The Law for Managers

Course aim

The course aims to provide managers with a broad understanding of legal issues that may arise in business dealings with a wide range of stakeholders, including business partners, financiers, employees, contractors, customers, competitors, regulators and the public. In doing so, the course challenges students to consider how legal risks can be minimised whilst simultaneously achieving value-enhancing organisational objectives.

Course content

The legal system and business; Regulators; Business structures and partners in business; Financing: bankers, financiers, shareholders; Employees: workplace relations, OH&S; Customers: advertising, consumer protection, product safety; Suppliers: contracts, tenders, outsourcing, value chain obligations; Society: business impacts on society and legal implications; Environment: business impacts on the environment and legal implications; Competitors: competition law.

Textbook(s)

Latimer, P 2014, Australian business law, 33rd edn, CCH Australia Limited, Sydney, NSW

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, CITY WEST
Seminar (Compulsory Introductory Seminar)	4 hours x N/A
Seminar	3 hours x 11 weeks
EXTERNAL, OFFSHORE, HOPKINS TRAINING AND EDUCATION GROUP, ONLINE
External (Asynchronous Online Discussion plus 1 hour per week of Compulsory Synchronous Discussion)	37 hours equiv. x N/A
INTERNAL, OFFSHORE, JIANGXI UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOM, MANDARIN
Seminar	8 hours equiv. x 4 days
INTERNAL, OFFSHORE, SOUTHWEST JIATONG UNIVERSITY, MANDARIN
Seminar	8 hours equiv. x 4 days
INTERNAL, CITY WEST (INTENSIVE)
Seminar	37 hours x N/A
EXTERNAL, CITY WEST, ONLINE
External (Asynchronous Online Discussion plus 1 hour per week of Compulsory Synchronous Discussion)	37 hours equiv. x N/A
EXTERNAL, CITY WEST, DISTANCE EDUCATION
External	33 hours x N/A

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Assignment, Examination, Group project, Learning journal, Learning Journal

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 3)
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.