unit handbook academic year - 2021

UNIT HANDBOOK

ACADEMIC YEAR - 2021

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UNIT HANDBOOK

ACADEMIC YEAR - 2021

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Contents

S. No Particulars Page No.

1 IBSU - Vision, Mission and Value Statements 3

2 Academic Calendar 4

3 Overview 6

4 Guidelines for Academic Matters 8

5 Units Offerings 12

6 School of Accounting and Finance - Unit Description 16

7 School of Business and Management - Unit Description 25

8 School of Information Technology - Unit Description 34

9 School of Economics and Development Studies – Unit Description

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Vision

To enrich lives through world class education, training and research

Mission

We are passionately committed to educating and training people by

providing responsive and value driven programmes that stimulate

personal development, organizational growth and building of our

young nation.

Values

Integrity Collaboration

Respect Accountability

Innovative Responsive

Service Excellence

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2. ACADEMIC CALENDAR – 2021

Month Date Events February 22-02-2021

23-02-2021 Session – 1 – Orientation Days

24-02-2021 Commencement of Session - 1

March 05-03-2021 Enrollment Close

22-03-2021 Census

April 09-04-2021 Good Friday

10-04-2021 Easter Saturday

11-04-2021 Easter Sunday

12-04-2021 Easter Monday

May 28-05-2021 Commencement of Final Examinations

June 07-06-2021 Queen’s Birthday

18-06-2021 Final Exam Mark Due

21-06-2021 Grade Publication

22-06-2021 23-06-2021

Session – 2 – Orientation Days

24-06-2021 Commencement of Session - 2

July 09-07-2021 Enrollment Close

19-07-2021 Census

23-07-2021 National Remembrance Day

August 26-08-2021 The National Repentance Day

September 16-09-2021 Independence Day

October 01-10-2021 Session 2 - Commencement of Final Examinations

22-10-2021 Final Exam Mark Due


27-10-2021 Session – 3 – Orientation and Commencement Day

November 05-11-2021 Enrollment Close

22-11-2021 Census

December 25-12-2021 Christmas Day

26-12-2021 Boxing Day

January 28-01-2022 Session – 3 – Commencement of Final Examinations

February 18-02-2022 Final Exam Mark Due


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3. OVERVIEW

Institute of Business Studies (IBS) is a private Tertiary Education Institution passionate to enrich

lives through world class education, training and research for the last thirty-two (32) years in

Papua New Guinea.

IBS was established on the 16th February 1989 with the primary objective to provide revision

classes for the professional examinations conducted by the Papua New Guinea Institute of

Accountants (PNGIA), now Certified Practicing Accountant (CPA PNG) since there was none

available for the Accounting graduates to become Professional Accountants. IBS continues this

valuable service through a Memorandum of Understanding signed on the 15th July 2011 with

CPA PNG.

Since 19th November 1994, IBS expanded its mission to give opportunity to school leavers who

were rejected by the formal education system by providing certificate courses. IBS became a

study centre of University of Papua New Guinea in 1995 to offer their Diploma in Commerce

until 2016.

IBS achieved another milestone in 1999 by offering internationally recognized Australian Degree

programmes, first in Accounting and Information Technology and later Marketing and Human

Resource Development, face-to-face, in partnership with Southern Cross University, Australia.

This partnership has grown from strength to strength over the last twenty-two (22) years.

IBS was the first education Institution to offer MBA programme, face-to-face, in PNG, in

partnership with Deakin University of Australia in 2003. This collaboration lasted for only five (5)

years due to not meeting the high enrolment requirements set by the Deakin University.

IBS was recognized as an Institution of Higher Education by the Commissioner for the Higher

Education on 25th July, 2007.

Our quest and the persistence to become a university eventually became a reality on 1st

December, 2016 with the approval from National Executive Council (NEC), which was gazetted

on 25th January, 2017.

IBSUNIVERSITY

IBSUniversity (IBSU) introduced its own degree programmes in February 2017 as follows:

- Accounting and Finance - Economics and Development Studies - Business and Management - Information Technology

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Both Southern Cross University (SCU) and IBSU programmes are offered at our Mt. Eriama

Campus, 11 Mile, along Sogeri Road.

Since the establishment of IBSUniversity, the original IBS changed its name to IBS College of

TVET under the PNG National Qualification Framework (PNGNQF) offering Certificates 3 & 4 in

the following disciplines at our Saraga Campus, Magila Street, 6 Mile:

- Accounting - Business - Marketing - Human Resource Management - Information Technology

IBSUniversity has stronger partnerships and network with the industry and the business sector

to provide practical exposure in terms of applying theory to practice. IBSU also provides

employability training, recruitment, support and campus placement. IBSU continues to invest

time in training and development of students through its Career Development Centre (CDC) that

spends ample time in running skills development and practical training programmes.

The Institution has also collaborated and formed partnerships with Southern Cross University,

Australia and many other international and local professional institutions such as Australian

Computer Society, Certified Practicing Accountants - Australia, Certified Practicing Accountants

- PNG, Prometric, Pearson VUE Australia and recently established a CISCO Academy. It also acts

as a nodal examination centre in PNG for other universities and professional bodies around the

world.

CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION

VICE CHANCELLOR

Dr. Ramachandran Arunachalam

PRO VICE CHANCELLOR (ACADEMIC)

Dr. Chenniappan Murugesan

HEAD OF SCHOOLS

SCHOOL OF ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE

Dr. Rengalwar Srinivasan

SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT

Dr. Emmanuel Aquino

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SCHOOL OF INFORMATON TECHNOLOGY

Mr. Jobin M Scaria

SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES

Dr. Pious Thomas

4. GUIDELINES FOR ACADEMIC MATTERS

4.1 Teaching Methods

The lecturers deliver the key course material in a concise and consistent format. The classes will

be handled with the aid of power point presentation and the same will be uploaded in the

Moodle site on the day of delivery for reference by students. Tutorial activities will include case

analysis, practical activities, solving problems, individual and/or group discussions. This unit

requires student’s participation in work groups and class discussions. It also requires students to

participate in industry visit and attending online conferences/sessions wherever applicable. For

the successful completion of this unit, the student is required to undertake exercise and general

studies in addition to the class room learning. In addition to that the students are expected to

attend all lecture sessions. 75 % attendance is expected from the student’s side for all lecture

hours. Attendance records will be taken at all times.

The students are expected to upload their assignments through Moodle within the stipulated

time period. The late submission will not be entertained unless there should be a reasonable

ground and approval from the concerned unit lecturer. Such late submission will lead to fix

penalty by reduction of assignment marks. The TURNITIN software will help to identify the

percentage of plagiarism before uploading the documents. If it shows more than 30% of

plagiarism on the uploaded assignments, then that will be decided by the concerned unit lecturer.

Under such circumstances, the decision of the quality assurance cell is the final. Hence, original

contribution will enhance the quality of learning and avoid unnecessary delay.

4.2 Final Examination

a) The scheduled examination shall be administered at the end of each semester. b) Timetables shall be prepared and placed on the notice board four weeks prior to the

proper scheduled examination. c) It is a requirement that scheduled examination question papers shall be collected back

from the students by the exam invigilators after the examination along with answer scripts.

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d) A pass mark shall be the only grade awarded to students who pass their re-sit/supplementary examination

e) On completion of Board of Assessor’s Approval, the results will be uploaded in the Student Management System Result Platform.

4.3 Grade of Achievement (1) Subject to the IBSU By-Laws a candidate shall be recorded as having attained in each unit

for which he/she has enrolled a level of achievement, which shall be graded as follows:

HD - High Distinction. This grade will be awarded to students with an exceptional understanding of all aspects of the course, with competence in application, a high ability to present material and arguments logically, and a high degree of theoretical and practical understanding.

D - Distinction. This grade will be awarded to a student with strong ability to apply concepts to realistic situations, as for the HD-grade but lacking exceptional performance in each area.

C - Credit. This grade will be awarded to a student with a better than average ability to apply fundamentals, with a satisfactory degree of theoretical and practical understanding and is able to integrate information into a logical argument.

P - Pass. This grade will be awarded to a student with a satisfactory understanding and is able to complete basic tasks and apply material to problem solving in many situations.

Cp Conceded Pass - This grade will be awarded to a student with some understanding and is able to complete some basic tasks but has some difficulties applying concepts to problem solving

F - Fail. This grade will be awarded to a student who has failed to grasp the basic and most important concepts after attending all academic activities.

ABF - Absent Fail – Non-fulfillment of any assessments

DF - Deferred grade. This category may be entered when the assessment is not yet complete. Students those who have acquired this grade need to complete the unit requirement as per IBSU assessment policy.

WI- Withdrawal- This category of withdraws from a course(s) without a failure being recorded in his/her record.

IC - Incomplete - Non-fulfillment of partial assessments will be termed as confirmed grade in due course.

All non-credit units are entered as S for satisfactory or NS for unsatisfactory.

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(i) The letter grade, grade points, status of description and class description shall be computed from the range of marks as given below:

Range of Marks Class Abbreviation Equivalence Grade

Points Class Description

85 - 100 HD 5 High Distinction

75 – 84.99 D 4 Distinction

65 – 74.99 C 3 Credit

50 – 64.99 P 2 Pass

45 – 49.99 Cp 1 Conceded Pass

<45 F 0 Fail

ABF 0 Absent Fail

WF 0 Withdrawn Fail

DF 0 Deferred Fail

IC 0 Incomplete

(ii) On graduation a Grade Point Average (GPA) will be entered on the candidate’s transcript. The grade point average will be computed as the average of all units taken by him or her.

4.4 Query of Final Assessment Grade

a. A student may query the grade awarded for any unit. A query of an assessment grade shall be made in writing to the Head of the School responsible for the unit within 14 working days of the date of formal notification of the grade to the student. If, as a result of such query it is deemed appropriate to vary the grade, the Head of the School responsible for the unit may make such variation in accordance with policy.

b. The Head of the School responsible for the unit shall formally notify the student in writing of the outcome of the query of an assessment grade.

4.5 Appeal against a Final Assessment Grade

(a) A student who is not satisfied with the decision of the final assessment grade, may appeal

to the Pro Vice- Chancellor (Academic) on one or more of the following grounds:

i. improper action in the conduct of an assessment task; ii. irregularity in the conduct of an assessment task; iii. negligence on the part of any person involved in the conduct of the assessment task; iv. unlawful discrimination against the student; v. prejudice or bias on the part of the assessor or any other person involved in determining

the grade to be awarded; vi. the assessment process as detailed in the unit statement, and any subsequent

amendment made in accordance with rule not being followed;

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vii. Where additional evidence for special consideration can be provided, or where procedures for consideration of an application for special consideration were not properly followed.

(b) An appeal can be lodged with the Personal Assistant – Pro Vice-Chancellor (Academic) within

fourteen days of the date of formal notification of assessment grade.

(c) An appeal cannot be made on the basis of the absence of one or more items specified in Rule

2(b) from a unit statement.

4.6 Academic Misconduct

Students must conduct their studies at the IBSUniversity honestly, ethically and in accordance

with accepted standards of academic conduct. Any form of academic conduct that is contrary to

these standards is academic misconduct and is unacceptable. Some students engage deliberately

in academic misconduct, with intent to deceive. This conscious, premeditated form of cheating

is one of the worst forms of fraudulent academic behavior, for which the IBSUniversity has zero

tolerance and for which penalties, including exclusion from the IBSU, will be applied. However,

the IBSU recognizes many students commit academic misconduct without intent to deceive.

These students may be required to undertake additional educational activities to remediate their

behavior. Specifically, it is academic misconduct for a student to:

4.7 Plagiarism

Plagiarize by representing the work of another as their own original work, without appropriate

acknowledgement of the author or the source. This category of cheating includes the following:

collusion, where a piece of work prepared by a group is represented as if it were the student's own;

acquiring or commissioning a piece of work, which is not his/her own and representing it as if it were, by

o purchasing a paper from a commercial service, including internet sites, whether pre-written or specially prepared for the student concerned

o submitting a paper written by another person, either by a fellow student or a person who is not a member of the IBSU;

duplication of the same or almost identical work for more than one assessment item;

copying ideas, concepts, research data, images, sounds or text;

paraphrasing a paper from a source text, whether in manuscript, printed or electronic form, without appropriate acknowledgement;

cutting or pasting statements from multiple sources or piecing together work of others and representing them as original work;

submitting, as one own work, all or part of another student's work, even with the student's knowledge or consent.

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A student who willingly assists another student to plagiaries (for example by willingly giving them

their own work to copy from) is also breaching academic integrity, and may be subject to

disciplinary action.

4.8 Penalties:

For an act of plagiarism, any one or more of the following penalties may be imposed:

i. a mark of zero for the item of assessment in which the plagiarism occurred; ii. failure or cancellation or refusal of credit for the unit in which the plagiarism occurred; iii. suspension from the University for a specified period; iv. expulsion from the University.

4.9 Cheat in examinations and tests by communicating, or attempting to communicate, with a

fellow individual who is neither an invigilator or member of staff; by copying, or attempting to

copy from a fellow student; attempting to introduce or consult during the examination, any

unauthorized (not explicitly allowed by the course instructor) printed or written material, or

electronic calculating or information storage device; and/or other communication device, or

impersonates another.

4.10 Fabricate results by claiming to have carried out tests, experiments or observations that

have not taken place or by presenting results not supported by the evidence with the object of

obtaining an unfair advantage.

4.11 Misrepresent themselves by presenting an untrue statement or not disclosing where there

is a duty to disclose in order to create a false appearance or identity.

Units Offerings in Semester 1:

S. No. Year Unit Code Unit Credit Point

1 Year 1 BM0101 Personality Development 15

2 Year 1 BM0102 Principles of Management 15

3 Year 1 BM0103 Business and Academic English 15

4 Year 1 IT0101 Fundamentals of Information Technology 15

5 Year 2 AF0201 Financial Accounting 15

6 Year 2 AF0202 Auditing 15

7 Year 2 BM0201 Business Ethics 15

8 Year 2 BM0202 Principles of Marketing 15

9 Year 2 BM0203 Principles of Human Resource Management 15

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10 Year 2 IT0201 Introduction to Information Systems 15

11 Year 2 IT0202 Programming Fundamentals 15

12 Year 2 IT0203 Web Systems 15

13 Year 2 IT0204 Database Management Systems 15

14 Year 2 IT0210 Introduction to Calculus 15

15 Year 2 ED0201 Principles of Microeconomics 15

16 Year 2 ED0202 Financial Markets and Organization 15

17 Year 3 AF0301 Advanced Financial Accounting 15

18 Year 3 AF0302 Advanced Taxation 15

19 Year 3 AF0303 Company Law 15

20 Year 3 BM0301 Global & Asian Marketing 15

21 Year 3 BM0302 Strategic Management 15

22 Year 3 BM0303 Business Research 15

23 Year 3 IT0301 Critical Thinking and Problem Solving 15

24 Year 3 IT0302 Info. Tech. Security Management 15

25 Year 3 IT0303 Object Oriented Programming and Design 15

26 Year 3 IT0304 Business Process and IT Strategy 15

27 Year 3 ED0301 Advanced Micro-Economics 15

27 Year 3 ED0302 Global Economics 15

29 Year 3 ED0303 Advanced Econometrics 15

30 Year 4 AF0401 Business Finance 15

31 Year 4 AF0402 Corporate Financial Management 15

32 Year 4 AF0403 Contemporary Issues in Accounting 15

33 Year 4 AF0404 Internship - Industry Practice 15

34 Year 4 BM0401 Business Economics 15

35 Year 4 BM0402 Operations Management 15

36 Year 4 BM0403 Project Management 15

37 Year 4 BM0404 Internship - Industry Practice 15

38 Year 4 IT0401 Info. Technology Project Management 15

39 Year 4 IT0402 Server Administration and Maintenance 15

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40 Year 4 IT0403 Software Project Development – I 15

41 Year 4 IT0404 Internship – Industrial Practice 15

42 Year 4 ED0401 Industrial Economics 15

43 Year 4 ED0402 Natural Resource Economics 15

44 Year 4 ED0403 Internship – Industry Practice 15

Units Offerings in Semester 2:


1 Year 1 AF0101 Principles of Accounting 15

2 Year 1 BM0104 Fundamentals of Business Practices 15

3 Year 1 IT0102 Business Mathematics 15

4 Year 1 ED0101 Introduction to Economics 15

5 Year 2 AF0203 Cost Accounting 15

6 Year 2 AF0204 Taxation 15

7 Year 2 AF0206 Fundamentals of Business Finance 15

8 Year 2 AF0205 Internship – Internal Practice 15

9 Year 2 BM0204 Business Law 15

10 Year 2 BM0205 Entrepreneurship and Small Business 15

11 Year 2 BM0206 Internship – Internal Practices 15

12 Year 2 IT0205 Networks and Data Communication 15

13 Year 2 IT0206 Advanced Computer Programming 15

14 Year 2 IT0207 Operating Systems and Machine Principles

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15 Year 2 IT0208 Industry Study on IT 15

16 Year 2 ED0203 Principles of Macroeconomics 15

17 Year 2 ED0204 Introductory Econometrics 15

18 Year 2 ED0205 Internship – Internal Practice 15

19 Year 3 AF0304 Advanced Cost Accounting 15

20 Year 3 AF0305 Advanced Auditing and Assurance 15

21 Year 3 AF0307 Accounting Information System 15

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22 Year 3 AF0306 Management Accounting 15

23 Year 3 BM0304 Business Information System 15

24 Year 3 BM0305 Introduction to Industrial Relations 15

25 Year 3 BM0306 Consumer Behaviour 15

26 Year 3 BM0307 Quantitative Business Analysis 15

27 Year 3 IT0209 Business Statistics 15

28 Year 3 IT0305 Graphics and Multimedia 15

29 Year 3 IT0306 IT Infrastructure Management 15

30 Year 3 IT0307 Wireless Technologies and Networks 15

31 Year 4 AF0405 Financial Risk Management 15

32 Year 4 AF0406 Financial Reporting 15

33 Year 4 BM0405 International Business Management 15

34 Year 4 BM0406 Essential of Managerial Accounting 15

35 Year 4 BM0407 Global Operation and Supply Chain Management

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36 Year 4 IT0405 Software Project Development – II 15

37 Year 4 IT0406 Mobile Application Design and Development

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38 Year 4 IT0407 Advanced Database Systems 15

39 Year 4 IT0408 Social Network Computing 15

40 Year 4 IT0409 Customer Service Management 15

41 Year 4 IT0410 Web Design and Programming 15

42 Year 3 ED0304 Advanced Macroeconomics 15

43 Year 3 ED0305 Cost Benefit Analysis 15

44 Year 3 ED0306 Economic Policy and Market Design 15

45 Year 3 ED0307 Economic Information Systems 15

46 Year 4 ED0404 Environmental Economics 15

47 Year 4 ED0405 Agricultural Economics 15

48 Year 4 ED0406 Economic Development 15

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Semester 1


1 Year 2 AF0201 Financial Accounting 15

2 Year 2 AF0202 Auditing 15

3 Year 3 AF0301 Advanced Financial Accounting 15

4 Year 3 AF0302 Advanced Taxation 15

5 Year 3 AF0303 Company Law 15

6 Year 4 AF0401 Business Finance 15

7 Year 4 AF0402 Corporate Financial Management 15

8 Year 4 AF0403 Contemporary Issues in Accounting 15

9 Year 4 AF0404 Internship - Industry Practice 15

Semester 2


1 Year 1 AF0101 Principles of Accounting 15

2 Year 2 AF0203 Cost Accounting 15

3 Year 2 AF0204 Taxation 15

4 Year 2 AF0206 Fundamentals of Business Finance 15

5 Year 2 AF0205 Internship – Internal Practice 15

6 Year 3 AF0304 Advanced Cost Accounting 15

7 Year 3 AF0305 Advanced Auditing and Assurance 15

8 Year 3 AF0307 Accounting Information System 15

9 Year 3 AF0306 Management Accounting 15

10 Year 4 AF0405 Financial Risk Management 15

11 Year 4 AF0406 Financial Reporting 15

School of Accounting and Finance

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ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE PROGRAMME – UNITS DESCRIPTION

AF0201 - FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING

This unit aims to develop an understanding of the principles of financial accounting and to

develop the practical skill and professional competence of an Accounting Technician. The unit is

envisioned to understand how the financial statements are useful for the stakeholders of the

business. Topic covers accounting standards, cash accounting, receivables determining the cost

of inventories, concepts of assets and liabilities, current and non-current assets, current and non-

current liabilities, debenture and share capital and accounting for debenture.

Assessment: Continuous 50%, Final Exam 50%

Pre-requisite: AF0101 – Principles of Accounting

Prescribed Text:

1. Hoggett, et. al, Financial Accounting, 8th edn, (2014) John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Milton, Queensland, Australia

Reference:

1. Financial Accounting by Joe Ben Hoyle & CJ Skender, Dec 2009, ISBN 978-1-45332712-8

AF0202 - AUDITING

This unit is designed to provide knowledge and skills in auditing by obtaining acumen in concepts and theory of audit. This will empower the students to gain knowledge in applying accounting information in auditing process. Important matters are considered on audit engagement, planning, strategy and issuance of opinion. The topic includes audit overview, ethics, legal liability, client acceptance, audit planning, audit evidence, sampling, the test of controls, substantiate tests, report preparation and reporting on an audit. Assessment: Continuous 50%, Final Exam 50%

Pre-requisite: AF0101 – Principles of Accounting

Prescribed Text:

1. Rick Hayes, Principles of Auditing: An Introduction to International Standards on Auditing (3e), Pearson, Australia. ISBN 9780273768173.

Reference:

1. Moreney, Campbell, Hamilton (2014), Auditing, A Practical Approach, 2nd edn, John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Milton, Queensland, Australia.

AF0301 - ADVANCED FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING

The aim of this unit is to develop the candidates with conceptual and practical skills regarding

financial accounting in order to meet the needs of business organizations in the competitive

business. The topics covered are Financial Statements, Accounting for partnerships, Operation,

Change in Ownership and Dissolution, Accounting for Companies, Formation and Operation of

Company, Accounting for Branches, Accounting for Department, Accounting for Extractive

Industries and Accounting for Plantations.


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Pre-requisite: Financial Accounting (AF0201)

Prescribed Text:

1. Deegan, C 2016, Australia Financial Accounting, 8th Edition, McGraw-Hill Education (Australia) Pty Ltd., Level 2, 82 Waterloo Road, North Ryde, NSW 2113. ISBN: 9781743764022.

Reference:

1. Shirley Carlon, Rosina Mcalpine-Mladenovic, Chrisann Palm, Lorena Mitrione, Ngaire Kirk, Lily Wong 2016, Financial Accounting Reporting, Analysis and Decision making, 5th Edition. John Wiley & Sons Australia Ltd., 42 Mc Dougali Street, Milton, QLD 4064. ISBN: 9780730313748 (Paperback) & 9780730324881 (e-text).

AF0302 – ADVANCED TAXATION

The unit has emerged as a distinct profession across the globe. This unit prepares the candidates

with conceptual and practical skills in order to meet the field of taxation in the competitive

business environment as well as the needs of the business in PNG. This unit introduces students

to understand the concepts in Taxation, application of Tax Principles making. The content of this

course includes Goods and Services Taxation, Mining and Petroleum Taxation, Taxation for

Entities and Tax Administration


Pre-requisite: Taxation – AF0204

Prescribed Text:

1. Joseph Palimi 2020, PNG Taxation, 1st Edition, IBSUniversity (PNG), Mt. Eriama Campus, Port Moresby. ISBN: 978-9980-909-37-4.

2. Papua New Guinea Income Tax 1959 as Amended.

Reference Book:

1. A Guide to PNG Taxation, By Edgar O’Neill 2. Taxation Study Guide, IBS

AF0303 – COMPANY LAW

This unit introduces students to the underlying themes and issues in Partnership and company

Law, corporate regulation, legal and non- legal issues in agency, joint venture and partnership

law, constitution of companies, insolvency, business and land groups. The unit has emerged as a

distinct profession across the globe. This unit prepares the candidates with conceptual and

practical skills in order to meet the needs of business organizations in the competitive business

environment as well as human resource needs of the business in PNG.


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Pre-requisite: BM0204

Prescribed Text:

1. Papua New Guinea Company Law Act, CCH, Australia.Company Law 3rd edition, 2. Chris Taylor, Aug 2014. ISBN13: 9781292012926, New Edition ISBN: 9781292086941,

Previous Edition ISBN: 9781408271711, Published: August 2014.Publisher: Pearson Education Ltd,

Reference Book:

1. John Lowry, Arad Reisberg, 4th Edition, April 2012

AF0401 - BUSINESS FINANCE

Business finance units aim is to develop the students with the knowledge of importance and

source of business finance. The following topics are covered in this unit, i.e. the Introduction of

business finance, Objectives and Functions of business finance, Sources of Business Finance,

Capital Structure, Hire Purchase and Lease, Institutional Investors, Accounting for short term and

Long -term Investments, Dividend, Analysis and Interpretation of Financial Statements and PNG

Financial system.


Pre-requisite: Management Accounting (AF0306)

Prescribed Text:

1. Berk, Demarzo, Harford, Ford, Mollica and Finch “Fundamentals of Corporate Finance” 2 (2015) Edition, Pearson, Australia ISBN 9781442564060.

Reference:

1. Financial Management; Theory &Practice, Eugene F. Brigham. Michael c. Ehrhardt (2013) ISBN 9780030335617

AF0402 - CORPORATE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

Corporate Financial Management course prepare candidates with practical skills in wealth maximization and profit maximization of business organizations in the competitive business environment as well as international business development in PNG. It covers role of financial manager, financial planning, capital structure, cost of capital, capital budgeting, working capital management, payment of dividend and latest financing models. Important matters are considered on explaining time value of money concepts and providing students with capital decision making and to empower them to gain the different uses of financial Management techniques. Assessment: Continuous 50%, Final Exam 50%

Pre-requisite: AF0301 Advanced Financial Accounting

Prescribed Text:

1. Berk, Demarzo, Harford, Ford, Mollica and Finch “Fundamentals of Corporate Finance” 2 Edition, Pearson, Australia.

Reference Book:

1. Financial Management; Theory &Practice, Eugene F. Brigham. Michael C. Ehrhardt.

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AF0403 - CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN ACCOUNTING

This unit prepares the candidates with conceptual and practical skills in order to meet the needs

of business organizations in the competitive business environment as well as human resource

needs of the business in PNG. This course introduces various accounting theories for and against

regulation of financial accounting. Students can obtain the knowledge of reason why and how an

organization should disclose particular items of financial information. This course also providing

knowledge about the role of a number of factors in explaining both international differences in

accounting and the recent efforts towards, and the obstacles to, the globalization of international

financial reporting standards. The course content reflects the current Government of PNG

emphasis on an accounting regulation.


Pre-requisite: AF0301 Advanced Financial Accounting

Prescribed Text:

1. Craig Deegan, Financial Accounting Theory (4th edition), 2013, McGrawhill Australia ISBN:

9780071013147

Reference Book:

1. Contemporary Issues in Accounting, Michaelda Tankin, Patricia Stanton, Susan Mc Gowan,

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Kimberly Ferlauto March 2012.

AF0404 - INTERNSHIP – INDUSTRY PRACTICE

This unit intended to deliver the applied knowledge and competence in accounting and finance

needed in the business and public sector to acquire applied knowledge in the areas relating to

accounting and finance. It also provides practical skills and a sound understanding of theories

and their application over business units. The unit is intended to connect students to the

community in which they are learning and to engage in experiences that allow students to

incorporate classroom ideas beyond the traditional academic setting. The training module

contains a continuous assessment by the guide, project presentation, comprehensive report on

training and viva voce.

Assessment: Continuous 50%, Final Report and Viva Voce 50%

Pre-requisite: Associate Degree in Accounting and Finance

Prescribed Text:

1. Quinlan, C, Babin, BJ, Carr, JC, Griffin, M & Zikmund, WG 2015, Business Research Methods, 1st edn, Cengage, Hampshire. ISBN: 9781473704855.

Reference:

1. VBS-Report-Writing-Guide-2017 AF0101 - PRINCIPLES OF ACCOUNTING

Principles of Accounting units aim is to develop an understanding of the principles of Accounting

and to develop the practical skill and professional competence of an Accounting Technician. It

has the following topics; Role of Accounting, Books of Prime Entry, The Ledger, The Ledger,

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Capital, Revenue Expenditure and Receipts, Accounting for Depreciation, Adjustments in Ledger

Accounts, Cash Book, Accounting for Errors and Financial Statement.


Pre-requisite: There is no pre-requisite unit for this unit.

Prescribed Text:

1. Carlon, S, Mladenovic-Mac-Alphine, R, Palm, C, Mitrione, L, Kirk, N & Wong, L, Financial Accounting, Reporting Analysis and Decision Making, 5th edn, John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd, Milton, Qld, Australia. ISBN: 9780730313748.

Reference:

1. Atrill, P, McLaney, E, Harvey, D & Jenner, M 2012, Accounting: An introduction, 6th edn, Pearson, Sydney. ISBN: 9781486008797.

AF0203 - COST ACCOUNTING

This unit is developed with a purpose to offer an understanding on the concepts in cost

accounting, application of cost accounting principles and managerial decision making. The core

objective of the unit revolves around cost control and productivity. The unit content includes basic

cost accounting concepts, elements of cost, pricing and issues of material, levels of materials,

inventory management, labour cost and preparation of pay roll, overhead costing, cost concepts,

strategy, balanced scorecard and strategic profitability analysis.


Pre-requisite: AF0201 – Financial Accounting

Prescribed Text:

1. Charles Horngren, Srikant Datar, Madhav Rajan, (Oct. 2012), Cost Accounting; Global edition, Pearson New International. 14th edition, ISBN – 13 978013209178.

Reference:

1. David Russell, G.J Wilkinson – Riddle, Ashok Patel (Nov 2010), Cost Accounting, Pearson New Publication, November 2002, ISBN – 13 9780273651673

AF0204 - TAXATION

This unit prepares the candidates with conceptual and practical skills in order to meet the needs of business organizations in the competitive business environment as well as human resource needs of the business in PNG. This unit introduces students to understand the concepts in Taxation, application of tax principles into the practice. The content of this course takes care of overview of PNG Income tax, statutory income and exempt income, deductions, mining tax etc. The course content reflects the current Government of PNG emphasis on strategic planning integration and control.


Pre-requisite: AF0101 Principles of Accounting

Prescribed Text:

1. Papua New Guinea Income Tax 1959 as Amended.

Reference Book:

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1. A Guide to PNG Taxation, By Edgar O’Neill 2. Taxation Study Guide, IBS

AF0206 - FUNDAMENTALS OF BUSINESS FINANCE

The aim of Fundamentals of Business Finance is to develop the candidates with the knowledge

of importance and source of business finance. The following are topic covered in this units to

fulfil the objective of the unit, introduction, Objectives and Functions, Sources of Business

Finance, Capital Structure, Hire Purchase and Lease, Institutional Investors, Accounting for short

term and Long-term Investments, Dividend, Analysis and Interpretation of Financial Statement

and PNG Financial System.


Pre-requisite: Principles of Accounting (AF0101)

Prescribed Text:

1. Berk, J, DeMarzo, P, Harford, J, Ford, G, Mollica, V & Finch, N 2014, Fundamentals of Corporate Finance, 2nd edn, Pearson, Frenchs Forest, NSW. ISBN: 9781486042197.

Reference Book:

1. Eugene F, Brigham, Michael C, Ehrhardt 2013, Financial Management: Theory and Practice, ISBN 9789966462565

AF0205 - INTERNSHIP - INTERNAL PRACTICE

This unit requires students to explore and understand the organizations that affecting accounting

profession and participate in industry visit and study the functionality and operations of the

Company. For the successful completion of this unit, the student is required to prepare report,

interview relevant personnel, and observed the company operation, understand the functions

and get maintain a log book with signature of the Head of the functions, and learn the practical

operations. Weekly submission will of report is a must. Students are required to meet their guide

weekly once and get the guidance in preparing the report.


Pre-requisite: IBSU Diploma first year is the prerequisite for this course.

Prescribed Text:

1. The Internship Course Handbook 8th Edition, Revised Effective Fall Term 2018, Internships and Prior Learning University of Illinois Springfield Springfield, Illinois

Reference Book:

1. Training Guidelines prescribed by the School.

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AF0304 - ADVANCED COST ACCOUNTING



needs of the business in PNG. This unit introduces students to the advanced cost accounting

concepts and applications necessary for successful business careers. Topics will include costing

systems, job costing, process costing, Inventory Management, techniques of costing, standard

costing, managerial decision making and its practices.


Pre-requisite: AF0203 Cost Accounting

Prescribed Text:

1. Charles Horngren, Srikant Datar, Madhav Rajan, , Cost Accounting; 15th edition, Pearson Inc. 2017

References:

1. David Russell, G.J Wilkinson – Riddle, Ashok Patel (Nov 2011), Cost Accounting, Pearson New Publication.

AF0305 – ADVANCED AUDITING AND ASSURANCE SERVICES



needs of the business in PNG. Advanced Audit and Assurance provides knowledge with assurance

services, with progressive approached in audit practice. It includes assurance procedures,

methods and approaches. It also includes current and future developments in assurance practice.

Internal audit, review engagement, performance assurance and other related assurances are also

discussed.


Pre-requisite: AF0202 Auditing

Prescribed Text: 1. Arens, Best, Shailer, Fielder, Elder, Beasley: Auditing, Assurance Services and Ethics in

Australia: An Integrated Approach, (9e), Pearson Australia Reference:

1. IAASB-Handbook-Volume-1, 2 & 3

AF0307 - ACCOUNTING INFORMATION SYSTEM

Nowadays, the demand for business process computerization to adapt and compete with the

current business setting is widespread. Integrating computer systems to business organizations

would be difficult or impossible without the process owner's cooperation with IS personnel.

Hence, this unit prepares students to co-operate with the IS department or whichever

department responsible for system development, implementation, and or maintenance. This unit

elucidates the concepts of Information systems and its components, the major business process,

internal control, and participation of end-user in the potential system development or system

implementation and or even maintenance. Topics include accounting information systems and

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business, systems documentation techniques, the revenue and expenditure cycle, systems

development, and systems analysis processes.

Assessment: Continuous, Final Exam 50%

Pre-requisite: No pre-requisite for this course.

Prescribed Text:

1. Accounting Information system, global Edition, 13th edition, Marshall Romney, Paul Steinbart, Aug.2014.

Reference:

1. Business Information system for accounting students, 01 edition, Gerhard Kristandl, Martin Quinn, Trans-Atlantic Publications, Inc., April 2014

AF0306 - MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING

Aim of the Management Accounting is to develop the candidates with conceptual and practical

skills in order to meet the needs of business organizations in the competitive business

environment. Various topics are covered in this unit i.e., role, Historical Perspective and Direction

of Management Accounting, Foundation of Management Accounting, Interpreting and Analysing

Financial Statements, Management Accounting Techniques for Planning and Control, Functional

and Activity-Based Budgeting, Types of Budgetary Systems, Decision Making, Relevant Costs and

Benefits, Capital Budgeting Decisions, Balanced Scorecard and Advanced Analysis, Appraisal of

Performance, Financial and Related Information


Pre-requisite: Advanced Financial Accounting (AF0301)

Prescribed Text:

1. Horngren, CT, Datar, SM, Rajan, MV, Wynder, M, Maguire, W & Tan, R 2014, Cost Accounting – A Managerial Emphasis, 2nd edn, Pearson Australia, Australia. ISBN: 9781442563377.

Reference:

1. Management Accounting for Decision Makers 8th Edition, Peter Atrill, Eddie McLaney, Feb.2015.

AF0405 – FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT

This course is designed to assess the different risk sources generally prevalent in the financial

institutions and to quantify the same on the basis of defined parameters. The prominent areas

relating to risk like operational risk, financial risk, model risk, spot risk, forward risk, options risk,

credit risk and counterparty credit risk are the key contents. Suitable weightage also given to

cover financial disasters. Moreover, this course covers smaller case studies that help to

understand the current financial crisis.


Pre-requisite: AF0305 – Advanced Auditing and Assurance

Prescribed Text:

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1. John C. Hull, Risk Management and Financial Institutions, John Wiley & Sons, New Jersey, 4th edn. ISBN 9781118955949

Reference Book:

1. Jonathan Mun, Modelling Risk: Applying Monte Carlo Simulation, Real Options Analysis, Forecasting and Optimization Techniques, Wiley. ISBN 9780470009772

AF0406 - FINANCIAL REPORTING

This unit introduces students to get acumen in the concept of financial reporting and its

applications necessary for successful professional careers. It prepares candidates with practical

skills in order to meet the needs of business organizations in the competitive business

environment. The topic covers IASB structure and process, conceptual framework, accounting for

lease agreement, long-term contract, foreign currency transactions, financial instruments and

hedging transactions, accounting for income taxes, preparation of financial statements,

investment accounting and balance combination and consolidation process.


Pre-requisite: AF0301 – Advanced Financial Accounting

Prescribed Text:

1. Deegan, C 2012, Australia Financial Accounting, 8th edn, McGraw-Hill, Australia. ISBN: 9781743764022.

Reference:

1. Hoggett, et. al, Financial Accounting, 8th edn, 2013 John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Milton, Queensland, Australia.

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Semester 1


1 Year 1 BM0101 Personality Development 15

2 Year 1 BM0102 Principles of Management 15

3 Year 1 BM0103 Business and Academic English 15

4 Year 2 BM0201 Business Ethics 15

5 Year 2 BM0202 Principles of Marketing 15

6 Year 2 BM0203 Principles of Human Resource Management

15

7 Year 3 BM0301 Global & Asian Marketing 15

8 Year 3 BM0302 Strategic Management 15

9 Year 3 BM0303 Business Research 15

10 Year 4 BM0401 Business Economics 15

11 Year 4 BM0402 Operations Management 15

12 Year 4 BM0403 Project Management 15

13 Year 4 BM0404 Internship - Industry Practice 15

Semester 2


1 Year 1 BM0104 Fundamentals of Business Practices 15

2 Year 2 BM0204 Business Law 15

3 Year 2 BM0205 Entrepreneurship and Small Business 15

4 Year 2 BM0206 Internship – Internal Practices 15

5 Year 3 BM0304 Business Information System 15

6 Year 3 BM0305 Introduction to Industrial Relations 15

7 Year 3 BM0306 Consumer Behaviour 15

8 Year 3 BM0307 Quantitative Business Analysis 15

9 Year 4 BM0405 International Business Management 15

School of Business and Management

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10 Year 4 BM0406 Essential of Managerial Accounting 15

11 Year 4 BM0407 Global Operation and Supply Chain Management

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BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME – UNITS DESCRIPTION

BM0101 - PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT

This unit introduces students to understand the basics of personality and leadership

development, soft skills for today’s workplace, concepts of resume writing and job interviews,

body language and communication in professional interactions as well as the modern methods

of learning in the contemporary business world.


Pre-requisite: No Pre-requisite for this unit

Prescribed Text:

1. Urmila Rai & S.M. Rai, Personality Development and Communication Skills, Himalaya Publishing House, India. First Edition 2011, ISBN 9789350514375

Reference Book:

1. Sharma, P C 2014, Communication Skills and Development, Nirali Prakashan, India. ISBN 9380064179, 9789380064178.

BM0102 - PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT

This unit introduces students to understand the basics of management functions. This unit will

focus on the theory and fundamental concepts of management including planning, organization,

motivation, leadership, conflict management and control. This unit will also review the evolution

of management thought, functions and practices which will lead to stress current approaches

and the recent emerging concepts in the management.



Prescribed Text:

1. Charles W.L. Hill & Steven L. Mc Shane, Principles of Management, 1st Ed., 11th Reprint 2015, Mc Graw Hill, ISBN: 9780070667693

Reference Book:

1. Meenakshi (2007), “Principles of Management”, PHI Learning Publications, New Delhi.

BM0103 - BUSINESS AND ACADEMIC ENGLISH

The Unit should improve students’ communication & interpersonal skills in academia as well as

in the business. This unit prepare candidates to communication theories and concepts which

should enable students to learn and apply practically in order to meet the needs of business

organizations in the competitive environment.

Assessment: Continuous 100%, No Final Exam


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Prescribed Text:

1. Witsel, M (ed.) 2009, Communication in Organisations, 5th edn, McGraw-Hill. ISBN: 9780070278271.

Reference Book:

1. Summers.J, 2006 Communication Skills Handbook, John Wiley & Sons, Australia.

BM0201 - BUSINESS ETHICS

This course provides students with knowledge and skills to be competent in corporate ethical

skills needed in the business and public sector. It helps the students to utilize critical reasoning

skills to identify solutions to ethical problems, examine sustainability policy and practice at

multiple levels, evaluate the social, environmental and economic impact of business on

stakeholders, explain the importance of diverse cultural influences to ethics and sustainability,

analyses contemporary global ethical and sustainability issues.



Prescribed Text:

1. Preston, N 2007, Understanding Ethics, 3rd edn, The Federation Press, Sydney. 2. Mandal, S K 2010, Ethics in Business and Corporate Governance, Tata McGraw Hill

Education Pvt. Ltd., Sydney Reference Book:

1. Fritzsche, D J 2005, Business Ethics: A Global & Managerial Perspective, Tata McGraw Hill Education Pvt. Ltd., Sydney.

BM0202 - PRINCIPLES OF MARKETING

This unit introduces students to understand the Principles and key concepts used in marketing,

knowledge and skills in Marketing. Further it explains the concept of consumer behavior,

sustainable marketing concept, Market segmentation, Marketing research and 4 P’s in marketing.



Prescribed Text:

1. Lamb, C, Hair, J & McDaniel, C 2014, MKTG8: Principles of Marketing, 8th edition, Cengage Learning, Mason, Ohio, USA. ISBN: 978-1-285-43262-5.

Reference Book:

1. Kotler, P, Adam, S, Denize, S & Armstrong, G 2009, Principles of Marketing, 4th edition, Prentice Hall, Sydney.

BM0203 - PRINCIPLES OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

This unit introduces students to understand the Principles of Human Resource Management,

human resource planning, Recruitment, selection, training, Appraisal and audit, Employee

information system and new horizons in human resource management. This unit introduces

students to understand the Principles of Human Resource Management, human resource

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planning, Recruitment, selection, training, Appraisal and audit, Employee information system and

new horizons in human resource management.



Prescribed Text:

1. Laura, portolese Dias. 2011, Human Resource Management, Flat world Knowledge Publication, United States. ISBN-10: 1453329129 ISBN-13: 978-1453329122

Reference Book:

1. Michael Armstrong. 2006, A hand book of Human Resource Management Practice, Kogan Page publisher, London.

BM0301 - GLOBAL & ASIAN MARKETING

This course provides students with knowledge, skills and practical exposure in the field of

Business and Management. Students will have the opportunity to acquire knowledge on Global

and Asian Marketing of a country as well as economic development issues to enhance their

professional productivity. In also provide practical skills and sound understanding on underlying

theories in Business and Management. It discusses the global marketing environment, how global

markets are identified and evaluated, and global product planning, pricing, promotion and

distribution strategies. Global marketing skills are of increasing importance to marketing

practitioners as the pace of globalization quickens and more and more firms choose to compete

in offshore markets.



Prescribed Text:

1. Fletcher and Brown (2008) International Marketing, an Asia-Pacific Perspective, 4th Ed. Pearson Australia (ISBN 9781488611162)

2. Johansson, J.K. (2009) Global Marketing, 5th Ed. McGrawhill Irwin, USA. Reference Book:

1. Subhash c. Jain (Dec. 1995), International Marketing Management, South-western College Pub. 5th edn,

BM0302 - STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT


with conceptual and practical skills in order to meet the needs of business organizations in the

competitive business environment as well as human resource needs of the business in PNG. This

unit introduces students to understand the strategic analysis both internal and external, strategic

management and International Business Strategy



Prescribed Text:

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1. Johnson, G, Whittington, R, Scholes, K, Angwin, D, & Regner, P 2015, Fundamentals of Strategy, 3rd, Pearson Education, Harlow (UK). ISBN: 9781292017211

Reference Book:

1. Hill, C WL & Jones, G R 2001, Strategic Management – An Integrated Approach, Means Business, Inc., Sydney.

BM0303 - BUSINESS RESEARCH

This course provides students with theoretical and practical base for a straightforward research

project such as honors. It consists of six modules which cover the fundamentals of the research

proposal, literature review, and qualitative and quantitative methods. The course first

emphasizes the research process and the importance of the literature review. It then focuses

upon the appropriateness of specific research methods. Students are encouraged to critically

evaluate different strategies and methods by identifying both the strengths and weaknesses of

qualitative and quantitative methods. Overall, this course equips students with the skills and

expertise to develop and implement a research dissertation.



Prescribed Text:

1. Cooper, Donald R. & Schindler, Pamela S. 2014, Business research methods 12th ed., Irwin/McGraw-Hill, Boston.

Reference Book:

1. Bryman, Alan & Bell, Emma 2015, Business research methods 4th ed., Oxford University Press, Oxford, United Kingdom.

BM0401 - BUSINESS ECONOMICS

This course is designed to provide students with knowledge, skills and practical exposure in the

field of economics. Students will have the opportunity to acquire economic performance of a

country as well as economic development issues to enhance their professional productivity. It

also provides practical skills and sound understanding on underlying theories and concepts in

economics. It provides and quantitative methods/techniques to solve real business problems.


Pre-requisite: Principles of Management (BM0102) is the pre-requisite for this unit

Prescribed Text:

1. M.L. Trivedi – “Managerial Economics – Theory and Applications “Tata Mc Graw Hill, 2002.

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Reference Book:

1. Ahuja.H.L. – “Business Economics”, S. Chand & Co, New Delhi, 2004. 2. Ferguson - "Microeconomic Theory", Cambridge University Press

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BM0402 - OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT

This course is an introduction to the concepts, principles, problems, and practices of operations

management. Emphasis is on managerial processes for effective operations in both goods-

producing and service-rendering organization. Topics include operations strategy, process

design, capacity planning, facilities location and design, forecasting, production scheduling,

inventory control, quality assurance, and project management. The topics are integrated using a

systems model of the operations of an organization.


Pre-requisite: Principles of Management (BM0102) is the pre-requisite for this unit

Prescribed Text:

1. Richard B. Chase, Ravi Shankar, F. Robert Jacobs, Nicholas J. Aquilano,(2010) “Operations and Supply Management”, Tata McGraw Hill, 12th Edition, 2010.

Reference Book:

1. B. Mahadevan (2007) “Operations Management-Theory and Practices”, 2nd Pearson Publication, New Delhi

BM0403 - PROJECT MANAGEMENT

This course introduces students to the Business and Management concepts/applications

necessary for successful business careers. Students to understand the concept and importance

of Project Management and its applications at work place practically and theoretically,

approaches of project management process, procedure, tools and problems.



Prescribed Text:

1. Jr.S.J.M , Meredith .J.R, (2004), ‘Project Management A managerial Approach Fifth Edition”, John Wiley & Sons, India, ISBN: 9812531602

Reference Book:

1. Larson.E.W, (2011) “Project Management: The managerial Process”5TH ed. McGraw-Hill,USA ISBN: 9780073403342; 0073403342; 9780077426927; 0077426924; 9780071289290; 0071289291.

BM0404 - INTERNSHIP INDUSTRY

This course aims to provide students with applied knowledge and competence in business and

management needed in the business and public sector. Students will have the opportunity to

acquire applied knowledge in the areas relating to business and management. It also provides

practical skills and sound understanding on theories and its application over business units.

Assessment: Continuous 100%, No Final Exam

Pre-requisite: Year 4

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BM0104 - FUNDAMENTALS OF BUSINESS PRACTICES

This unit introduces students to understand the evolution of business, changing forms of business

organization, the role of entrepreneurs, managers and employees, environment of business,

business ethics, culture of business organization, E commence, marketing and product

development, accounting, capital investment as well as capital financing for modern business.



Prescribed Text:

1. Jones, Gareth R. (2007) Introduction to Business, Tata McGraw-Hill, New Delhi. ISBN: 0070615934

Reference Book:

1. Ponnusamy Manohar 2014 (Reprint) Fundamentals of Business and Management for Papua New Guinea, Universal Business Academy, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. ISBN 9980-84-839-1

BM0204 - BUSINESS LAW

This course prepares candidates with conceptual and practical skills in order to meet the needs


needs of the business in PNG. Aim of the course to provide students with knowledge, skills and

practical exposure about the structure of the Papua New Guinean business. Students will have

the opportunity to acquire knowledge about the legal system of business in the country.



Prescribed Text:

1. Business Law in Papua New Guinea, 3rd edition, by Vergil Los Narokobi LLB(PNG), LLM(Cambridge), IBS, 2008, Revised 2013.

Reference Book:

1. Gibson, A. & Fraser, D., Business Law, 8th ed, Pearson, French’s Forest, 2014

BM0205 - ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND SMALL BUSINESS

This course is designed to provide students with knowledge and skills in order to be competent

in entrepreneurial activities. Topics will include Introduction to Entrepreneurship, Assessment

and Commercialization of Entrepreneurial Opportunities, Business Plan, Entrepreneurial

Succession Strategy, Developing Entrepreneurial Ventures, Market and Financial Analysis,

Entrepreneurial Strategy, Entrepreneurs and their Global Opportunities, Legal and Regulatory

challenges in Global Entrepreneurship



Prescribed Text:

1. Frederick, HH, O’Connor, A & Kuratko, DF 2012, Entrepreneurship: Theory, Process, Practice, Cengage Learning Australia

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Reference Book:

1. Cunningham, JB & Lischeron, J 1991, ‘Defining entrepreneurship’, Journal of small business management, vol. 29, no. 1, pp. 45–61.

BM0206 - INTERNSHIP – INTERNAL PRACTICES

This course aims to provide students with applied basic knowledge and competence in business

and management needed in the business and public sector. Students will have the opportunity

to acquire applied knowledge in the areas relating to business and management It also provide

practical skills and sound understanding on theories and its application over business units

Assessment: Continuous 100%, No Final Exam Pre-requisite: Year 1

BM0304 - BUSINESS INFORMATION SYSTEM




course introduces students to the necessary for successful business careers. Topics are included

accounting information systems and business, systems documentation techniques, the revenue

and expenditure cycle, systems development and systems analysis processes.


Pre-requisite: No Pre-Requisite for this course

Prescribed Text:

1. Romney, MB & Steinbart, PJ, 2015, Accounting Information Systems 13th edn, Pearson Education Limited, Essex, England. ISBN: 978-1-292-06052-1.

Reference Book: 1. Hoggett, J, Medlin, J, Edwards, L, Tilling, M, & Hogg, E 2015, Financial Accounting 9th edn,

Wiley, Brisbane. ISBN: 978-0-7303-1961-0

BM0305 - INTRODUCTION TO INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS

This unit is a discipline that studies the employment relationship in an industry or in a country or

worldwide. It is applicable with multidisciplinary approach. It is sometimes the synonymous with

employee relation or human resource management. The meaning of industrial relation is

approached in different perspective. It is the law and governance that regulate and ensure

discipline in a workplace. Workers, employer, and government and society are the important

components in an industry needs to interact to regulate the workplace. Today the concept of

globalization stressed the importance of addressing various issues connected with industrial

relations.


Pre-requisite: No Pre-Requisite for this course

Prescribed Text:

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1. Bray M, Waring P, Cooper R and MacNeil J 2014, Employment Relations: Theory and Practice, 3rd edition, McGraw Hill, North Ryde

Reference Book: 1. Solomon M, 2013, Industrial Relations: Theory and Practices, 4th Edition, Financial

Times, Prentice Hall. ISBN: 978-0273646464

BM0306 - CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR




course provides students with the understanding of consumer behavior, how and why consumers

make purchase decisions, how they think, feel and act before, during and after the purchase.

Also, we will examine important concepts underlying consumer behavior and apply principles,

and theories from the various social sciences (i.e., marketing, psychology, sociology and

anthropology) to marketing problems such as product development, pricing, and positioning.

Overall, understanding consumers enables marketers to more effectively meet the needs of

buyers in the market, and be more successful in the market



Prescribed Text:

1. Quester, P, Pettigrew, S, Kopanidis, F, Rao Hil, S & Hawkins, DI 2014, Consumer Behaviour: implications for marketing, 7th edn, McGraw Hill, Australia. ISBN: 9781743076811

Reference Book:

1. Michael R Solomon, Consumer Behavior: Buying, Having and Being, Paper Back, 11th Edition, 2015. ISBN-10: 0133451151

BM0307 - QUANTITATIVE BUSINESS ANALYSIS

This course develops an understanding of quantitative applications in business and analysis

thereof. It focuses attention to algebraic expressions, linear equalities and inequalities,

logarithmic functions, mathematics functions, linear programming, probability and basic

statistics


Pre-requisite: IT0102

Prescribed Text:

1. Margaret L. Lial, Thomas W. Hungerford, John P. Holcomb, Bernadette Mullins, 2015, Mathematics with Applications In the Management, Natural, and Social Sciences 11 Edition, Boston, ISBN 9780321931078, MA: Pearson.

Reference Book: 1. Samuel E.Bodily, Robert L. Carraway, Sherwood C, Frey and Phillip E.Pfeifer, Quantitative

Business Analysis: Text and Cases, ISBN-13: 978-0256147131.

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BM0405 - INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT

This course introduces students to the international business concepts and applications

necessary for successful business strategies. Topics will include Overview of International

Business, International Trade and Investment Theory, Organization Design for International

Structure, Cultural Influences, International Strategic Management, International Marketing

Management, International Financial Management, International Accounting and Taxation,

International Human Resource Management, International Operations Management.



Prescribed Text:

1. Mahoney, D. J., 2001, “International Business”, Tata McGraw-Hills, New Delhi Reference Book:

1. Hill, C.W.L, 2005, “International business: competing in the global market place”, McGraw-Hill/Irwin, Boston.

BM0406 - ESSENTIALS OF MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING

This course introduces Management Accounting within the context of service, trading and

manufacturing business. Students obtain knowledge of concepts and theory of Management

accounting. Important matters are considering on explaining internal controls in accounting, cost

behavior and cost volume profit analysis, process costing and job costing, budgeting and standard

costing and financial statement analysis.



Prescribed Text:

1. Horngren, CT, Datar, SM, Rajan, MV, Wynder, M, Maguire, W & Tan, R 2014, Cost Accounting – A Managerial Emphasis, 2nd edn, Pearson Australia, Australia. ISBN: 9781442563377.

Reference Book:

1. Management Accounting for Decision Makers 8th Edition, Peter Atrill, Eddie McLaney, Feb.2015

BM0407 - GLOBAL OPERATIONS AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

This subject builds on the business knowledge taught in the core subject integrating Business

perspectives and provides students studying in the management, Human resource Management

and International Business majors with an opportunity to develop their understanding of

sustainability business operations and global supply chain management from a system

perspective. Through a blended process of experiential, engaging and reflective learning this

subject further assures problem-based learning skills, added with the ability to manage the

development of higher order capabilities for addressing complex operational issues in a real

business context.


Pre-requisite: No pre-requisite required for this Unit

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Prescribed Text:

1. Anipundi,R., Chopra,s.,Deshmikh,S.d.,Mieghem,J.A.V and Zemel, E.(2006) “Managing Business flows: Principles of operations” Mangemnet, 2nd ed.,upper saddle river: pearson

Reference Book:

1. Boyer,k. and Verma, R, “Operations and supply chain Management” for 21st century 2010 with printed Access card, 1st Edition; Cengage learning textbook ISBN-10; 0-618-74933-0; Textbook ISBN – 13; 978-0-618-74933-1.

Semester 1


1 Year 1 IT0101 Fundamentals of Information Technology 15

2 Year 2 IT0201 Introduction to Information Systems 15

3 Year 2 IT0202 Programming Fundamentals 15

4 Year 2 IT0203 Web Systems 15

5 Year 2 IT0204 Database Management Systems 15

6 Year 2 IT0210 Introduction to Calculus 15

7 Year 3 IT0301 Critical Thinking and Problem Solving 15

8 Year 3 IT0302 Info. Tech. Security Management 15

9 Year 3 IT0303 Object Oriented Programming and Design 15

10 Year 3 IT0304 Business Process and IT Strategy 15

11 Year 4 IT0401 Info. Technology Project Management 15

12 Year 4 IT0402 Server Administration and Maintenance 15

13 Year 4 IT0403 Software Project Development – I 15

14 Year 4 IT0404 Internship – Industrial Practice 15

School of Information Technology

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Semester 2


1 Year 1 IT0102 Business Mathematics 15

2 Year 2 IT0205 Networks and Data Communication 15

3 Year 2 IT0206 Advanced Computer Programming 15

4 Year 2 IT0207 Operating Systems and Machine Principles 15

5 Year 2 IT0208 Industry Study on IT 15

6 Year 3 IT0209 Business Statistics 15

7 Year 3 IT0305 Graphics and Multimedia 15

8 Year 3 IT0306 IT Infrastructure Management 15

9 Year 3 IT0307 Wireless Technologies and Networks 15

10 Year 4 IT0405 Software Project Development – II 15

11 Year 4 IT0406 Mobile Application Design and Development

15

12 Year 4 IT0407 Advanced Database Systems 15

13 Year 4 IT0408 Social Network Computing 15

14 Year 4 IT0409 Customer Service Management 15

15 Year 4 IT0410 Web Design and Programming 15

SCHOOL OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY – UNITS DESCRIPTION

IT0101 - FUNDAMENTALS OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

This unit introduces students to understand the basics of computing concepts, terminologies and

its peripherals. These include computer organization, processor and memory, input and output

devices, computer software and software development, operating systems and business data

processing, file management and DBMS, data communication and communication networks,

Internet and Multimedia. By familiarizing these, students would be in better position to take

subsequent learning in the advance units. Moreover, this unit allows students to acquire skills to

interact with general computing peripherals such as keyboard, mouse, monitor and many others.


Pre-requisite: Nil

Prescribed Text:

1. Sinha, K. S. et. al, Computer Fundamentals, 6th Edition. BPB Publications, ISBN: 9788176567527

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Reference Book:

1. Leon, A. and Leon, M. (2014), Fundamentals of Information Technology. Leon TCHWORL

IT0201 - INTRODUCTION TO INFORMATION SYSTEMS

In this unit, students will look into roles played by computers in business organization. The unit

will elaborate the components of information systems including hardware, software, users,

networks and procedures used. Moreover, this unit discusses the applications of different

hardware and software in various business areas.



Prescribed Text:

1. James O'Brien, Marakas & Behl (2012). Management Information System. 10th Edition, Tata McGraw Hill

Reference Book:

1. Laudon, K., & Laudon, J. (2014). Management information systems. (13 ed., p. 648). Saddle River: Prentice Hall.

IT0202 - PROGRAMMING FUNDAMENTALS

Programming Fundamentals is a primer unit about computer programming that will lead

students to understand the advanced computer programming and software development

concepts. This unit provides students with basic construct of Java programming language and

basic of processes software development.



Prescribed Text:

1. Schildt. H., Java The Complete Reference, 9th Edition, 2014, ISBN 0071808558, McGraw-hill.

Reference:

1. John Dean & Raymond Dean (2013). Introduction to Programming with Java: A Problem Solving Approach. 2nd Edition. McGraw-Hill Higher Education, ISBN-10: 007337606X ISBN-13: 978-0073376066

IT0203 - WEB SYSTEMS

This unit introduces students the basic concepts and elements of website development. The

building blocks of website development including its structure, formatting and control are

presented. At the completion of the unit students would be able to build static web pages ideal

for personal web or web for small to medium enterprises. The learnings from this unit can be

used to progress in a more advanced concepts of web development.



Prescribed Text:

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1. Felke-Morris, T (2013). Web Development & Design Foundations with HTML5, 6th edn, Pearson, Sydney. ISBN: 978-0-13-278339-2.

Reference Book:

1. Sebesta, R (2014). Programming the World Wide Web (8th Edition) 8th Edition. Pearson

IT0204 - DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

This unit aims to expose student with the various concepts of databases and database design,

with a major focus on the relational model and SQL (Structured Query language). It provides a

solid technical overview on database management systems. In addition to technical concerns,

more general issues are emphasized. These include data independence, integrity, security,

recovery, performance, database design principles, and database administration. These concepts

are necessary in planning, designing and maintaining a sound operational database in an

organization. Students are prepared to take roles of data and database administrator.



Prescribed Text:

1. Coronel, C. & Morris S. (2014). Database Systems: Design, Implementation, & Management. 11th Edition. Cengage Learning: ISBN: 1285196147

Reference Book:

1. Catherine R, Jones and Bartlett. (2012). Databases Illuminated 2nd Ed., (ISBN 978-1-4496-0600-8)

IT0210 - INTRODUCTION TO CALCULUS

This unit introduces the basic concepts of differential Calculus. Learn different kinds of functions

and graph drawing. Topics will include Limits and derivatives, related rates, higher order

derivatives, Optimization, functions with several variables and multivariate optimization.


Pre-requisite: Nil

Prescribed Text:

1. Carl P. Simon and Lawrence Blume 2010, Mathematics for Economists, W.W. Norton and Company.

Reference Book:

1. Jacques 2015, Mathematics for Economics and Business, eighth edition, Pearson Publication.

IT0301 - CRITICAL THINKING AND PROBLEM SOLVING

This unit presents a structured approach for tackling problems, opportunities and decisions that

will ultimately help the students to get better results—whether he/she is innovating, managing

crises or planning for the future. The unit addresses the various types of critical thinking needed

in business environments: strategic thinking, tactical thinking, analytical thinking, innovative

thinking and implicative thinking. It also teaches a proven five-step process for responding to

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business problems and opportunities. Through exercises, students will practice using these

different thinking approaches to achieve maximum results. They will also have the opportunity

to apply these concepts to a specific problem or opportunity from business environment.


Pre-requisite: Nil

Prescribed Text:

1. Butterword, J. and Thwaites G. (2013). Thinking Skills: Critical Thinking and Problem Solving. Second edition. Cambridge University Press. ISBN: 9781107606302.

Reference Book:

1. Watanabe, Ken. (2009). Problem Solving 101: A Simple Book for Smart People. ISBN: 9781591842422.

IT0302 - INFO. TECH. SECURITY MANAGEMENT

This unit introduces students to understand the security issues in information technology and

manage them. Students are able to identify critical information asset and classify them. They

learn to find the associated vulnerabilities and possible threats. They gain the knowledge of

recommending suitable controls to manage the risk. They assess vulnerabilities, threats and their

impacts. They learn various authentication methods and database security concepts. This unit

helps the student to develop security plans and in organising training programmes for creating

awareness on information security.



Prescribed Text:

1. William Stallings (2012), Computer Security Principles and Practice, Second Edition, Pearson Education & Publication, Sydney, ISBN-13-277506-9

Reference:

1. Dieter Gollmann (2011), Computer Security, Third Edition, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. United Kingdom, ISBN-9780470241153

IT0303 - OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING AND DESIGN

Object oriented Programming and Design is a unit that presents an introduction to the analysis

and design of software systems using techniques that view a system as a set of objects that work

together to realize the system’s functionality. This perspective stands in contrast to more

traditional “procedural” or “structured” design techniques that viewed systems as a set of

procedures that manipulate shared data structures. Proponents of object-oriented techniques

point to the flexibility and extensibility of object-oriented systems along with other benefits such

as increased modularity, abstraction, and encapsulation. The unit takes the students to various

Object-Oriented analysis and design concept including various UML diagrams and OO Analysis,

OO Design and OO implementation. In addition, in this unit testing strategies are also discussed.

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Prescribed Text: 1. Craig Larman. Applying UML and Patters an Introduction to Object-Oriented Analysis and

Design & Interactive Development 3rd Edition, Prentice-Hall PTR ISBN 0131489062 Reference Book:

1. McLaughlin, B., Pollice G. & West, D. (2013). Head First Object-Oriented Analysis & Design, Addison Wesley, ISBN: 0-596-00867-8.

IT0304 - BUSINESS PROCESS AND IT STRATEGY

This unit aims to provide student with skills and knowledge on the theories and methods of

business process transformation and strategic information planning. It also allows student in this

unit to study some of the problems that many organizations have encountered in their business

process related to Information Technology. Students will learn and discuss business and strategy

processes that lead to learning organizations that can achieve sustainable competitive

advantage.


Pre-requisite: Nil

Prescribed Text:

1. Harmon, Paul (2007). Business process change: A guide for business managers and bpm and six sigma professionals. 2nd Edition, Morgan Kaufmann, San Francisco, USA, ISBN-13: 978-0123741523.

Reference Book:

1. Evans, James and William M. Lindsay (2005). An introduction to six sigma & process improvement. Thomson-Southwestern, USA, ISBN-13: 978-1133604587

IT0401- INFO. TECHNOLOGY PROJECT MANAGEMENT

This unit introduces the basic processes and techniques for managing IT projects, systems and

services, throughout the IT lifecycle. It addresses both the technical and behavioural aspects of

IT management at the enterprise level. It aims to provide a foundation to prepare students, as

future IT project managers, IT engineers, or system architects, to play leading roles in the

application and management of e-business system construction.


Pre-requisite: Nil

Prescribed Text:

1. Schwalbe, K. (2014), Information Technology Project Management, (7th Edition). Cengage, 2014. 1285847091.

Reference:

1. A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide) 5th Edition. Project Management Institute

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IT0402 - SERVER ADMINISTRATION AND MAINTENANCE

This unit introduces students to understand the principles and concepts applied in server

administration and maintenance.



Prescribed Text:

1. Palmer, Michael (2011). Guide to Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Server Administration. Course Technology, Cengage Learning, ISBN-13: 978-4239-0238-6

Reference Book:

1. Burgess, Mark (2007). Principles of Network and System Administration. 2nd ed. Melbourne: John Wiley & Sons.

IT0403 - SOFTWARE PROJECT DEVELOPMENT - I

This Unit is the first part of the major software development project. Work started in this unit is

continued and completed in the linked course IT0405. This unit and its linked unit cover the

practical application of a project management methodology in the development and delivery of

a major software project. In this unit, students will be working in teams to produce a project

proposal, and define the system architecture and modelling. A major milestone of this unit is

delivery of software requirement and design specification before proceeding with the project

implementation in IT0405.

Assessment: Continuous 100%


Prescribed Text:

1. Pressman, Roger, Software Engineering: A Practitioner’s Approach, Sixth Edition, McGraw Hill

Reference Book:

1. Modern Systems Analysis and Design by Jeffrey A. Hoffer, Joey F. George and Joseph S. Valacich, Fourth Edition, Addison Wesley ISBN: 0-13-145461-7

IT0404 - INTERNSHIP – INDUSTRIAL PRACTICE

This unit provides an opportunity to integrate academic rigor with real world experience; to apply

theory to solve real world problems, to make the learning experiential, to facilitate project-based

learning, and to integrate scholarship with practice.


Pre-requisite: Nil

No reference for this unit.

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IT0102 - BUSINESS MATHEMATICS

This unit introduces students to the mathematical concepts and applications necessary for

successful business careers. Topics will include finance charges, cash discounts, commissions,

depreciation, book value, compound interest, net present value, descriptive statistics and graphs.


Pre-requisite: Nil

Prescribed Text:

1. Charles D. Miller, Stanley A. Salzman, Gary Clendenen, 2014, Business Mathematics, 13/E, ISBN 978-0321955050, Pearson.

Reference Book:

1. Walter E Williams and James H. Reed “Fundamentals of Business Mathematics” ISBN: 0-918091-23-3, Hawkes Learning.

IT0205 - NETWORKS AND DATA COMMUNICATION

This unit introduces the student the concepts and terminology of data communications and

networking. It includes topics on communication models, network protocols, standards, LANs,

WANS, the Internet, intranet and networking applications. The emphasis will be to develop an

understanding of the underlying principles of data communications and networking. This unit will

allow students to have a good working knowledge on communication technology (network

components, transmission links, link control, protocols, network topologies, error detection and

correction), network management and security, privacy, legal and ethical issues, and local area

networks.


Pre-requisite: Nil

Prescribed Texts:

1. Stallings(2016). Data and Computer Communications, 10th Edition. Pearson Education Limited. ISBN: 978-0-13-350648-8

2. CCNA Learning Material. CCNA 1 Routing and Switching: Introduction to Networks. Reference:

1. Behrouz (2007). Data Communications and Networking. 5th Edition. Boston Burr Ridge Publication, London

IT0206 - ADVANCED COMPUTER PROGRAMMING

This unit expose student to the depth and breadth of modern programming practice, with the

goal of making students better programmers. It is, however, an advanced level course in which

some advanced programming concepts are taught. It covers the major concepts of computer

science and the process of computer programming problems to meet the organization

requirements of current businesses locally and around the world. Students will also have the

opportunity to acquire the programming skills as well as system development issues to enhance

their professional productivity. In addition to practical skills, this will provide students sound

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understanding on underlying theories in advanced computer programming. It aims to discuss

the following major topics: object-oriented programming, procedural abstraction, data

abstraction and program modularity and state information.



Prescribed Text: 1. Schildt. H., Java The Complete Reference, 9th Edition, 2014, ISBN 0071808558, McGraw-

hill. Reference:

1. Oracle Java Tutorials, http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial

IT0207 - OPERATING SYSTEMS AND MACHINE PRINCIPLES

This unit introduces students to understand the basics of operating systems. It helps the students

to know how the resources are shared and managed between various processes. Different types

of CPU scheduling methods are discussed. Memory management techniques, avoiding deadlock,

disk scheduling algorithms enable the student to have deeper understanding of the internal

execution process. Understanding virtual memory management helps them to execute larger

sized process with limited main memory. Also, it discusses security issues and solutions.



Prescribed Text:

1. Silberschatz, P, et al. (2012) “Operating Systems Concepts (Essentials),” 9th ed, John Wiley & Sons

Reference Book:

1. Tanenbaum, A.S, (2015) Modern Operating Systems, 4th ed, Pearson.

IT0208 - INDUSTRY STUDY ON IT

The aim of this unit is to provide an excellent way to train students with actual working

experience assisted by an Information Technology professional. This is a supervised work

experience with an approved office designed to combine classroom theories and skills with job-

related experiences. Students work cooperatively with the ICT practicum coordinator and

business agency representative to identify the appropriate work site and job responsibilities. A

journal of experiences, periodic written reports and final written report are the expected

deliverables of this unit. Students are also required to attend at least seminar and training as

additional activity of this unit.


Pre-requisite: Nil

No reference for this unit.

http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial

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IT0209 - BUSINESS STATISTICS

Business Statistics is designed to help you to focus on, and cope effectively with, key statistical

concepts and skills that you will need, not only in your studies, but also in your future career. Also

understanding of some of the main ideas of statistics and its uses in various fields and in everyday

life, as well as providing you with useful skills for working with data and statistical ideas. In

particular, it is intended to provide you with a sufficient background in probability and statistics

so that you can understand how statistical methods are used in problem solving and decision

making.


Pre-requisite: Nil

Prescribed Text:

1. Berenson, M.., Levine, D., Szabat, K., O’Breien, M., Watson. J., and Jayne. N., Basic Business Statistics: Concepts and Applications, 4th Edition, 2015, ISBN 9781486018956, Pearson Australia.

Reference Book:

1. D. M. Levine. Statistics for Six Sigma Green Belts with Minitab and JMP. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Financial Times – Prentice Hall, 2006.

IT0305 - GRAPHICS AND MULTIMEDIA

This unit offers industrial preparation for careers in the digital design and multimedia business

environment. Students will learn wide range of skill sets ranging from graphic design, image

editing, web design, logo design, advertising materials, animation, and video effects/editing, also

includes audio editing. Students will experience hands-on exercises to utilize those skills using

appropriate Graphics and Multimedia software.


Pre-requisite: Nil

Prescribed Text:

1. Ze-Nian Li and Mark S. Drew, Fundamentals of Multimedia, Pearson Education International, ISBN 0-13-127256-X, 2014.

Reference Book:

1. Graphics and Multimedia, http://tv.adobe.com/

IT0306 - IT INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT

This unit aims to equip students with the knowledge and skills to assist in the management of

enterprise information technology (IT) infrastructure systems. It also aims to equip students with

the skills to manage systems in enterprise level data centres and networking centres. It provides

students with an understanding of the current issues in the management of Information

Technology infrastructure and IT service provision. The alignment of IT infrastructure

management and IT service provision with organisational business and strategic goals is a key

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theme of the unit. Students are expected to become familiar with current IT governance

frameworks and their implications for effective IT infrastructure management.



Prescribed Text:

1. Choudhary, S(2014). Information Technology Infrastructure and Its Management. First Edition. Khanna Book Publishing Company. ISBN-10: 9789380016399

Reference Book:

1. Sengar, A(2012). IT Infrastructure Management. Kataria and Sons

IT0307 - WIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES AND NETWORKS

This unit provides an overview for the fundamentals of data communications for wired and

wireless networking. Unit includes overview of wireless Technologies Wireless

telecommunications channel and propagation models, Wireless Transmission, Radio

paging/messaging service, Wireless office telecommunications systems (WOTS), Wireless

communication Technology, Mobile Networks Cellular concept, wireless LANs, Pervasive

Networking & Computing. It will also expose students to the different wireless technologies used

in data communications and networking.


Pre-requisite: Nil

Prescribed Text: 1. Mathew.S, “Wireless 802.11 Network: The Definitive Guide”, Second Edition, O’ Reilly

Media Inc, Sebastopol. Reference:

1. Clint Smith et al (2014) “Wireless Network Design and Integration for LTE EVDO, HSPA, and WiMax”, Third Edition, McGraw Hill Education Publication, United States, ISBN 9780071819831.

IT0405 - SOFTWARE PROJECT DEVELOPMENT - II

This unit is the final step in completing major software development project. Work started in

IT0403 will be completed in IT0405. This unit, and its linked subject IT0403, cover the practical

application of a project management methodology in the development and delivery of a major

project. In particular, the focus of these course will be the application of the project lifecycle and

process framework. In this unit, students will be working in teams to produce a beta and release

of their project, including user and programmer’s manuals. They will then be expected to review

the project outcomes, artefacts and collaborative work.



Prescribed Text:

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1. Jeffrey A. Hoffer, Joey F. George and Joseph S. Valacich, Modern Systems Analysis and Design, Fourth Edition, Addison Wesley ISBN: 0-13-145461-7.

IT0406 - MOBILE APPLICATION DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT

The first part of this unit covers various topics of mobile computing, networking, and systems,

including but not limited to: applications of smartphones, cellular networks, embedded sensor

systems, localization systems, energy efficiency of mobile devices, wearable mobile systems and

mobile security. The second part introduces the growing field of mobile computing and its

applications with focus on the Android platform as a prototyping platform. It includes the

theoretical and aims to provide the learners the skills in mobile application development,

programming, graphic design and interaction design. Primarily, the unit covers mobile application

development frameworks; Architecture, design, techniques, methodologies for mobile

application development.



Prescribed Text:

1. Phillips, B. et. al(2017). Android Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide, Big Nerd Ranch LLC, 3rd edition

Reference:

1. Sengar, A(2012). IT Infrastructure Management. Kataria and Sons

IT0407 - ADVANCED DATABASE SYSTEMS

This unit examines, in depth, database management systems and database administration tasks.

Topics covered will include database management system architecture, building complex

database objects such as indexes, functions, procedures, sequences, triggers and views, It also

practically discusses installation of Oracle and database administration tasks in setting up user

accounts, security concerns, backup and recovery process. It also deals with development of

database applications using forms and reports and tuning databases for optimum performance.

Oracle 11g (or later version) and the related tools are used as the implementation vehicles for

providing hands-on experience.



Prescribed Text:

1. Fernandex (2009). Beginning Oracle Database 11g Admn. – 9th edition. Apress

Publishing: ISBN13: 978-1590599686

IT0408 - SOCIAL NETWORK COMPUTING

This unit introduces students to understand the basics of Social Network Computing. It focuses

on the gap between social requirements and social computing, computer mediated

communication, regulating behavior in online communities, overloading of information in chat

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media, understanding social media like Twitter, face book and Instagram, social media modelling

and social network analysis. It also explains about behavioural data analysis and labelling. It helps

the students to know the techniques of filtering and tagging and how to respond to social

network problems.


Pre-requisite: Nil

Prescribed Text:

1. Wang, F-Y., Zeng, D., Carley, K. M., & Mao, W. (2007). Social computing: From social informatics to social intelligence. IEEE Intelligent Systems

Reference:

1. ICWSM- AAAI Conference on Weblogs and Social Media http://www.aaai.org/Library/ICWSM/

IT0409 - CUSTOMER SERVICE MANAGEMENT

This unit is designed to help students develop outstanding customer service skills in a dealership

setting, serving clients/customers. Students will learn how to interact with customers

(communicating in person), resolve conflicts, maintain records, understand the importance of

customer satisfaction/ retention, actively participate as a member of a team and develop time

management skills.


Pre-requisite: Nil

Prescribed Text:

1. Gerson, Richard (1996). Great Customer Service For Your Small Business. Crisp Publication, USA.

Reference Book:

1. Baran, R, Galka R., and Strunk D. (2007). Principles of Customer Relationship Management. 1st Edition, South-Western College Pub; ISBN-10: 0324322380

IT0410 - WEB DESIGN AND PROGRAMMING

PHP and MySQL as open source and top choice of web developers not only locally but worldwide

deserve a good position to be discussed. Web Programming is best fit for the topics. This unit is

imparted to not only teach software code but bring web developers prepared to face real world

challenges in the world of web development. This prepares students to be world class web

developer.


Pre-requisite: Nil

Prescribed Text:

1. Sebesta, RW (2013). Programming the World Wide Web, 7th edn, Pearson, Sydney. ISBN: 978-0-13-266581-0.

References:

1. PHP Programming Tutorials, http://php.net 2. Murach’s PHP and MySQL, 2nd Edition, 2014, by Joel Murach.

http://www.aaai.org/Library/ICWSM/

http://php.net/

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Semester 1


1 Year 2 ED0201 Principles of Microeconomics 15

2 Year 2 ED0202 Financial Markets and Organization 15

3 Year 3 ED0301 Advanced Micro-Economics 15

4 Year 3 ED0302 Global Economics 15

5 Year 3 ED0303 Advanced Econometrics 15

6 Year 4 ED0401 Industrial Economics 15

7 Year 4 ED0402 Natural Resource Economics 15

8 Year 4 ED0403 Internship – Industry Practice 15

Semester 2


1 Year 1 ED0101 Introduction to Economics 15

2 Year 2 ED0203 Principles of Macroeconomics 15

3 Year 2 ED0204 Introductory Econometrics 15

4 Year 2 ED0205 Internship – Internal Practice 15

5 Year 3 ED0304 Advanced Macroeconomics 15

6 Year 3 ED0305 Cost Benefit Analysis 15

7 Year 3 ED0306 Economic Policy and Market Design 15

8 Year 3 ED0307 Economic Information Systems 15

9 Year 4 ED0404 Environmental Economics 15

10 Year 4 ED0405 Agricultural Economics 15

11 Year 4 ED0406 Economic Development 15

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ECONOMICS AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES – UNITS DESCRIPTION

ED0101 - INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMICS

Introduction to Economics is a core unit of Foundation Year One in Economics and Development

Studies. The aim of this unit for the students is to understand economic concepts and they will

learn the type of economic systems and organizations in Papua New Guinea.This unit prepares

candidates with conceptual and practical skills in order to meet the needs of economic

organizations and systems of economy as well as how it functions in a country like Papua New

Guinea


Pre-requisite: No Pre-requisite for this unit.

Prescribed Text :

1. Sloman, J, Norris, K & Garrett, D (2014), Principles of Economics, 4th edn, Pearson Australia, Frenchs Forest, NSW. ISBN: 9781486005581 (paperback).

Reference Book:

1. Edgmand, MR, Moomaw, RL & Olsen, KW (2011), Economics and Contemporary Issues, 8th edn,

ED0202 - FINANCIAL MARKETS AND ORGANIZATION

Financial Markets and Organization is a core unit of Diploma in Economics and Development

studies. The aim of this unit is to have knowledge on Financial Markets in PNG and to know how

markets work in a mixed economic system. This unit prepares candidates with conceptual and

practical skills in order to meet the needs of business organizations in the competitive business

environment as well as human resource needs of the business in PNG.



Prescribed Text:

1. Frederic S. Mishkin, The Economics of Money, Banking and Financial Markets, 11th Edition, Pearson Higher Education, 2010, ISBN 9780132770248.

Reference:

1. Anthony M. Santomero, David F. Babbel, Financial Markets, Instruments, and Institutions, 2nd Edition McGraw-Hill. ISBN 9780072358681

ED0203 - PRINCIPLES OF MACROECONOMICS

Principles of Macro Economics is a core unit of Diploma in Economics and Development studies.

This course prepares candidates with conceptual and practical skills in order to meet the needs

of Macro Economic organizations in the competitive business environment as well as human

resource needs of the business in PNG.


Pre-requisite: Principles of Micro Economics (ED0201) is the prerequisite for this course.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0072358688/oasismanagement

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Prescribed Text:

1. N. Gregory Mankiw, Principles of Macroeconomics, 6th Edition, South-Western, 2012. Reference:

1. Olivier Blanchard, Macroeconomics, 6th Edition, Pearson International Edition, 2012.

ED0204 - INTRODUCTORY ECONOMETRICS

This unit introduces the mathematical and statistical application in Economics. Introductory

Econometrics is a core unit of Diploma in Economics and Development Studies. Students from

other division of any school can enroll this course as an elective/core/ option at the School of

Economics and Development. Economic and Econometric models are taught in this unit.



Prescribed Texts:

1. Wooldrige J.M Introductory Econometrics: A Modern Approach. South- Western College Publishing.

2. Angrist, J and Prischke, J. Mostly Harmless Econometrics: An Empiricists Companion. Prineton Univ Press.

Reference Book:

1. Johnston J. and DiNardo, J Econometric Methods 4th ED. Mcgraw-Hill.

ED0205 - INTERNSHIP – INTERNAL PRACTICE

Internship Internal Practice is a core unit in Diploma in Economics and Development Studies. This

unit aims to develop the applied knowledge of all the theoretical background gained by the

students in the previous units. The practical exposure is done through exposing the students to

actual application of the courses taught in the industry set up.



Prescribed Text:

1. Stewart R Clegg, Cynthia Hardy, Walter R Nord; Handbook of Organizational Studies, 1st edition, Sage Publication.

Reference Book:

1. Aaron C.T. Smith, James Skinner, Daniel Read, Philosophies of Organizational change, 2nd edition.

ED0301 - ADVANCED MICRO-ECONOMICS

Aim of the unit is to provide students with knowledge and competence in Micro-Economics

needed in the business and public sector. Students will have the opportunity to acquire economic

performance of a country as well as economic development issues to enhance their professional

productivity. It also provides practical skills and sound understanding on underlying theories in

Micro Economics.


Pre-requisite: ED0201 Principles of Micro-Economics is a pre-requisite for this unit

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Prescribed Text:

1. Geoffrey A. Jehle and Philip J Reny, Advanced Microeconomic theory third Edition, Pearson Publications.

ED0302 - GLOBAL ECONOMICS

Aim of the unit is to provide students with knowledge and competence in Global-Economics




Global Business and Economics.


Pre-requisite: Principles of Macro Economics (ED0203) is the pre-requisite for this course.

Prescribed Text:

1. Paul Krugman, Maurice Obstfeld, and Marc Melitz, International Economics: Theory and Policy, Addison-Wesley (Pearson Education Indian Edition), 9th edition, 2012. ISBN 9780273754091

Reference:

1. Dominick Salvatore, International Economics: Trade and Finance, John Wiley, International Student Edition, 10th edition, 2011. ISBN 9780471794684

ED0303 - ADVANCED ECONOMETRICS

Aim of the unit is to provide students with knowledge and competence in econometrics needed

in the business and public sector. Students will have the opportunity to understand the economic

performance of the country as well as economic development issues to enhance their

professional skill. It also provides practical skills and sound understanding on underlying theories

in econometrics and making econometric models.


Pre-requisite: ED0204 Introductory Econometrics is a prerequisite for this unit

Prescribed Text:

1. Davidson R & MacKinnon, J. D (2013), Econometric theory and Methods, Oxford University Press. Greene, W. (2010), Econometric Analysis, 6th ed, Prentice Hall

Reference:

1. Hayashi, F. (2010), An Introduction to Classical Econometric Theory, Oxford University Press.

ED0304 - ADVANCED MACROECONOMICS

Aim of the unit is to provide knowledge to the students in Advanced Macro Economics basically

needed for business and public sector. Students can equip themselves on macro-economic

activities of the country as well as economic development issues to enhance their professional

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skill. It also provides practical skills and sound understanding on the underlying theories in Macro

Economics.


Pre-requisite: Principles of Macroeconomics (ED0203) is the pre-requisite for this course.

Prescribed Text:

1. Charles Kolstad, Intermediate Advanced Macroeconomics, Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, 2010.

Reference Book:

1. Roger Perman, Yue Ma, James McGilvray and Michael Common, Natural Resource and Advanced Macroeconomics, Pearson Education/Addison Wesley, 3rd edition, 2003.

ED0305 - COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS

Cost Benefit Analysis is a core unit of Bachelor in Economics and Development Studies. Students

will have the opportunity to acquire economic performance of a country as well as economic

development issues to enhance their professional productivity. It also provides practical skills and

sound understanding on underlying Cost and Benefit Analysis. This course introduces students to

the Cost-benefit analysis for successful development of economic conditions of the country and

business.



Preferred Text:

1. A.E. Boardman, D.H. Greenberg, A.R. Vining and D.L. Weimer, Cost-Benefit Analysis: Concepts and Practice, 4th Edition, Prentice Hall, 2011.

Reference:

1. Henry M. Levin, Cost Effectiveness Analysis: Methods and Applications, Sage Publications, 2010.

ED0306 - ECONOMIC POLICY AND MARKET DESIGN

Aim of the unit is to provide students with knowledge and competence in Micro-Economics




Micro Economics.


Pre-requisites: ED0201 Principles of Micro-Economics

Prescribed Text:

1. Embedding Global Markets: An Enduring Challenge, John G. Ruggie, 2012.

Reference:

1. Market-Based Governance, John D. Donahue and Joseph Nye Melbourne Journal of Politics - Volume 34 (2009 - 2010) Publisher: Melbourne University Political Science,

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Society, ISSN: 0085-3224 Publication Type: Journal Subjects: Social Sciences; Political Science Coverage: Volume 33 (2008) - onwards (Comprehensive)

ED0307 - ECONOMIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS

This unit introduces students to the Information system concepts/applications necessary for

successful careers. Students to understand the concept and importance of Economic Information

system and its applications at public and private sector firms practically and theoretically,

approaches of economic development process, procedure, tools and problems.



Prescribed Text:

1. Schneider, Gary (2013). Electronic commerce. Course Technology, Cengage Learning, US Reference:

1. Kamalesh, K Bajaj & Debjani Nag (2014). E-commerce: The Cutting edge of business. TATA McGraw Hill Publishing Limited Co.: New Delhi.

ED0401 - INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS

The aim of the course is to provide students with knowledge and competence in Economics

needed in the business and public sector. Students will have the opportunity to acquire

knowledge in economic performance of industries as well as economic development issues to

excel in their field. It also provides practical skills and sound understanding on the underlying

theories in Industrial Economics.



Prescribed Text:

1. Church, J. and R. Ware, Industrial Organization: A Strategic Approach, International Editions: McGraw-Hill, 2012.

Reference Book:

1. Jean Tirole, Theory of industrial Organization, Hamilton Printing, USA, 2010.

ED0402 - NATURAL RESOURCE ECONOMICS

Aim of the course is to provide students with knowledge and competence in Natural Resource

Economics needed in the business and public sector. Students will have the opportunity to

understand the economic performance of the country as well as economic development issues

to enhance their professional skill. It also provides practical skills and sound understanding on

underlying theories in Natural Resource Economics.



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Prescribed Text:

1. Jon M. Conrad, Resource economics, Cambridge university press, Second Edition. Reference Book:

1. Howe, C.W. (1979), Natural resource Economics, New York.

ED0403 - INTERNSHIP – INDUSTRY PRACTICE

Aim of the course is to provide students with knowledge and competence needed in the business

and public sector. Students will have the opportunity to understand the economic performance

of organizations as economic development issues to enhance their professional skill. It also

provides practical skills and sound understanding on underlying theories in Economics



Prescribed Text:

1. Stewart R Clegg, Cynthia Hardy, Walter R Nord; Handbook of Organizational Studies, 1st edition, Sage Publication.

Reference Book:

1. Aaron C.T. Smith, James Skinner, Daniel Read, Philosophies of Organizational change, 2nd edition

ED0404 - ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS

Aim of the course is to provide students with knowledge and competence in Environmental

Economics needed in the business and public sector. Students will have the opportunity to

understand the economic performance of the country as well as economic development issues

to enhance their professional skill. It also provides practical skills and sound understanding on

underlying theories in Environmental Economics.



Prescribed Text:

1. Charles Kolstad, Intermediate Environmental Economics, Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, 2010.

Reference Book:

1. Roger Perman, Yue Ma, James McGilvray and Michael Common, Natural Resource and Environmental Economics, Pearson Education/Addison Wesley, 3rd edition, 2003.

ED0405 - AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS

Aim of the course is to provide students with knowledge and competence in Agricultural farming

in economics. Students will have the opportunity to understand the economic performance of

the country as well as economic development issues to enhance their professional skill. It also

provides practical skills and sound understanding on underlying theories in Agricultural

Economics.

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Prescribed Texts:

1. Charles Kolstad, Intermediate Agricultural economics, Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, 2010.

2. Robert N. Stavins (ed.), Economics of the Environment: Selected Readings, W.W.Norton, 5th edition, 2005.

Reference Book:

1. Agricultural Economics, Prentice Hall, Drummond and Goodwin, 2011.

ED0406 - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

This unit introduces students to the Economic Development concepts/applications necessary for

successful careers. Students to understand the concept and importance of Economic

Development and its applications at rural and urban areas practically and theoretically,

approaches of economic development process, procedure, tools and problems.


Pre-requisite: Principles of Macroeconomics (ED0203) is a pre-requisite for this unit

Prescribed Text:

1. Ray, Debraj, Development Economics, Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Press, 2012. Reference Book:

1. Galor, Oded, Unified Growth Theory, Princeton, NJ Princeton University Press, 2011.

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