The Law for Managers

Course aim

This course provides students with theoretical and practical knowledge of legal issues that may arise in business dealings with a wide range of stakeholders including business partners, financiers, employees, contractors, customers, competitors, creditors, regulators and the public, and explores their impact on organisational management and leadership, business strategy, and business conduct. In doing so, the course challenges students to consider how the law can be leveraged to help drive innovation and business growth.  The course  also considers how the law approaches business organisations experiencing financial difficulty.

Students completing the course develop a body of knowledge that contributes to a comprehensive and integrated application of commercial law knowledge to recent developments in the field of senior organisational management and leadership in international business environments.

Course content

Topics covered in this course include:

• Business structures
• Employment
• Contract, including leases 
• Property, including Intellectual Property 
• Operational liabilities
• Negotiation
• Business finance
• Insolvency
• Dealing with government.

Textbook(s)

Graw S, Parker D, Whitford K, Sangkuhl E, Do C, 2016, Understanding Business Law, 8th ed, Lexis Nexis, Chatswood, N.S.W.

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, CITY WEST
Workshop (Negotiation Role Play)	4 hours x N/A
Seminar	3 hours x 10 weeks
EXTERNAL, CITY WEST, ONLINE
External (Asynchronous and Synchronous Online Discussion)	34 hours equiv. x N/A
INTERNAL, CITY WEST (INTENSIVE)
Workshop	4 hours x N/A
Seminar	30 hours x N/A
EXTERNAL, CITY WEST, DISTANCE EDUCATION
External	34 hours equiv. 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

Examination, Learning log/Journal, Negotiation Role Play

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.