation of the Knowledge
e and
Criticcal thinking and proble
em solving d
discussed above.
a
Both
h examinati ons may co
onsist
of m
multiple cho
oice, short-e
essay and problem solving
s
que
estions thatt tests stud
dents
know
wledge of relevant the
eories and methodolog
gies related
d to Internaational Bus
siness
Finan
nce, but alsso applicatio
on of these theories in real-world settings. Thhe exams will
w be
desig
gned to foccus on and highlight b
both the con
ncepts cove
ered and thhe computa
ations
required in applying these concepts. However, in this cours
se, computtations are tools,
ocus of the topics. Mid
d-session exam
e
coverrs the lectuure content from
not tthe main fo
weekk 1 to weekk 6, and final exam co
overs the le
ecture conte
ent from weeek 7 to 12
2. The
mid-ssession exa
am will be held on S
Saturday in Week 7 (S
Sep. 12th 2015); Students
shou
uld clear the
eir schedule
e in order to
o ensure the
ey are able
e to attend tthe exam on this
weekk. The final exam is no
ot comprehe
ensive and will include
e those topiics covered
d after

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the m
mid-session
n exam (we
eeks 7-12).. The final examinatiion will be held during the
Unive
ersity Exam
m Period. De
etails will be
e provided in
i due cours
se.
Grou
up Project
1) T
The focus of the gro
oup projectt is on ev
valuating students
s
u nderstandin
ng of
comp
parative eco
onomic con
ncepts cove
ered in clas
ss with a sp
pecial focuss on the lea
arning
outco
omes. Spe
ecifically, th
he group p
project will assess students undderstanding
g and
appliication of the
t
Written Communiccation, Ora
al Communication, Teaamwork, Ethical
E
Resp
ponsibility, and
a Social and
a Cultura
al Awarenes
ss discussed above.
2) Ea
ach membe
er of class will
w be form
med into gro
oups of 5 sttudents withhin each tutorial.
Students must attend the tutorial in w
which they are enrolle
ed. The sppecific deta
ails of
each
h groups project,
p
as well
w as a sspecific ass
sessment rubric,
r
will be available on
Blackkboard follo
owing the en
nd of week 2.
3) G
Generally, groups
g
will give a 15
5-minute presentation
p
n (3 minutees per stu
udent)
comp
paring the governance
g
systems, p
political risk concerns, and
a exchannge rate sys
stems
of tw
wo countries and mak
king policy recommendations to firms conssidering fina
ancial
In addition
invesstment with
hin these countries.
c
n each grou
up memberr will subm
mit an
indivvidually prepared 2-pa
age, gramm
matically co
orrect, write
e-up that aanswers sp
pecific
quesstions regarrding the governance
g
systems, political
p
risk
k concernss, and exch
hange
rate ssystems of their two as
ssigned cou
untries
4) S
Students will
w submit their writte
en assignm
ment via Turnitin,
T
acccessed thrrough
myUNSW. Late
e submissio
ons will nott be accepte
ed. Studentts will also self-assess
s how
they performed within the group
g
as w
well as their other group memberss using an online
o
platfo
orm.
5) Te
eamwork will
w be asses
ssed using the results
s of peer re
eview and ggroup evalu
uation
report, each of which
w
accou
unts for 2.5 % of total marks
m
respe
ectively.

4..3

Asses
ssment Fo
ormat

4..4

Assignment Submission Procedurre

4..5

Late Submissio
S
on

ance
Quallity Assura
The Business School
S
is ac
ctively moniitoring student learning
g and qualitty of the student
expe
erience in alll its program
ms. A rando
om selectio
on of comple
eted assesssment tasks
s may
be u
used for qu
uality assurrance, such
h as to dettermine the
e extent to which pro
ogram
learn
ning goals are being achieved.. The inforrmation is required ffor accreditation
findings w ill be used to inform changes aim
purpo
oses, and aggregated
a
med at imprroving
the q
quality of Business School progra
ams. All ma
aterial used for such pprocesses will
w be
treate
ed as confid
dential.

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5 C
COURSE
E RESOU
URCES
You will be able
e to obtain the latest ccourse ann
nouncementts and courrse materials via
Mood
dle. Lecture
e notes will be availa
able for dow
wnload at least one dday prior to the
lecture. Studentts are encouraged to rread the corrresponding
g reference material prrior to
the le
ecture. Tuto
orial solution
n will be po
osted after th
he teaching
g week.
The prescribed textbook for this coursse is:
Beka
aert, Geert, and Hod
drick, Robe
ert, 2012, Internationa
al Financiaal Management:
International Edition, 2nd ed.
e Pearson
Othe
er useful refe
erence text:

Butler, K.
K (2008). Multinationa
M
al Finance, John Wiley
y. Fourth Eddition. This book
he UNSW bookshop
b
lo
ocated near the Quadra
angle.
is avvailable at th
Lectu
ure notes, announcements and
d other ma
aterials are
e all providded on moodle
(http://telt.unsw..edu.au). Sttudents sho
ould make a point of ch
hecking this site regularly.

6 C
COURSE
E EVALU
UATION A
AND DEV
VELOPM
MENT
Each
h year feedb
back is sought from sttudents and
d other stakeholders abbout the courses
offere
ed in the School
S
and continual im
mprovemen
nts are mad
de based oon this feedback.
UNS
SW's Course
e and Teaching Evalua
ation and Im
mprovementt (CATEI) P
Process is one
o of
the w
ways in which student evaluative ffeedback is
s gathered. In this courrse, we will seek
your feedback th
hrough Sem
mester 2, 20
015.

7 C
COURSE
E SCHED
DULE
Lectu
ures start in Week
W
1 and finish in Wee
ek 12
Week
1
2
3
4
5
6

Week Startting
July 27
August 3
August 10
August 17
August 24
August 31

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8
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11

Septemberr 7
Septemberr 14
Septemberr 21
Septemberr 28
October 5
October 12
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12

October 19
9

Lectu
urer
Bohu
ui Zhang
Bohu
ui Zhang
Bohu
ui Zhang
Bohu
ui Zhang
Bohu
ui Zhang
Bohu
ui Zhang

T
Topic
IIntroduction
E
Exchange Ra
ate Systems
T
The Foreign Exchange Market
M
F
Forward Marrkets and Exchange Riskk
IInterest Rate
e Parity and Speculation
S
F
Financing Internationa
al Trade
and
IInternational Debt Financ
cing
Emda
ad
IInternational Equity Finan
ncing
Emda
ad
IInternational Capital Market Equilibriuum
Emda
ad
P
Purchasing Power
P
Parity
Mid-S
Session Brea
ak
Emda
ad
IInternational Capital Budgeting
Emda
ad
A
Additional To
opics in Inte
ernational Caapital
B
Budgeting
Emda
ad
F
Foreign Currrency Futures and Optionns

Read
dings
Ch. 1
Ch. 5
Ch. 2
Ch. 3 & 17
Ch. 6
Ch. 11 & 18
Ch. 12
Ch. 13
Ch. 8
Ch. 15
Ch. 16
Ch. 20
2

The lecture sche

edule is sub
bject to cha
ange withoutt prior notice. Studentts will be able to
down
nload the lectture slides fro
om the subje
ect website prior
p
to the re
elevant lecturre.

Tuto
orial Schedule
Tutorrials in this course are 1--hour long an
nd held on a weekly frequency (startiing in Week 2 and
finish
h in Week 13
3). Tutorials are
a compose
ed of discuss
sion and prob
blem solving.. Each comp
ponent
requires approxim
mately 50 min
nutes.

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3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
0
11
12
2
13
3

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k Starting
Augu
ust 3
Augu
ust 10
Augu
ust 17
Augu
ust 24
Augu
ust 31
Septe
ember 7
Septe
ember 14
Septe
ember 21
Octob
ber 5
Octob
ber 12
Octob
ber 19
Octob
ber 26

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o Chapter
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d the orderin
ng of materia
als covered in
n tutorials we
ere assignedd with the following
rules in mind:
opics lag tuttorial topics b
by at least one
o week to allow studennts to try ass
signed
Lecture to
problemss on their own
n.
nd of Week 13, the tutorrials will have
e covered all the major ttopics as listted on
By the en
the Lectu
ure Table abo
ove.

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PART
T B: KE
EY POL
LICIES, STUDEN
NT RES
SPONSIB
BILITIES AND
SUPP
PORT
8 PR
ROGRAM
M LEARN
NING GOA
ALS AND
D OUTCO
OMES
The Business Sch
hool Program Learning
g Goals refflect what we
w want all students to
t BE or
HAVE b
by the time
e they succ
cessfully co
omplete the
eir degree, regardlesss of their in
ndividual
majors or specialissations. Forr example, we want all our gradu
uates to HA
AVE a high level of
businesss knowledg
ge, and a sound
s
awarreness of ethical,
e
social, cultural and enviro
onmental
implicattions of bussiness. As well,
w
we wa nt all our grraduates to BE effectivve problem--solvers,
communicators and team parrticipants. T
These are our
o overall learning goaals for you and are
sought a
after by em
mployers.
You can
n demonstra
ate your achievement of these go
oals by the specific
s
outc
tcomes you achieve
by the end of you
ur degree (e
e.g. be abl e to analys
se and rese
earch businness proble
ems and
propose
e well-justified solutions). Each co
ourse contrib
butes to you
ur developm
ment of two or more
program
m learning goals/outco
g
omes by pro
oviding opp
portunities for
f you to ppractise the
ese skills
and to b
be assessed
d and receiv
ve feedbac k.
Program
m Learning Goals for undergradu
u
uate and po
ostgraduate students ccover the sa
ame key
areas (application of busines
ss knowledg
ge, critical thinking, communicattion and tea
amwork,
ethical, social and
d environm
mental resp
ponsibility), which are
e key goalss for all Business
B
studentss and esse
ential for su
uccess in a globalised
d world. Ho
owever, thee specific outcomes
reflect d
different exp
pectations for these levvels of study
y.
We stro
ongly advisse you to choose
c
a ra
ange of courses which assist yoour develop
pment of
these sskills, e.g., courses
c
as
ssessing wrritten and oral
o
commu
unication skkills, and to
o keep a
record o
of your achiievements against
a
the Program Le
earning Goa
als as part oof your porttfolio.
Busines
ss Undergra
aduate Prog
gram Learni ng Goals an
nd Outcome
es
1. Know
wledge: Our graduates
g
will have in-de
epth disciplin
nary knowled
dge applicablle in local an
nd global
contexts
s.
You sho
ould be able tto select and apply discipllinary knowled
dge to busine
ess situationss in a local and global
environm
ment.
cal thinking and
a
problem solving: Ourr graduates will
w be critical thinkers aand effective problem
2. Critic
solvers.
You sho
ould be able to
t identify and
d research isssues in busin
ness situations
s, analyse thee issues, and
d propose
appropria
ate and well-ju
ustified solutio
ons.
munication: Our
O graduates
s will be effec
ctive professional commu
unicators.
3. Comm
You shou
uld be able to:
a. Prepare written documents
s that are clea
ar and concise
e, using appro
opriate style aand presentatio
on for the
intended audience, purpos
se and contextt, and
b. Prepare and deliver oral presentationss that are cle
ear, focused, well-structureed, and delive
ered in a
professional manner.
work: Our grraduates will be effective tteam particip
pants.
4. Teamw
You should be able to
o participate collaboratively
c
y and responsibly in teams, and reflect oon your own te
eamwork,
and on th
he teams proccesses and ab
bility to achievve outcomes.
al, social and
d environmental respons
sibility: Our graduates
g
willl have a sou
und awarenes
ss of the
5. Ethica
ethical, s
social, culturral and enviro
onmental imp
plications of business
b
practice.
You will be able to:
al, environme ntal and/or su
ustainability considerations
c
s in business decisiona. Identify and assess ethica
making and practice,
p
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9 AC
CADEMIC
C HONES
STY AND
D PLAGIA
ARISM
The Un
niversity reg
gards plagia
arism as a form of ac
cademic miisconduct, aand has ve
ery strict
rules re
egarding pla
agiarism. Fo
or UNSW p
policies, pen
nalties, and informationn to help yo
ou avoid
plagiarissm see: https://student.unsw.edu .au/plagiaris
sm as well as the guiddelines in th
he online
ELISE ttutorials for all new UNSW studen
nts: http://su
ubjectguides
s.library.unssw.edu.au/e
elise
see
if
you
understan d
To
https://sstudent.unsw
w.edu.au/plagiarism-q uiz

plagiarism,

do

this

short

quiz:

For info
ormation on
o how to acknowle dge your sources and referennce correcttly, see:
https://sstudent.unsw
w.edu.au/harvard-refe rencing
uide, see th
he Businesss Referenc
cing and
For the Business School Harvard Referrencing Gu
ge (Busines
ss >Studen
nts>Learning support> Resourcess>Referenc
cing and
Plagiarism webpag
plagiarissm).
For info
ormation forr staff on ho
ow UNSW defines pla
agiarism, the
e types of ppenalties th
hat apply
and the protocol arround handling plagiariism cases, see:
https://w
www.gs.unssw.edu.au/p
policy/docum
ments/plagiarismpolicy
y.pdf
https://w
www.gs.unssw.edu.au/p
policy/docum
ments/plagiarismprocedure.pdf
https://w
www.gs.unssw.edu.au/p
policy/stude ntmiscondu
uctprocedurres.html

10 ST
TUDENT RESPON
NSIBILIT
TIES AND
D CONDU
UCT
Studentts are expeccted to be familiar
f
with
h and adherre to university policiess in relation to class
a safe, re
attendance and general conduct and b
behaviour, including maintaining
m
espectful
environment; and to understa
and their o
obligations in
i relation to workloadd, assessm
ment and
keeping
g informed.
Informa
ation and po
olicies on th
hese topics can be found in UNSW
W Current S
Students M
Managing
your Pro
ogram web
bpages: http
ps://student .unsw.edu.a
au/program
m.

10.1 Workload
It is exp
pected that you will spend at leasst nine to ten hours per
p week sttudying this
s course.
ng, researc
This tim
me should be made up
u of readin
ch, working
g on exercisses and prroblems,
online a
activities an
nd attending
g classes. In
n periods where
w
you need
n
to com
mplete assig
gnments
or prepare for exa
aminations, the worklo
oad may be
e greater. Over-comm
O
mitment has been a
cause o
of failure forr many stud
dents. You sshould take the require
ed workloadd into accou
unt when
oyment and
planning
g how to ba
alance study
y with emplo
d other activ
vities.
We stro
ongly encou
urage you to
o connect w
with your Mo
oodle courrse websitees in the firrst week
of seme
ester. Loca
al and intern
national ressearch indic
cates that sttudents whoo engage early
e
and
often wiith their cou
urse website
e are more likely to pas
ss their course.
Informa
ation on exp
pected workload: https: //student.un
nsw.edu.au/uoc

10.2
2 Attendan
nce
Your re
egular and punctual
p
attendance a
at lectures and
a semina
ars is expeccted in this course.
Universsity regulatio
ons indicate that if stu
udents atte
end less tha
an 80% of scheduled classes
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nt.
final
https://sstudent.unsw
w.edu.au/atttendance

For

more

iinformation,

see:

10.3
3 General Conduct and
a Behav
viour
You are
e expected to conduct yourself w
with conside
eration and respect forr the needs of your
fellow sstudents and
d teaching staff. Cond uct which unduly
u
disru
upts or interrferes with a class,
such ass ringing or talking on mobile
m
phon
nes, is not acceptable
a
and
a studentts may be asked
a
to
leave the classs. More informatio
on on student conduct
c
iis availab
ble at:
https://sstudent.unsw
w.edu.au/co
onduct

10.4
4 Occupattional Health and Sa
afety
UNSW Policy req
quires each
h person to
o work saffely and re
esponsibly, in order to avoid
persona
al injury and
a
to prrotect the safety off others. For more informatio
on, see
http://ww
ww.ohs.unssw.edu.au/.

10.5
5 Keeping Informed
You sho
ould take no
ote of all an
nnounceme
ents made in lectures, tutorials or on the cou
urse web
site. Fro
om time to time, the University
U
w
will send imp
portant announcementts to your university
address wiithout providing you w
e-mail a
with a pap
per copy. You
Y
will bee deemed to have
received
d this inform
mation. It is
s also your responsibility to keep the Univerrsity informed of all
changess to your co
ontact details.

11 SP
PECIAL CONSIDE
C
ERATION
N
You mu
ust submit all
a assignme
ents and att end all examinations scheduled
s
foor your course. You
should sseek assisttance early if you suffe
er illness orr misadventture which aaffects your course
progresss.
al informattion on sp
pecial cons
sideration for underrgraduate aand postg
graduate
Genera
courses
s:
1. A
All applications for spe
ecial consid
deration mu
ust be lodged online tthrough myUNSW
m
w
within 3 working
w
da
ays of the
e assessment (Log into myUNS
SW and go
o to My
S
Student Profile
P
tab > My S
Student Se
ervices > Online Seervices > Special
C
Consideratiion). You will
w then nee
ed to submit the origin
nals or certiified copies
s of your
ccompleted Professional Authorityy form (pdff - downloa
ad here) annd other su
upporting
d
documentation to Student Centrral. For more informattion, pleasee study carrefully in
a
advance th
he instructtions and conditions at: https:///student.unnsw.edu.au//specialcconsideratio
on
2. Please note
e that documentation m
may be che
ecked for au
uthenticity aand the sub
bmission
o
of false doccumentation
n will be tre
eated as aca
ademic mis
sconduct. T he School may ask
tto see the original
o
or certified cop
py.
3. A
Applicationss will not be accepte
ed by teach
hing staff. The
T
lectureer-in-charge
e will be
a
automatically notified when
w
you lo
odge an online applicattion for speccial conside
eration.
4. Decisions and
a
recommendationss are only made by lecturers-inl
-charge (orr by the
Faculty Pan
nel in the ca
ase of UG fiinal exam special
s
cons
siderations) , not by tuto
ors.
Applying fo
or special consideratio
c
on does not
n automatically meaan that you
u will be
5. A
g
granted a supplementa
s
ary exam orr other conc
cession.
6. S
Special con
nsideration requests d
do not allo
ow lecturers
s-in-charge to award students
s
a
additional marks.
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n requests
s for spec
cial consid
deration fo
or Final Ex
xams in
Business Schooll policy on
underg
graduate co
ourses:
The leccturer-in-cha
arge will need to be sa
atisfied on each
e
of the
e following bbefore supp
porting a
requestt for special consideration:
1. Does th
he medical certificate
e contain all
a relevant informatioon? For a medical
certificatte to be acc
cepted, the degree of illness, and
d impact onn the student, must
be stated
d by the me
edical practtitioner (sev
vere, moderate, mild). A certificate
e without
this will not
n be valid.
2
2. Has th
he student performed
d satisfacto
orily in the other aassessment items?
Satisfacttory perform
mance woul d require at least 50%
% and meeti ng the oblig
gation to
have atte
ended 80% of tutorialss.
3
3. Does the
e student ha
ave a historry of previous applicatiions for speecial consid
deration?
A historyy of previo
ous applica
ations may preclude a student fr
from being granted
special consideratio
c
on.
Speciall considera
ation and th
he Final Ex
xam in und
dergraduate
e courses:
Applicattions for special cons
sideration i n relation to the fina
al exam aree considere
ed by a
Businesss School Faculty
F
panel to which
h lecturers-in-charge provide theirr recommendations
for each
h request. If
I the Faculty panel grrants a spec
cial conside
eration requuest, this will entitle
the stud
dent to sit a supplem
mentary exa
amination. No other form of coonsideration
n will be
granted. The follow
wing procedures will ap
pply:
1. Supplem
mentary exa
ams will be
e scheduled
d centrally and
a will be held approximately
two wee
eks after the formal e
examination period. Th
he dates foor Business
s School
supplem
mentary exam
ms for Sem
mester 2, 2015 are:
8th Dece
ember exams for the
e School of Accounting
A
th
9 December ex
xams for alll Schools except Acc
counting aand Econom
mics
th
10 Deccember ex
xams for the
e School of Economics
s
If a stude
ent lodges a special co
nal exam, thhey are statting they
onsideration for the fin
will be available
a
on the above dates. Sup
pplementary exams w
will not be held at
any othe
er time.
2
2. Where a student is granted a supplementary examin
nation as a result of a request
for speciial considerration, the sstudents orriginal exam
m (if compleeted) will be
e ignored
and onlyy the mark achieved in
n the supplementary examination
e
n will count towards
the finall grade. Fa
ailure to atttend the supplement
s
ary exam will not en
ntitle the
student to
t have the original exxam paper marked
m
and
d may resul t in a zero mark for
the final exam.
If you attend the
e regular final exam
m, you are
e extremely
y unlikely to be gra
anted a
mentary exa
am. Hence if you are too ill to pe
erform up to
o your norm
mal standarrd in the
supplem
regular final exam
m, you are
e strongly advised not
n
to attend. Howevver, grantin
ng of a
mentary exa
am in such
h cases is not automatic. You would
w
still nneed to sa
atisfy the
supplem
criteria sstated abovve.

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The Business Sch

hools Spec
cial Conside
eration and Supplementary Exam
mination Po
olicy and
Procedu
ures for Final Exams fo
or Undergra
aduate Courses is available at:
www.bu
usiness.unssw.edu.au/S
StudentsSite/Doccuments/su
upplementary_exam_p
procedures.p
pdf.
Speciall considera
ation and assessmen
nts other than
t
the Final Exam in underg
graduate
courses
s:
[Insert yyour Schools/course procedure
p
fo
or special consideratio
c
ons in assesssments other than
for final exams, e.g. mid-sem
mester exam
ms, projects
s, if it differs
s from the ggeneral info
ormation
supplied
d at the be
eginning off this sectio
on. For tas
sks worth <20%,
<
LICss have flex
xibility in
deciding
g how to grrant extensions and sp
pecial consideration. Ta
asks over 220% should
d in most
circumsstances go through
t
the online systtem.]

12 ST
TUDENT RESOUR
RCES AN
ND SUPP
PORT
The Un
niversity an
nd the Bus
siness Scho
ool provide
e a wide ra
ange of suupport serv
vices for
studentss, including
g:

Schoo
Business
ol
Ed
ducation
Development
Unit
(EDU)
w.business.u
unsw.edu.a
au/students//resources/learning-suppport
https://www
T
The EDU provides
p
ac
cademic wriiting, study skills and maths suppport specifiically for
Business students.
s
Services
S
incclude works
shops, onliine resourcces, and in
ndividual
cconsultation
ns. EDU Offfice: Level 1, Room 1033,
1
Quad
drangle Bui lding. Phon
ne: 9385
5
5584; Emaiil: edu@uns
sw.edu.au.
Centre
Stud
Business
dent
w.business.u
unsw.edu.a
au/students//resources/s
student-cenntre
https://www
Provides ad
dvice and direction
d
on all aspects
s of admission, enrolmeent and gra
aduation.
O
Office: Leve
el 1, Room 1028 in the
e Quadrangle Building; Phone: 93885 3189.
Moodle eLearning Su
upport
h
using Moodle,
M
go to: https://s
student.uns
sw.edu.au/m
moodle-supp
port. For
For online help
ttechnical su
upport, ema
ail: itservice centre@unsw.edu.au; Phone: 93885 1333.
UNSW Lea
arning Centtre www.lc. unsw.edu.a
au
Provides accademic skills support services, in
ncluding wo
orkshops annd resource
es, for all
UNSW stud
dents. See website
w
for details.
Library training and search
s
sup
pport servic
ces
http://info.lib
brary.unsw..edu.au/web
b/services/s
services.htm
ml
IT Service Centre: Provides tecchnical supp
port for pro
oblems loggging in to websites,
w
d
downloadin
ng documen
nts etc. htttps://www.itt.unsw.edu.au/studentss/index.html Office:
UNSW Librrary Annexe
e (Ground flloor). Ph: 93
385 1333.
UNSW Cou
unselling and
a Psycho
ological Services
https://stude
ent.unsw.ed
du.au/wellb
being Provid
des support and servicces if you ne
eed help
w
with your personal life, getting yo
our academ
mic life back on track oor just want to know
how to stayy safe, inclu
uding free, confidential counsellin
ng. Office: LLevel 2, East Wing,
Q
Quadrangle
e Building; Phone:
P
938 5 5418; Em
mail: counse
elling@unsw
w.edu.au
S
Student Equity & Disabiliities Unitt http://ww
ww.studenteequity.unsw
w.edu.au
Provides ad
dvice regarrding equityy and divers
sity issues, and suppoort for stude
ents who
have a disa
ability or disadvantage
e that interrferes with their learniing. Office: Ground
Floor, John
n Goodsell Building;
B
Ph
hone: 9385 4734; Emaiil: seadu@uunsw.edu.au

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