BTM5903 Law and business decisions
Faculty of Business and Economics
BTM5903 Law and business decisions is a level 5, 6-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Business and Economics. It isn't offered in 2021. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2021
- Not offered
- Assessment
- Exam 60%
- and 1 other task
- Workload
- 144 hours
- per semester
The 2027 handbook has no page for BTM5903. This is its 2021 entry, the latest one.
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Requisites
Before BTM5903
Prohibitions
You can't enrol if you have passed any of these.
After BTM5903
No unit lists BTM5903 as a prerequisite in the 2021 handbook.
Equivalent units
The same content under another code. Only one of them counts.
Overview
This unit examines business law in a management context. It will cover contractual and non-contractual risks and will provide instruction on how to identify, assess and manage these different legal risks. It will also provide an introduction to different legal forms of business organisations and their comparative risks and advantages.
Offerings in 2021
The 2021 handbook lists no offerings for BTM5903.
Assessment
- Within semester assessment40%
- Examination60%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
develop an understanding of the basic legal risks when operating a business, including contractual risks, non-contractual risks and statutory risks
- 2
develop the ability to identify, assess and resolve these legal risks
- 3
develop an understanding of different legal forms of business organisation (sole trader, agency, partnership and corporation), to be able to critically determine the most appropriate legal form, understand the benefits and problems associated with each legal form and develop a good corporate governance regime.
Workload and teaching
Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Independent study may include associated readings, assessment and preparation for scheduled activities. The unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning,peer directed learning and online engagement.
Learning resources
Required resources
Brendan Sweeney, Jennifer O’Reilly, & Andrew Coleman (5th ed.) Law in Commerce, Butterworths, Chatswood, 2013.
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for BTM5903?
BTM5903 has no prerequisites.
When is BTM5903 offered?
BTM5903 has no offerings listed in the 2021 handbook.
How much work is BTM5903?
The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
Does BTM5903 have an exam?
Yes. The exam is worth 60% of the final mark, alongside 1 other task.
More details
- Credit points
- 6
- Level
- 5
- Study level
- Postgraduate
- Faculty
- Faculty of Business and Economics
- Organisational unit
- Department of Business Law and Taxation
- Type
- Coursework
- EFTSL
- 0.125
- Student contribution
- SCA Band 3
- Study abroad
- Not available
- Handbook years
- 20202021