AGB450 Agribusiness Decision Analysis (8)
Abstract| A subject aimed at the application of financial business management, economic and risk management principles to decision making in agribusinesses systems. Major areas of study include: agribusiness management and decision making principles; managing risk and decision making under uncertainty; historical and projected agribusiness financial analysis; benchmarking & best practise analysis; analysing and acquiring capital resources; and accounting for sustainability and environmental agribusiness assets. |
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+ Subject Availability Modes and Location
| Session 2 | | Internal | Orange Campus | | Distance | Wagga Wagga Campus |
Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details: AGB450
Where differences exist between the Handbook and the SAL, the SAL should be taken as containing the correct subject offering details.
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Subject information| Duration | Grading System | School: |
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| One session | HD/FL | School of Agricultural and Wine Sciences |
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| AGB233 or (AGB125 and AHT231) |
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Learning OutcomesUpon successful completion of this subject, students should:
- be able to demonstrate how to develop and apply basic principles of management & decision making in relation to agribusiness;
- be able to demonstrate how to develop and apply principles of historical and projected performance analysis for agribusinesses;
- be able to carry out benchmarking & best practise analysis of individual agribusiness and understand industry expectations, including the consideration of environmental assets and agribusiness sustainability.
- be able to demonstrate how to carry out formal procedures of capital investment appraisal in agriculture and be able to interpret the answers of these analyses;
- be able to identify the sources of risk to an agribusiness and their management implications;
- be able to apply techniques for the assessment of risk and develop strategies to enhance decision making under uncertainty;
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SyllabusThe subject will cover the following topics:
- Agribusiness System Performance Analysis
- Comparative analysis and an introduction to productivity and efficiency analysis
- Agribusiness Decision Making and Risk
- Activity and innovation analysis; and agribusiness activity optimisation
- Capital Investment Appraisal
- Analysing and accounting for Risk in Decision Analysis
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The information contained in the 2014 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: 13 September 2013. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.
