Courses & Units

Freelancing and Small Business BMA357

Hobart, Launceston

Introduction

Small businesses contribute significantly to the wealth of most countries, particularly in regional economies. In Australia, small business is defined as an organisation employing fewer than 20 people. Australian small businesses contributed around $380 billion to Australia's GDP in 2016 and contributed to approximately 44% of Australian employment (ABS 2017). The study of small business management requires an understanding of a wide range of activities such as: marketing, planning, promotion, budgeting, customer service, human resource and operations management. The aim of this unit is to develop your understanding of the small business sector including the strategies and concepts that maximise small business effectiveness.

Much of the information you study about business does not fit into nice, neat categories. Research results are often conflicting, and serious questions can be raised about previously accepted findings. There is no one answer to small business issues and problems so during this unit you will explore a variety of strategies and practices in order to provide you with the insights and arguments to develop your own small business proposals.

Summary

Unit name	Small Business Management
Unit code	BMA357
Credit points	12.5
College/School	College of Business & Economics Tasmanian School of Business and Economics
Discipline	Management
Coordinator	Doctor Bronwyn Eager
Available as an elective?
Delivered By	Delivered wholly by the provider
Level	Advanced

Availability

This unit is currently unavailable.

Key Dates

Study Period	Start date	Census date	WW date	End date
Semester 1	22/2/2021	23/3/2021	12/4/2021	30/5/2021
Accelerated Study Period 2	24/5/2021	16/6/2021	8/7/2021	22/8/2021

* The Final WW Date is the final date from which you can withdraw from the unit without academic penalty, however you will still incur a financial liability (refer to How do I withdraw from a unit? for more information).

Unit census dates currently displaying for 2021 are indicative and subject to change. Finalised census dates for 2021 will be available from the 1st October 2020. Note census date cutoff is 11.59pm AEST (AEDT during October to March).

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Learning Outcomes

Evaluate and apply small business management theories and concepts.
Critically evaluate contemporary small business management challenges & opportunities using theory, independent and collaborative research.
Communicate small business management strategies, theories and practices.

Fee Information

Field of Education	Commencing Student Contribution ^1,3	Grandfathered Student Contribution ^1,3	Approved Pathway Course Student Contribution ^2,3	Domestic Full Fee ⁴
080301	$1,812.00	$1,419.00	not applicable	$2,702.00

Available as a Commonwealth Supported Place
HECS-HELP is available on this unit, depending on your eligibility³
FEE-HELP is available on this unit, depending on your eligibility⁴

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Requisites

Prerequisites

Any introductory, intermediate or advanced level unit

Mutual Exclusions

You cannot enrol in this unit as well as the following:

BMA227

Teaching

Assessment	Report (20%)\|Presentation (30%)\|Case Study (50%)
Timetable	View the lecture timetable \| View the full unit timetable

Textbooks

Required	You will need the following text (free e-text available via the UTAS Library]: Osterwalder, A. & Pigneur, Y. (2010). Business Model Generation: a handbook for visionaries, game changers, and challengers. John Wiley & Sons.
Recommended	Longenecker, J, Petty, J, Palich, L & Hoy, F 2017, Small business management, 18th edn, Cengage, Boston. Burns, P 2016, Entrepreneurship and small business: start-up growth and maturity, 4th edn, Macmillan Education, Australia. Schaper, M, Volery, T, Weber, P & Gibson, B 2014, Entrepreneurship and small business, 4th AsiaPacific edn, Wiley, Australia. Reading Lists provide direct access to all material on unit reading lists in one place. This includes eReadings and items in Reserve. You can access the Reading List for this unit from the link in MyLO, or by going to the Reading Lists page on the University Library website.
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Required

You will need the following text (free e-text available via the UTAS Library]:

Osterwalder, A. & Pigneur, Y. (2010). Business Model Generation: a handbook for visionaries, game changers, and challengers. John Wiley & Sons.

Recommended

Longenecker, J, Petty, J, Palich, L & Hoy, F 2017, Small business management, 18th edn, Cengage, Boston.
Burns, P 2016, Entrepreneurship and small business: start-up growth and maturity, 4th edn, Macmillan Education, Australia.
Schaper, M, Volery, T, Weber, P & Gibson, B 2014, Entrepreneurship and small business, 4th AsiaPacific edn, Wiley, Australia.

Reading Lists provide direct access to all material on unit reading lists in one place. This includes eReadings and items in Reserve. You can access the Reading List for this unit from the link in MyLO, or by going to the Reading Lists page on the University Library website.

Links

Booktopia textbook finder

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