| Offered By: |
School of Accounting & Business Info Systems |
| Academic Career: |
Graduate Coursework |
| Course Subject: |
Business |
| Offered in: |
BUSN8038 will not be offered in 2009 |
| Unit Value: |
6 units |
| Course Description: |
The purpose of this course is to examine how we make decisions. Since our decisions are intricately tied to our beliefs, the course will also examine how we form beliefs. Particular attention will be paid to why we often hold erroneous and questionable beliefs and make faulty decisions. As a consequence, the course should enhance our critical thinking and decision making skills. |
| Learning Outcomes: |
Upon completion of this course you should be more aware, and have a better understanding, of factors impacting on decision making processes. You should gain an appreciation of concepts such as: - heuristics and biases;
- decision strategies;
- decision models;
- memory and encoding issues in decision making;
- the impact of affective reactions on decision making; and
- social and group influences on decision making.
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| Indicative Assessment: |
Critique - 10% Minor assignment - 20% Major assignment 1 - 35% Major assignment 2 - 35% Total - 100% |
| Workload: |
3 hours per week plus private study time. |
| Course Classification(s): |
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| Areas of Interest: |
Commerce |
| Eligibility: |
At least an average of 65% (or equivalent) in the final two years of an Australian undergraduate degree |
| Prescribed Texts: |
See Course Website: http://ecocomm.anu.edu.au/courses/course.asp?code=BUSN8038
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| Preliminary Reading: |
See Course Website: http://ecocomm.anu.edu.au/courses/course.asp?code=BUSN8038 |
| Indicative Reading List: |
See Course Website: http://ecocomm.anu.edu.au/courses/course.asp?code=BUSN8038
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| Programs: |
Graduate Certificate in Business Information Management, Master of Accounting, Master of Business Information Systems, Master of Commerce, and Master of Marketing |
| Other Information: |
For further information please refer to http://ecocomm.anu.edu.au/courses/course.asp?code=BUSN8038 |
| Academic Contact: |
See http://ecocomm.anu.edu.au/courses/course.asp?code=BUSN8038 |
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