C34J [CHEM3401] PROJECT EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT FOR SCIENCE BASED INDUSTRIES
(4 Credits) Semester 1 Level III

This course is only available to students majoring in Applied Chemistry and Food Chemistry but students who do not have any Management Studies courses and are majoring in areas which have an industrial direction and have the approval of the Department within which they are majoring may be allowed to take this course..

Co-requisite: C26Q or C25P or approved courses from departments other than Chemistry.

Syllabus:

A general introduction to macro- and microeconomics with special emphasis on the role of the Process Industries Sector in industry and the economy. Project Evaluation. The cost elements involved in the procurement of raw materials, costs incurred in processing. Product sales, prices, sales volume, return on investment and payback period in relation to the economic life of process plants. Management in Small Enterprises. Opportunities and roles. Organization. Production. Marketing. General Policy.

Evaluation:

One 2-hour paper 75%

Project 25%