ARBE4310
10 units
4000 level
Course handbook
Description
This course presents a contemporary perspective of the skills required to manage a firm operating in the construction industry. It examines the functions of management in organisations, the structures firms use, how firms make decisions in dynamic economic environments, how firms manage their people and resources and how they respond to the needs of growing economies, cities, towns and regions. The course also evaluates how construction firms use strategies, financial management, technology, entrepreneurship and innovation to start, maintain and grow their business and enable continuity.
Availability2024 Course Timetables
Singapore BCA
- Semester 1 - 2024
Callaghan
- Semester 1 - 2024
Online
- Semester 1 - 2024
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the course students will be able to:
1. Apply business management concepts to contexts applicable in construction industry firms.
2. Evaluate the factors that impact on business decisions about allocation of organisational resources in construction (human, financial, technological, knowledge and information, capital).
3. Apply financial management principles to management issues in construction firms.
4. Develop business plans for construction companies implementing appropriate strategy, innovation and entrepreneurial concepts.
5. Use appropriate IT systems and tools to enhance construction communications to facilitate business operations.
Content
- Management principles and functions: organisational structures (hierarchies, functional, divisions, project teams), organisational behaviour, organisational systems, operations management in organisations
- Organisational processes and decision-making (IT systems, role of meetings and planning); risk and crisis management; quality management
- Managing people (HRM, equity, diversity, industrial relations), Finances, Information, Projects, Marketing, Supply Chain Management
- Strategic management: principles, innovation, entrepreneurship
- Leadership
Requisite
This course is only available to students who are active in the Bachelor of Construction Management (Building) (Honours) [12331] or [40374] programs. If you have successfully completed ARBE4301, you are not eligible to enrol in this course.
Assumed knowledge
Candidates for this course should have a working knowledge of the construction industry's structure, processes and relationships.
Assessment items
Case Study / Problem Based Learning: Case Study 1
Case Study / Problem Based Learning: Case Study 2
Case Study / Problem Based Learning: Comparative Case Study and Business Strategic Plan
Contact hours
Semester 1 - 2024 - Singapore BCA
Lectorial-1
- Online 3 hour(s) per week(s) for 13 week(s) starting in week 1
- Online students will receive equivalent instruction through online or other distance education strategies.
Semester 1 - 2024 - Callaghan
Lectorial-1
- Face to Face On Campus 3 hour(s) per week(s) for 13 week(s) starting in week 1
Semester 1 - 2024 - Online
Lectorial-1
- Online 3 hour(s) per week(s) for 13 week(s) starting in week 1
- Online students will receive equivalent instruction through online or other distance education strategies.
Course outline
- ARBE4310 - Semester 1, 2024 (All) (PDF, 164.6 KB)
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