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ECON223 Farm and Resource Management

Credit Points 6
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study
Armidale Semester 1 Off Campus
Armidale Semester 1 On Campus

Student fees

Online level Level C - Internet access required
Intensive School(s)
Start Finish Attendance Notes
23 April 2008 26 April 2008 Compulsory 3.5 days
Exam June
Pre-requisites 24 cp
Co-requisites
Restrictions ARE 210; BM 203
Notes None
Combined Units None
Coordinator(s) Oscar Cacho (ocacho@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

This unit comprises up to 26 lecture hours and 12 lab/workshop hours. A unit providing skills in managing a farm or resource-based business. The basic management functions of planning, implementing and monitoring/controlling are covered, with primary emphasis on planning for the short run. Skills learnt will include various budgeting techniques (gross margin, partial, whole farm, cash flow), sensitivity analysis, linear programming and the decision tree method of making a choice subject to risk.

Prescribed Material
Mandatory
None
Recommended Material
Optional

Text(s):

Note: Reference material is held in the University Library - purchase is optional

The Farming Game
ISBN: 9780521537551
Malcolm, B., Makeham, J.P. and Wright, V., CUP 2nd ed.
Disclaimer Offer of some subjects is subject to viability. Information in these unit descriptions is subject to change prior to commencement of semester.
   

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